21407 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Income Tax
Document Summary
Foreign countries can provide a bs with new markers. Orgs set up operations overseas because of lower labour costs. Technology makes it easier to companies to spread work around the globe. Involves decisions about where and how many employees are needed globally. Location decisions include: cost and availability of qualified workers. Levels of global participation: domestic: corporate headquarters, international: corporate headquarters + foreign subsidiary, multinational: corporate headquarters + multiple subsidiaries working alone, global: corporate headquarters + multiple subsidiaries working together. Culture (aka (cid:494)set of shared beliefs(cid:495) - biggest emphasis) Individualism/collectivism: strength of relation between individual and others (high in individualism = affects participation in exercises) Power distance: how culture deals with unequal distribution of power (high = expects trainer to be expert and controlling of session) Uncertainty/avoidance: how culture handles how future is unpredictable (high = expects formal instructional environments) Masculinity/femininity: emphasis placed on qualities seen as male or female (low in masculinity = values relationships with employees)
