Human Resource Management homework help
Human Resource Management homework help. College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 3
Principles of Management (MGT101)
Deadline: 11/04/2020 @ 23:59
Course Name: Principles of Management Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT101 Student’s ID Number:
Semester: 2nd CRN:
Academic Year: 1440/1441 H, 2nd Term
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Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade: /10 Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
• The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
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Assignment Workload:
• This Assignment comprise of a short Case.
• Assignment is to be submitted by each student individually.
Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:
After completion of Assignment-3 students will able to understand the
LO 2. Recognize the functions of planning, organizing and controlling and how they interrelate (Lo2.1)
LO 4. Apply knowledge and techniques of strategic planning and decision making. (Lo2.1)
Assignment-3
Please read the Management in Action case “Norwegian Air Shuttle Aspires to Become the Cheapest Global Airline” at the end of Chapter 4 “Global Management” available in your textbook Management: A Practical Approach 7th edition by Kinicki, A., & Williams, B., and answer the following questions:
Assignment Question(s): (Marks 10)
1. What are the biggest challenges Norwegian experienced in trying to expand its airline across the globe? (2.5 marks)
2. To what extent did you observe examples of ethnocentric, polycentric, or geocentric attitudes in this case? Provide examples to support your conclusions. (2.5 marks)
3. Use Table 4.4 (Given below) to identify cultural differences that are likely to arise between Norwegian employees working in Denmark and Sweden and Thailand. How might these differences affect interpersonal interactions, and what can the company do to reduce any unintended conflict from these differences? (3 marks)
4. What are the most important lessons to be learned about global management from this case? Discuss.(2 marks)
TABLE 4.4 Countries Ranking Highest and Lowest on the Globe Cultural Dimensions
DIMENSION HIGHEST LOWEST
Power distance Morocco, Argentina, Thailand, Spain, Russia Denmark, Netherlands, South Africa (black sample), Israel, Costa Rica
Uncertainty avoidance Switzerland, Sweden, Germany (former West), Denmark, Austria Russia, Hungary, Bolivia, Greece, Venezuela
Institutional collectivism Sweden, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Denmark Greece, Hungary, Germany (former East), Argentina, Italy
In-group collectivism Iran, India, Morocco, China, Egypt Denmark, Sweden, New Zealand, Netherlands, Finland
Gender egalitarianism Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Denmark, Sweden South Korea, Egypt, Morocco, India, China
Assertiveness Germany (former East), Austria, Greece, United States, Spain Sweden, New Zealand, Switzerland, Japan, Kuwait
Future orientation Singapore, Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada (English speaking), Denmark Russia, Argentina, Poland, Italy, Kuwait
Performance orientation Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Taiwan, United States Russia, Argentina, Greece, Venezuela, Italy
Human orientation Philippines, Ireland, Malaysia, Egypt, Indonesia Germany (former West), Spain, France, Singapore, Brazil
5. Source: Adapted from M. Javidan and R. J. House, “Cultural Acumen for the Global Manager: Lessons from Project GLOBE,” Organizational Dynamics, Spring 2001, pp. 289–305.
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