Culture
Values
Norms
Beliefs
Rules
Culture Influencers
Influences
Influences
Behaviours
Community Knowledge
Knowledge
Values
Beliefs
Social Systems
Political Systems
Economic Systems
Faith Knowledge
Religion Systems
Conveyed by
Conveyed by
Language
Artefacts
Norms
Structures
Rules
Made Things
Shapes
Education Systems
Enables
On Going Culture Development
Religion
Systems
Political
Systems
Social
Systems
Economic
Systems
Verbal & Body
Language
Education
Systems
Indonesia
Doing Business in Indonesia (2.16 m)
(UK Perspective)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APTCPNCJqZM
Doing Business in Indonesia (2.16 m)
(Hong Kong Perspective)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsInzb-IsZQ
Class Discussions
1. Discuss how a nation’s culture is shaped by the dominant relgion, language,
social structure & education. How would you describe the national culture of
Australia based on these concepts?
2. Dou U think business practices in Indonesia are likely to differ from those in
Australia? If so, how.
3. What are the implications for International business of differences in
dominant religion or ethical system of a country?
Japan – Panasonic Konosuke Matsushita
Quest for Innovation- Konosuke
Matsushita & Panasonic (11.27 m)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OEv
oTV_wIc
His Teachings (2 m)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frr
agJBkhg4
CASE 1
1. Where were the triggers of cultural change
in Japan during the 1990s? How is cultural
change starting to affect traditional values
in Japan
2. How might Japan’s changing culture
influence the way Japanese businesses
operate in the future? What are the
potential implications for the Japanese
economy?
3. How did traditional Japanese culture
benefit Matsushita during 1950s-1980s?
Did traditional values become more of a
liability during and post 1900s? How so?
4. What is Matsushita trying to achieve with
the HR changes? What are the
impediments to successfully implementing
these changes? What are the implications
for Matsushita if (i) the changes were made
quikcly or (ii) takes years or even decades
to fully implement?
Class Discussions
CASE 2 - The Great Firewall Of China – 21 m
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWsXhN
JFj78
1. How has Internet changed China? Are
Chinese Internet users different from
their Australian counterparts?
2. Discuss the notion of an open,
demographic society. Does this exist in
China?
3. What is the Great Firewall? What role
does Google play in helping the Chinese
government maintain the Great Firewall?
DO you think that Google made the right
decision when it agreed to comply with
the Chinese Government’s request to
limit access to certain information. Why
or why not?
4. How does China’s culture influence the
way information is disseminated within
the country? What does this mean for
the people living in China?