Bus 5001 Managing Across Cultures Assignment Task Report

MANAGING ACROSS CULTURESExecutive SummaryThe purpose of this report is to help the company understand the cause of the problems it is experiencing in the foreign markets where the expatriates employees have been unable to be successful. The report identifies cultural differences in leadership style, cultural factors, communication, negotiation, team building, and decision-making as the causes of the high turnover and lack of productivity from the expatriates. Consequently, the report suggests the purposive recruitment, implementation of EPRG framework to determine the orientation of the company and experiential learning as well as training as the best immediate approach the company can use to alleviate the problems. Table of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Executive Summary PAGEREF _Toc68263401 \h 2Introduction PAGEREF _Toc68263402 \h 4Causes of the Problems PAGEREF _Toc68263403 \h 4Leadership Style PAGEREF _Toc68263404 \h 4Cross-Cultural Factors PAGEREF _Toc68263405 \h 5Motivation PAGEREF _Toc68263406 \h 6Communication PAGEREF _Toc68263407 \h 8Negotiation PAGEREF