Cultural Differences in Managing Cross-Cultural Interaction between German and Chinese Employees

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich BWL - Unternehmensfhrung Management Organisation Note: 20 Technische Universitt Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig Veranstaltung: Topics in Intercultural Communication Sprache: Deutsch Abstract: The Chinese market is one of the most successful developing regions of the world. Today it offers enormous possibilities for (German) companies to invest in this market i. a. though the delegation employees to China as well as the integration of Chinese employees in Germany. Due to the skill shortages it will become more necessary than ever to recruit high potentials to transfer and to share knowledge about a certain business unittegrity and commitment are the most essential factors for a successful cooperation and teamwork within the company as well as for company`s success. Therefore it will be necessary to have a cooperative atmosphere with a mutual cultural understanding. Every employee must use cross-cultural skills (Adler 2002: 136). As Adler mentioned organizations consist of work groups which form the organization structure. The quality of these teams depends on cultural heterogeneities and its productivity and performance depends on how well the team works together and uses its resources to accomplish the task (Adler 2002: 139). This goal can only be reached by understanding foreign cultures and using diversity. Diversity implies differences in preferences habits languages and cultures (Guirdham 2005: 305). Multinational working groups und cultural diversity can be the key for a much higher effectiveness and success than homogenous teams. To develop an understanding for this purpose Hofstede`s dimensions will be considered and analyzed esp. against the background of Doing Business. Although Hofstede`s concept of culture will be the basis for this work but moreover the works of Adler Guirdham Beamer/Varner and Hall/Hall will play an additional role in this paper. This work will focus on mul