Purchase Solution

Cultural barriers & diversity issues: International organization

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Explain what cultural barriers and diversity issues are commonly encountered by international/multinational (MNC) and global organizations.

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

This solution discusses what cultural barriers and diversity issues are commonly encountered by international/multinational and global organizations.

Solution Preview

Cultural barriers commonly experienced in multinational firms are:

- Language barriers, where meaning may be translated into something that is not understood or offensive to others.

- Different values and expectations about work. Some cultures may value a high standard of quality in their ...

Solution provided by:
Beatrice Martino, MEd
Education
  • MEd, Jones International University
  • BSc, DeVry University
  • MPH, Walden University
Recent Feedback
  • "Thank you so much!"
  • "Great work"
  • "thanks for the information"
  • "Thanks for the information"
  • "Excellent Work, very well-written, clear and concise."
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Understanding the Accounting Equation

These 10 questions help a new student of accounting to understand the basic premise of accounting and how it is applied to the business world.

Introduction to Finance

This quiz test introductory finance topics.

MS Word 2010-Tricky Features

These questions are based on features of the previous word versions that were easy to figure out, but now seem more hidden to me.

Basic Social Media Concepts

The quiz will test your knowledge on basic social media concepts.

Understanding Management

This quiz will help you understand the dimensions of employee diversity as well as how to manage a culturally diverse workforce.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • PPQ Parts Global Expansion: Political and Economic Concerns

    Explain what cultural barriers and diversity issues are commonly encountered by international/multinational (MNC) and global organizations.

  • PPQ Parts: foreign expansion for MNC

    What are some of the issues the host foreign country could face as a result of the expansion? 2. Explain what cultural barriers and diversity issues are commonly encountered by international/multinational (MNC) and global organizations. 3.

  • HR Plan Performance and Evaluation

    Some of these issues are; cultural misunderstanding or disrespect, or barriers from the environment such as discrimination or stereotyping.

  • Cross-cultural management in a diversity of ethnic groups

    What is the benefit of cross-cultural management when being exposed to a diversity of ethnic groups? There are several benefits associated with cross-cultural management which include the following: ?

  • Effect of culture on communication in multi-national corporation

    Using the Internet and the Library, research that organization to discover any cultural barriers that organization encountered and what its managers did to try to overcome those barriers.

  • Diversity Action Plan - FedEx

    Diversity brings down communication and cultural barriers because representing the local culture within the organization eases the difficulty of understanding clients needs and wants.

  • PPQ Parts

    Explain what cultural barriers and diversity issues are commonly encountered by international/multinational (MNC) and global organizations.

  • Issues in a developing country when a global giant enters

    Explanation: There are many issues that could arise in a developing country when a global giant like Coca-Cola begins operations there including differing international finance and currency matters, barriers in cross-cultural communication

  • Effect of culture on communication in multi-national corporation

    Using the Internet and the Library, research that organization to discover any cultural barriers that organization encountered and what its managers did to try to overcome those barriers.

View More Related Solutions