1.
Describe the factors that affect organizations competing in the global economy.
2.
Explain how cultural differences form the basis of work-related attitudes.
3.
Describe the challenges and positive influences diversity bring to today’s business environment.
4.
Discuss the role of ethics, character, and personal integrity in the organization.
5.
Explain five issues that pose ethical dilemmas for managers.
6.
Describe the effects of technological advances on today’s workforce.
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1 Learning Outcome
Describe the factors that affect organizations competing in the global economy.
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Globalization
Diversity
Ethics
Technology
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• Globalizing the firm’s operations
• Managing a diverse workforce
• Keeping up with technological change and implementing technology in the workplace
• Managing ethical behavior
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From International (which implies an individual’s or organization’s held nationality is strongly in consciousness)
To Globalization (which implies the world is free from national boundaries and that it is really a borderless world)
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From Multinational Organizations
(in which the organization was recognized as doing business with other countries)
To Transnational Organizations
(in which the global viewpoint supersedes national issues)
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China and Globalization
• Suntech Power, China’s largest solar panel manufacturer, opening a plant in
Arizona.
• Will build panels from parts manufactured in China and Texas.
• Important factor – shipping costs.
• Suntech has goal of reaching 20% US market share by end of 2010.
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• Opening of Chinese market
• Creation of the European Union
• Establishment of NAFTA
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HOFSTEDE’S DIMENSIONS
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ON HOFSTEDE’S DIMENSIONS
INDIVIDUALISM Collectivism
High power distance Low power distance
High uncertainty avoidance
MASCULINITY
Long-term orientation
LOW UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE
Femininity
SHORT-TERMM ORIENTATION
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2 Learning Outcome
Explain how cultural differences form the basis of work-related attitudes.
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• Cultural sensitivity training
• Cross-cultural task forces/teams
• Global view of human resource functions
• Planning
• Recruitment and Selection
• Compensation
• Training and Development
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3 Learning Outcome
Describe the challenges and positive influences diversity brings to today’s business environment.
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all forms of individual differences, including culture, gender, age, ability, personality, religious affiliation, economic class, social status, military attachment and sexual orientation
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Ethnic 2020 Workforce: 68% white non-Hispanic
14% Hispanic
11% African-American
5% Asian
Gender 2020 Workforce: 50% male
50% female
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Beyond the Book:
Diversity in College Football
• According to The Institute for Diversity and
Ethics in Sport at the University of South
Florida, key leadership positions at Football
Bowl Subdivision schools remain predominantly white and male.
• 100% of athletic conference commissioners.
• 93.3% of university presidents
• 86.7% of athletic directors
• 92.5% of head football coaches
• 82.9% of faculty
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• Comprise over 60% of the workforce
• Earn 49% of all doctorates
• Earn 60% of master’s degrees
• Earn 58% of undergraduate degrees
BUT
• Little increase in number of women CEOs.
• Earn 81% of what male counterparts do.
• Encounter the glass ceiling in the workplace
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Age
By 2030, people over 65 will comprise
20% of the population.
Ability An estimated 50 million disabled live in the
U.S.; their unemployment rate exceeds
50%.
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Beyond the Book:
Diversifying Dell
• Reverse mentoring scheme at Dell.
• Women in middle-management mentor senior-level men.
• Based on recognition that some aspects of leadership do not come as naturally to men as they do to women.
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BENEFITS PROBLEMS
•Attracts and retains the best talent
• Improves marketing efforts
• Promotes creativity and innovation
•Results in better problem solving
•Enhances organizational flexibility
• Resistance to change
• Lack of cohesiveness
• Communication problems
• Interpersonal conflicts
• Slower decision making
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4 Learning Outcome
Discuss the role of ethics, character, and personal integrity in the organization.
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[ Rule-Based Theory ] an ethical theory that emphasizes the character of the act itself rather than its effects
[ Consequential Theory ] an ethical theory that emphasizes the consequences or results of behavior
[ Character Theory ] an ethical theory that emphasizes the character, personal virtues, and integrity of the individual
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5 Learning Outcome
Explain five issues that pose ethical dilemmas for managers.
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Technology and privacy
HIV/AIDS
Confidentiality
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• Gender Harassment – crude comments; behaviors that convey hostility toward a particular gender
• Unwanted Sexual Attention – unwanted touching, unwanted pressure for dates
• Sexual Coercion – demands for sexual favors through job-related threats or promises
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Distributive Justice – fairness of the outcomes that individuals receive in an organization
Procedural Justice – fairness by which the outcomes are allocated in an organization
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Whistle-Blower – an employee who informs authorities of the wrongdoing of his or her company or coworkers
– Public Hero or Vile Wretch?
Social Responsibility – the obligation of an organization to behave ethically
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1. Is it the TRUTH ?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and better friendships?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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6 Learning Outcome
Describe the effects of technological advances on today’s workforce.
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Technology
The intellectual and mechanical processes used by an organization. The intellectual and mechanical processes used by an organization to transform inputs into products or services that meet organizational goals.
Internet
Examples
Expert System
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Robotics

Beyond the Book:
Addicted to the Internet
• Technology can be addicting.
• Key warning sign – being preoccupied with online activities, adversely affecting relationships
• Types – pornography, gambling, auctions sites, games.
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Telecommuting
Satellite offices
Virtual offices
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[ Employees ]
• Gain flexibility
• Save the commute to work
• Enjoy the comforts of home
[ But, they ]
• Have distractions
• Lack socialization opportunities
• Lack interaction with supervisors
• Identify less with the organization
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• Develop technical competence to gain workers’ respect
• Focus on helping workers manage the stress of their work
• Take advantage of the wealth of information available to motivate, coach, and counsel —not to control
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• Involving them in decision making regarding technological change
• Selecting technology that increases workers’ skill requirements
• Providing effective training
• Establishing support groups
• Encouraging reinvention (creative application of new technology)
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Lost in Translation
1. While watching this sequence, pretend you have arrived in Tokyo, and you are experiencing what you are seeing. Do you understand everything you see?
2. Is Charlotte bewildered by her experiences? Is she experiencing some culture shock?
3. What aspects of Japanese culture appear in this sequence? What do you see as important values of
Japanese culture? Review the
Chapter 2 section, "Cultural
Differences," to gain some insights about these questions.
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