Module Code: BUS5001

Module Subject: Managing Across Cultures

Maximum word count: 4000 words

Assignment Brief

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As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Managing Across Culture assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing the module, you should be able to:

1. Evaluate the subject of cross cultural management
2. Explore the relevance of culture to issues of management and organisational behaviour
3. Assess the impact of techniques for managing cross cultural teams for high performance
4. Demonstrate flexibility in changing organisational contexts
5. Evaluate key issues influencing cultural difference, which may affect leadership and motivation, communications and negotiating, decision making and organisational relationships generally

Your assignment should include: a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and a word count; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in Arden University (AU) Harvard format. You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.

Assignment Task – Report

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Discuss and evaluate the relevance and importance of understanding national culture in the context of international management. Assess the implications of this understanding in supporting managers in successfully managing global virtual teams in particular in the international environment. As part of your discussions explore the notion of cultural differences in relation to: leadership, motivation, communication, negotiation and decision making.

(4000 words)

(100 marks)

(LO 1,2,3 4 & 5)

In responding to this task, you will need to apply the theories of Hofstede and other key cross-cultural theorists such as Trompenaars and Hall plus others that you may have read in your research. You will need to ensure that you evaluate both similarities and differences in theories and definitions and consider their implications for practice in leading global virtual teams to be successful.

END OF QUESTION.

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