Profil culturel pour une communication efficace sur le lieu de travail en Nouvelle-Zélande

Étude de cas Entreprises & gestion Management organisation

Date de publication :

02/06/2009

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Anglais

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6 pages

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Communication styles
Rules and relationships
The group and the individual
According status
Time orientation
Tips for doing business in New Zealand

Résumé :

Since the mists of time, human beings have been communicating through a multitude of ways, expressing themselves in different languages, sharing ideas and discovering faraway foreign cultures. However it seems that, despite of all new technologies making each day communication easier, some rules have to be taken into account as far as cross cultural communication is concerned. Indeed, Geert Hofstede has highlighted five dimensions of culture providing us with a better understanding of the culture itself and thus also allowing us to communicate in a more efficient way.

First and foremost, New Zealand is said to have a low power distance. Indeed, hierarchy in New Zealand is not very strong, preferring a more egalitarian system. Following this concept, New Zealander places values on independence, the employee can be expected to have their say in decision making and a consultative leadership is settled throughout businesses. Nevertheless, most of the decisions are individually made, management is authoritative and competition among the employees is current. New Zealanders expose a favorable attitude towards younger people and treat women as their equal.
Afterwards, New Zealanders are said to be individualists, which explains that we notice a prime orientation to the self and thus the individual comes before the community. As far as decisions and incentives are concerned, they are both delegated to the individual. They consider society not as something as above them but as a collection of individuals. Besides, community is judged by how it assists the individuals' interests. Indeed, New Zealand in a multicultural characteristics nation thus each minority has to be taken into account and different main cultural dimensions can be highlighted.