unit 2 discussion board 4
Discussion Board
Global Human Capital Trends and Goal Alignment Requirements
Tue,3/3/20
Numeric
75
Primary Task: 400–600 words; Secondary Task: Two 100-word replies
Hello Class,
Welcome to week #2.
So your meeting with Shawn, John, and the board of directors was a success! Good work, so now is the time to really put action items behind your recommendations. Let’s face it, we are now living in a global economy. Many of you may be working for companies that were not founded in the US. There are many global organizations that have operations all over the world. With that being said, they also retain their mission, values, and most importantly culture. For example, Toyota is not an American organization, it is a Japanese organization, however, they are one of the largest employers of Americans in the US. The Japanese culture of efficiency or better known as (Kaizen) can be seen in Toyota’s manufacturing plants throughout the world.
For this week’s DB, as you read the scenario and Using AGC as an example, what human capital management problems can arise when an organization does not acknowledge cultural differences at its global subsidiaries? How can leadership styles effect global organizational culture? Describe a human capital management goal that Shawn can recommend to change the global organizational culture of AGC.
Remember to post your primary post to the discussion prompt by this week Friday 11:59pm CST. Then you have until Tuesday 11:59pm CST to respond to at least two other learners.
I look forward to your discussions.
Dr. A
Primary Discussion Response is due by Friday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Tuesday (11:59:59pm Central).
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Additional Information: The briefing to John and the board of directors was a success. You and Shawn believe that it allowed them to understand the challenges associated with managing global human capital effectively and the value of recognizing human capital as a critical part of AGC’s strategic plan. John and the board of directors gave every indication that they understood the sense of urgency needed to align the key global human capital goals with those established for the entire global organization. In fact, they asked you to move ahead with developing global human capital goals for AGC as part of its strategic plan.
You will begin by evaluating the existing organizational culture and analyzing the leadership styles used at each global AGC subsidiary. The company has several global subsidiaries, each with significant cultural differences. Shawn believes that AGC would benefit from an organizational culture that is more proactive and competitive. Likewise, he believes that leadership development programs should focus on styles that recognize the importance of celebrating diversity, empowerment, and innovation.
Review the AGC scenario for this course and discuss the following with your peers:
- Using AGC as an example, what human capital management problems can arise when an organization does not acknowledge cultural differences at its global subsidiaries?
- How can leadership styles effect global organizational culture?
- Describe a human capital management goal that Shawn can recommend to change the global organizational culture of AGC.
Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:
- What did you learn from your classmate’s posting?
- What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
- What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
- What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
respond 1:
Brandy Kamai
Phase 2DB
February 25, 2020
Culture is a knowledge that people can use to interpret experience and generate social behavior. Culture can be learned, shared, transgenerational, symbolic, patterned, and adaptive.
There are a lot of things in cultural diversity that can impact an organization in decision making, individual versus group rewards, informal versus formal procedures, loyalty, cooperation and competition just to name a few.
Communication is generally a core issue when doing business globally. The reason being is it can take on different meanings among people of different cultures.
It is important for managers to understand the way other countries communicate within their culture. It is good to know one’s customs and expectations before doing business with global subsidiaries, without doing this the result can be disastrous.
The need to communicate with different people in different languages and from different cultures are critical in international management.
Other problems that can arise are operating practices of local employees, how the corporation actually enters the foreign and unfamiliar operating environments with different practices to hose the country which could result in culture conflict, and corporate social responsibility.
A person’s leadership style can affect global organizational culture because they might be autocratic leader where what they say goes, and they don’t take into effect other people’s opinions etc.
A person can refrain from being acceptable to the cultures which can lead to conflicts, and affect the overall mission of the organization which can be destructive to the performance of the organization.
A goal that Shawn can recommend is the People capability maturity model. This model establishes standards of practice, task-and relationship oriented that the members of the organization must follow. A leader that is effective in changing can bring synergy to a complex culture when they are successful of creating the same type of synergy in the workplace.
References
Muse Global Human capital trended retrieved online from https://class.ctuonline.edu/_layouts/MUSEViewer/MUSE.aspx?mid=16889204
The impact of cultural differences on human resources policies of multinational companies by Sarah Michelle Hutnek retrieved online from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1061&context=senior_theses
