Fragebogen Teil 4

Ethnocentric HRM Policy

Home country opposite view

hire people from our country

german manager works in abroad Location

Host-country nationals manage subsidiaries

not useable for every business

—> Newspaper have to be polycentric

—> consumer goods (food, cosmetics)

Advantages

—> Avoids or reduces cultural myopia

—> inexpensive to implement (hire process)

Disadvantages

—>can create a gap between home and host country operations

Definition: A regiocentric approach is an international recruitment method in which an organization selects managers from a different country within the same geographic area whose environment and culture closely match the host country.

Geocentric HRM policy

Seek best people, regardless of nationality

Advantages:

—> Enables the firm to make best use of its human resources

—> Helps build strong unifying culture and informal management network

Disadvantages:

—>National immigration policies may limit implementation

—> Expensive to implement due to training and relocation

Low-context cultures rely on elaborate verbal explanations, putting much emphasis on spoken words

Beispiel:

northern Europe and North Amerika efficiency in delivering verbal messages: clear, logical convinincing

direct

A high-context culture emphasizes nonverbal messages and use

communication as a means to promote smooth, harmonious relationships

It is difficult for Japanese people to say “no” when expressing disagreement.

In East Asian cultures, showing impatience, frustration, irritation, or anger disruptsharmony and is considered rude and offensive

Analyse culture through four dimensions.

until which degree the less Powerful members accept und expect that power is distributed unequally

fundamental issue = how the Society unedles inequelitys among people

High Power = accept a hirachical order in which everbody has a place and which needs no justification.

Low Power distance = People engage to equalies distributions of power and demand justification for in equilities.

It has to do with whether people´s self-image is defined in terms of “I” or “We”.

In Individualist societies people are supposed to look after themselves and their direct family only.

Examples: Australia, Canada, the UK, and the U.S. tend to be strongly individualistic societies

In Collectivist societies people belong to ‘in groups’ that take care of them in exchange

for loyalty.” - Hofstede Insights

Examples: China, Panama, and South Korea tend to be strongly collectivist societies

Masculinity = represents a preference in Society for achievement , heroism (Heldentum), assertiveness and materiell rewords. for Success. (more Competitive)

Example= Australia and Japan

Feminity = preference for Cooperation modesty, carring for' the weak and quality of life (Consensusoriented)

Indulegence

The extent to which the members of a culture feel threatened by unknown situations and have created beliefs and institutions that try to avoid these is reflected in the dimension Uncertainty Avoidance.”

High uncertainty avoidance societies = create institutions that minimize risk)

Germany with health insurance, different finance System

Low uncertainty avoidance societies (comftorbal with traking risks)= Examples: India, Ireland, Jamaica, and the U.S.

Long fern stands for forstering of virtues towards future rewards in particular perseverance and thrift

Short term orientation stands for the fostering of virtues (werte) related to the past and present , in particular, respect for Tradition, preservation of face an and fullfilliy social obligations