1. Why study Culture Phani Radhakrishnan Senior Lecturer
Organizational Behavior Human Resources
Management U Scarborough
Centre for Ind Relns & Human Resources

2. Globalization Inter-connectedness in terms of Economies Political
Cultural
Legal

3. 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

4. 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

5. Need to know about Culture
Culture is invisible
Affects legal, political environments
Crux of management is learning about behavioral and psychological differences between people