Assume That You Are Leading A Team Composed Of Members Leading A Multicultural

Leading a Multicultural Team a PuraName:Institutional affiliation Leading a Multicultural Team a PuraIntroduction Pura is a multinational real fruit juice processing plant whose headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia. The company has processing plants in United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. However, the plants in Honduras and Ireland have developed problems that need agent attention. The company has appointed a multicultural team to correct the flaw in the manufacturing process. Members of the team are from UK, Brazil, Egypt and Colombia. Egypt is an Arabic speaking country in North Africa, Brazil and Colombia are in Latin South America, but they speak Portuguese and Spanish respectively, and the United Kingdom speaks English. None of the members has met before. The company, therefore, faces a potential challenge of working with a multicultural team. Guidelines for Decision-Making ProcessDecision-making stars with selecting an appropriate leadership style. The team consists of professionals who lead their respective subsidiaries. Therefore, they expect an active role in decision making. The preferred leadership style would be Laissez-faire. Second, the leader should minimise conflicts within the team. According to Trompenaars (1996), “To minimize conflict between cultures,