Task 1 - Group PowerPoint with 1000 word individual assignment.
You will be allocated to a group. You are part of a global financial services company that has offices in Brazil, Tokyo and Germany. The head office is in London and the predominant organisational culture stems from there. Explore how the corporate organisational culture from head office might be affected when encountering the regional cultures that are present in each of its locations. Use the group dynamics to explore the four countries, dividing them within the group equally and drawing on the resources made available during the module. Present your findings as a group PowerPoint with an audio file. In addition, individually write up your own conclusions as to the effects of regional cultural issues on the corporate organisational culture of this multinational company as it conducts its business internationally Present your findings as one group MS PowerPoint with an audio file.
Task 2 - Individual 2000 word individual assignment Assume you are on a search committee to replace the CEO of a large multi-national corporation with its HQ in Chile, Latin America. The corporation has encountered significant challenges with operations in Paris where there has been a high degree of resistance to change, even though the Paris office is the highest revenue earner. The office in South Asia presents no obvious management challenges but is the least effective in terms of revenue. The former CEO was seen as authoritative and powerful. While successful, his senior managers had little respect for him. Staff outside of the HQ rarely saw him or his leadership team and when they did, he always appeared irritated, frequently muttering that ‘ we don't do it like that at HQ .' Prepare a report to take to the committee that sets out what needs to be considered in appointing a new CEO in terms of their leadership style, cultural competence, vision and strategic direction in leading this multi-national corporation to high revenue across all of its worldwide offices. Your considerations need to be backed up by academic scholarly work and must not be based upon your opinion.