Week 2

During week 2 we discussed some factors of the global economy such as the "The Changing Environment of Management(Diversity, Global Economy, and Technology)" in addition "International Management and Cross-Cultural Competence". In the mist of globalization managers are having to adapt to lot of new issues such as diversity in the workplace and the wide competition from foreign companies and technology. Going on foreign assigments is another issue that some managers face today as they have to move to different countries to expand business for it's current employer. The book explains a little of how that works and how these managers and their families go through cross-cultural training to learn about the culture and people of the specific location they are moving to.

Here is a video of Communication Between Cultures showing some differences and behaviour between eastern and western cultures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwsNKkVPog&NR=1