Effective Cross Cultural Methods in Managing an...

This article will follow up cultural differences in business context and approach personal experiences of managing an international team. Main aim is to highlight the likely obstacles when cooperating with employees from different countries of the world and to find possible solutions for problems which are mention in the next paragraphs. Of course, this is not a guaranteed recipe for how to deal with all the crises that may occur in an international team, but it is a personal experience and inspiration for future managers who work in foreign companies. In the first part of this article is described working position and tasks and duties as a interim manager in the strategic consultancy agency F amp; D Inc. Also there is briefly†¦show more content†¦A small percentage of individualism (30%) indicates that Mexico is more of a country based on collectivism and many managers agree with this result. Collectivistic culture in Mexico relates with fostering the relationships in compa nies where everyone takes responsibility for the group as a whole. In Mexican companies and in business team as well loyalty is very important. The index of masculinity is 69% and It shows that for Mexican employees is important have a boss who is assertive, decisive and encourages competition. But in the last 10 years, the Mexicans began to focus on the quality of life and maintaining interpersonal relationships as matter of course for them. Mexico scores 82% of UAI (uncertainty avoidance) that means there is an emotional need for rules and putting a lot of effort into the job. People in Mexico work hard and also precisely, sometimes It seems that It is too much pressure for employees (National Culture - Geert Hofstede, 2012). After realizing this and adopted a number of rules in the Mexican business culture, manager is much more successful in the business negotiations. In followings paragraphs It is devoted concrete team of four people and there is try to explain the working atmosphere inside the group, communication, problems,