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... and compassion for their employees, yet they have ... The Union Displacing local union
jobs and transferring ... The Union headquarters feel Global Communication are ...
... to share the 'Eight Locals', key elements of strategy from global franchisors who ...
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... history which is able to show that global cultures are ... dominance and near to total
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... Yet recession fears and the communication outlook for ... Global Communications is
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Submitted by amicalejona on December 16, 2007
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Global Yet local
In the 21st century, globalization has opened opportunities for companies to start operations in different geographic locations. This leads to a very important question of whether organizations can export their culture to locations with a different national culture and find success, or adapt and play safe instead. Hofstede(2001) defines culture in his book as “the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from another.” Mead (1994) suggests that organizations have to modify the home country systems, structures, and values to conform or comply with local norms. (Hofstede, 1980, 1993; Kedia and Bhagat, 1988; Laurent, 1986; Schneider and de Meyer, 1991; Sutton, 1995) maintain that when national and organizational cultures come into conflict, the first is likely to override values in the second. Culture influences all aspects of human behavior, although it is difficult to examine how it impacts behavior or induces change. Sometimes it is subtle, and an underlying force, whereas at other times, it is very pronounced. It is so much of an integral part of human existence, that it is almost impossible to ignore it. The changes caused by culture can evolve in a political, societal, or organizational way (Craig and Douglas).
In this paper, the interesting aspects of how McDonalds Corp. has managed to not only export its corporate culture and core values, but also successfully adapted to local and national cultures, if required, have been discussed in detail. When one talks about McDonalds and the globalization aspect, the first thing that comes to mind is
‘Americanization’. This concept has been looked at from McDonalds perspective. The various challenges faced by the company with regards to national cultures , how the company dealt with them and what changes, if any, had to be made as a result of these have also been discussed.
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