In the recent years of economic reform and organizational change, team compatibility has become a more important factor in team management. Active cooperation is characterized as group value orientation, group interests, and a group resource management style. Through active cooperation, team members work closely toward team objectives. C ommunicative coordination emphasizes team communication and joint working efforts. Under communicative coordination, team members are provided with specific directions and plans.
Information sharing focuses upon comprehensive and multidirectional information exchange.
It emphasizes key task information and integrated team objectives. Human Resource Management Human resource management in cross-cultural settings has also become a more active area. Whereas performance appraisal practices were more developed in the Netherlands, Chinese industrial enterprises featured more promotion opportunities for staff members. Practices such as training, selection, and recruitment were less affected by cultural variation. Also, respect for authority, rationality of procedures, and division of work were more dominant in the organizational culture of industrial Chinese companies.