You will be allocated to a group. You are part of a global electronics company that has offices in Germany, India, Paris and Australia. Its head office is in Paris and the predominant culture stems from there. Discover how the corporate organizational culture from its head office might be affected when encountering the regional cultures that are present in each of its locations. Use the group dynamics to explore the four countries, dividing them between the group equally and drawing on the resources made available during the module. show your findings as a group PowerPoint with an audio file.
In addition, separately write up your own evaluation of the effects of regional cultural issues on the corporate organizational culture of this multinational company, as it conducts its business internationally. Focus upon the predominant organizational culture.
You have been assigned as the Information Technology Director for a multinational corporation that has offices in Asia and Europe. Your role involves make sure that the company has effective global virtual teams which are being seen as the way forward for this major banking group. Critically determine what leadership steps you would take to enable you to achieve this across the different time zones and cultures. What conclusions can be drawn?