Blog recommendation

I want to recommend the following blog: http://oyc2010.blogspot.com/ it is written by Carlos Torres and is about similar topics: cultures and organizations. I consider it is a good source of research because is very complete and nice to read it.


You can check it and learn more.

Next on this blog

The next topic to analyze will be: India . First the reader would be able to understand the main concepts and then it will be answered a proposal question in order to understand more the topic.

China: A national and organizational culture that support globalization

Part 1: In this part, the reader would be able to understand certain aspects of the Chinese culture that are necessary for the foreign direct investment in the country.

China is in a big territory located in Eastern Asia and with a population of 1.3 billion people, it means that one-fifth of the world´s population live in China.

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Inside China there are different ethnic groups: 90% are part of the ethnic Han Chinese, there are also the Tibetans, Mongols, Uighurs, Zhuang, Miao, Yi and many other small groups. In terms of language, the spoken Chinese has a high level of internal diversity and there are several regional groups of Chinese, but the most spoken is Mandarin.

East Asia: The lesson of an organizational cultural change by a chaebol company

Part 1: In this part, the reader would be able to understand certain aspects of the Korean culture specifically the organizational culture of a Chaebol company: Samsung.

South Korea belongs to the East Asian region. The countries of the region are: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. These countries have cultural similarities because they share religion beliefs (Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto) and also the geographical proximity makes them share cultural aspects.

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Expatriate Assignment and Overseas Experience: Choosing between the best option

Part 1: In this part, the reader would be able to understand the main differences and similarities between expatriate assignments and overseas experience, based on the text “Expatriate assignments and overseas experience – contrasting models of international human resource development” by: Kerr Inkson, Judith Pringle, Michael B. Arthur and Sean Barry.

In expatriate assignment, the company has the initiative to send an employee to another country where it is a subsidiary. The employee has to know the company`s strategies and also need to have the ability to live and work in an international environment. The employee accomplishes the expatriate assignment and returns to another position in the same company in the home country. This model allows an intra-company mobility of the employees, because the subsidiary in the foreign country is part of the company.

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