Understanding the culture is important when dealing with human resource training. Most of the negations with other countries are lost because the management we send to get the job done doesn t understand the cultural meanings to different forms of communication. One of the most promising strategies to ensure success is the cross-cultural management training curricula for future global leaders. This often leads to frustration, cultural blunders, and costly mistakes. If your company is planning a global training program, examine your overall international presence.
Cultural differences are at the core of the obstacles to opportunity in the workplace.
They may be expressed as interpersonal culture clashes or they may be translated into the variety of organizational formal and informal roadblocks that nontraditional workers encounter on the job. Managers considered 'global' are those who appreciate and are highly tolerant of different cultures, and can analyze possible consequences of a decision on a firm's international operations. The Conference Board conducted a study of 130 companies to examine their practices in recruiting and developing global executives. The study found that many of these firms are providing their promising employees with international experience early in their careers so as to identify those who show potential for success in working overseas. Likewise, the study found successful global managers to be knowledgeable about business, highly tolerant and flexible, and able to work with people.