CULTURES OF INDIA AND UK
Introduction
INDIA vs. UK CULTURAL DIFFERENCES * Doing favors: Indian organizational culture means that within an organization needs to do something he / she have the tendency to turn to friends in the hierarchy in order to obtain a favor to do their task. It also can be true when it comes to training and development especially in areas such as promotion where a senior officer might prefer some one due to their relationship. But however this does not happen in an UK organizational culture. In UK everything has a set procedure to follow and done formally and in instances like promotion legislation makes it difficult for favoritism. * Traditional values and beliefs: Indian cultural value and beliefs is a complete contrast to that of the UK; this gives rise to problems in the management. In India people are reluctant towards changes and still have strong beliefs in things such as auspicious time etc. So it is vital to understand their beliefs and its importance so that ay any point the workers are not offended. Whereas in UK workers are more open to changes a well as the level at beliefs in things such as auspicious time is little people are more adoptable in some ways in UK. ...read more.
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Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI) It measures the level of tolera ...read more.nce for uncertainty and ambiguity within the society. The score for uncertainty avoidance is more or less the same in the U.K 40 and India 35. In the past organizations in both in India and UK have been very traditional i.e Marks & Spencer. Changes in MARKET however i.e increased competition has however forced the organizations to be more dynamics and thus people in both countries have begun to adapt changes. Uncertainty avoidance has decreased is not very high in both countries This means that people have less concern about ambiguity and uncertainty and have more tolerance for a variety of opinions. People accept changes and take risks for example with restructuring of the organization. This is
INDIA vs. UK CULTURAL DIFFERENCES * Doing favors: Indian organizational culture means that within an organization needs to do something he / she have the tendency to turn to friends in the hierarchy in order to obtain a favor to do their task. It also can be true when it comes to training and development especially in areas such as promotion where a senior officer might prefer some one due to their relationship. But however this does not happen in an UK organizational culture. In UK everything has a set procedure to follow and done formally and in instances like promotion legislation makes it difficult for favoritism. * Traditional values and beliefs: Indian cultural value and beliefs is a complete contrast to that of the UK; this gives rise to problems in the management. In India people are reluctant towards changes and still have strong beliefs in things such as auspicious time etc. So it is vital to understand their beliefs and its importance so that ay any point the workers are not offended. Whereas in UK workers are more open to changes a well as the level at beliefs in things such as auspicious time is little people are more adoptable in some ways in UK. ...read more.
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Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI) It measures the level of tolera ...read more.nce for uncertainty and ambiguity within the society. The score for uncertainty avoidance is more or less the same in the U.K 40 and India 35. In the past organizations in both in India and UK have been very traditional i.e Marks & Spencer. Changes in MARKET however i.e increased competition has however forced the organizations to be more dynamics and thus people in both countries have begun to adapt changes. Uncertainty avoidance has decreased is not very high in both countries This means that people have less concern about ambiguity and uncertainty and have more tolerance for a variety of opinions. People accept changes and take risks for example with restructuring of the organization. This is