Cultural dimensions as they relate to your critical incidents (may be more than one). Explain how your chosen critical incident relates to one or more cultural dimension(s) in your report. Use subheadings to indicate the discussion of each critical incident.
- Samantha liked her new job, but she felt that the environment was very cold. Samantha said that no one talks about their family or their personal lives, only about work. She feels it is very difficult to work in such an environment and she wishes her colleagues would share more with her. What kind of culture is Samantha in and how is she responding?
- One of Tim’s employees is always late. Besides being late, he tends to go on and on when talking and wastes valuable time at work. Sometimes Tim has to cut him off. The employee seems to feel offended and thinks Tim is being rude. Tim believes that they are on a strict schedule and things have to be done by a certain time; as well, things are scheduled to take a certain amount of time.
- Robert has been sent overseas to a new office. When he arrives at the office, one of his first tasks is to select some local hires for office positions. Robert is looking for people who are bilingual and have office experience, especially is customer service. However, he is told that one of the applicants is the managers nephew and should be given special consideration. Robert is offended and does not veant to even interview that person. The manager reports back to the parent company that Robert is inflexible and disrespectful. What is going on?