Message to students in MGT 201 Cross Cultural Management
From Dr John Jones, subject lecturer
Due 3 February 2014
TASK 3 – Mid Trimester assignment (30% of total for the subject)
Attached in
MOODLE is a cross cultural management case study, “Dilip
Roy at Itsun Heavy Industries India Pvt Ltd”
You are
required to analyse the case study,to
answer questions 1 to 5, as set out below.
The
due date is Monday 3 February 2014. I
have not set word limits but well thought out answers will gain better marks.
This
is to be sent to me through MOODLEbyMonday 3 February 2014,as a WORD
document, ARIAL, 10 or 12 pt.
NOTE:
There are some useful articles on the Internet that will help in answeringthe
questions. However, direct cutting and
pastingfrom thosearticleswithout accompanying explanations and references is
notacceptable.You must use your own words in all the answers.
Analysis of cross cultural management case study
“Dilip Roy at Itsun Heavy Industries India
Pvt Ltd
TOTAL ASSIGNMENT MARKS = 51(this counts as 30% of final subject marks)
Q1. (5 marks) Identify five persons
(people) named in the case study.
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Q2. (5 marks) Use the HOFSTEDE FIVE
DIMENSIONS OF CULTURE and THE HOFSTEDE CENTRE website to answer this part.
FIRSTlist
the FIVE persons you have selected.
SECOND Say (from the Hofstede study) which country
you would identify each person with.
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Q3. (15
marks)Use the HOFSTEDE FIVE DIMENSIONS OF CULTURE and THE HOFSTEDE CENTRE
website to answer this part.
FIRSTselect
any ONE of the persons from your list
SECOND Giveyour opinion (use your own words)
saying if that person meets or
does not meet the
characteristics given by Hofstede for the country they come from.
Explain why you believe this.
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Individualism / Collecftivism IDV |
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Q4. (20
marks)Use these principlestaken from Max Weber’s model of ‘bureaucracy’ to answer this part.
1.Formal hierarchical structure for
management.
2.Management by rules – clear, written
rules and procedures..
3.Organisation byfunctional specialty (jobs
clearly defined)
4.Formal communication channels.
5.Employment based on specific / technical qualifications
FIRSTselect
TWO organisationsfrom the case study.
SECONDexplain
how, in your opinion, each organisation does or does not appear
to meet theprinciples stated
above. It may be
that this cannot be identified, in
which
case you must say why.
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Q5. (6
marks)Communication.
Identify from the case study, two
examples each of:
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