My reflection: I have lived in India till 22 and moved to USA after finishing my bachelor’s degree. I respect Indian culture and I try to follow Indian customs. I always thought my values reflect Indian culture before coming to the class. When I initially came to US from India, I found many differences between both the cultures and I needed time to adjust to the customs and practices in USA. In India, Salutation is very important while addressing people. Indians try to avoid confrontation. Punctuality is not critical in India, but in America punctuality is very critical. I felt bad when I started doing a part time in the grocery store. After a while, I got used to it and started enjoying
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During with this time, I had the privilege to work with people from China, Philippines, Mexico, Romania, Italy and India. When I managed global teams, I saw a communication gap between offshore team and onsite teams. Off-shore team did not inform us about the issues they were facing until they missed the deadlines .If they had informed us before, we would have been in better shape. Both of the teams were feeling disconnected. Onsite team even had issues communicating and motivating employees from off-shore. Before coming to the class, I always thought it was the off-shore team’s mistake as they were not meeting our …show more content…
I am surprised and inspired by Japanese culture. Japanese family relationships, cultural values and management style are very different from my background. I am looking forward to learn about Japanese culture in the future. I also learnt that how the management style will impact the company innovation and project timelines. For example, China management style is great for manufacturing process with tough deadlines and American management style is great for innovation. No management style is good or bad as all of them have some advantages and disadvantages. We have to pick the style which suits our objectives and employees. The class also gave me chance to look at people from other cultures and how some of their values match and differ from mine. It also gave an insight into some of the actions which are ok in one culture, but seen as rude or bad in another culture. Coming late to meetings, “Showing the sole of shoe”, boasting are ok in some cultures, but seen as rude in
During with this time, I had the privilege to work with people from China, Philippines, Mexico, Romania, Italy and India. When I managed global teams, I saw a communication gap between offshore team and onsite teams. Off-shore team did not inform us about the issues they were facing until they missed the deadlines .If they had informed us before, we would have been in better shape. Both of the teams were feeling disconnected. Onsite team even had issues communicating and motivating employees from off-shore. Before coming to the class, I always thought it was the off-shore team’s mistake as they were not meeting our …show more content…
I am surprised and inspired by Japanese culture. Japanese family relationships, cultural values and management style are very different from my background. I am looking forward to learn about Japanese culture in the future. I also learnt that how the management style will impact the company innovation and project timelines. For example, China management style is great for manufacturing process with tough deadlines and American management style is great for innovation. No management style is good or bad as all of them have some advantages and disadvantages. We have to pick the style which suits our objectives and employees. The class also gave me chance to look at people from other cultures and how some of their values match and differ from mine. It also gave an insight into some of the actions which are ok in one culture, but seen as rude or bad in another culture. Coming late to meetings, “Showing the sole of shoe”, boasting are ok in some cultures, but seen as rude in