Why study Culture Phani Radhakrishnan Senior Lecturer Organizational Behavior Human Resources Management U Toronto @ Scarborough Centre for Ind Relns & Human Resources
Globalization Inter-connectedness in terms of Economies Political Cultural Legal
Focus on Econ Inter-connectedness Free Trade Economic Inter-connected-ness Organizational Environments IT Team- Based Out-sourcing M&A=>Loose Orgn Boundaries Increased Competition Privatization
How do Managers function in these Organizational Environments Team- Based Out-sourcing M&A=>Loose Orgn Boundaries Increased Competition Privatization All involve people (interacting with them) Current knowledge is primarily based on research in US/European contexts
Need to know about Culture Culture is invisible Affects legal, political environments Crux of management is learning about behavioral and psychological differences between people