Module 05 Course Project - Final Proposal Due

Executive Summary Assignment

Name: Marquita Brown

Institutional Affiliation: Rasmussen College

Executive Summary Assignment

Purpose Statement

· Aim includes cultural differences from several nationalities and impact on business success rates.

· Goal comprises of providing insights on corporations’ challenges regarding foreign nationalities.

· Challenges may include productivity reduction due to poor managerial strategies in managing cultural diversities.

· The design of the tool focuses on making managers to comprehend employees’ differences from different regions.

· The paper simplifies the cultural diversity solution through creating a known tool to serve as a cultural map.

· Cultural diversity should be control for social interactions in ensuring productivity and peace in a company.

Problem Statement

· False beliefs on cultural behavior are the reason for failure among managers.

· Managers use ineffective techniques in workers’ management since they are neglected from training on cultural diversity.

· The results include misplaced attitudes towards foreign workers and poor productivity due to conflict.

· Cultural diversity mismanagement leads to financial and logistical losses.

· Most articles have hypothetical information regarding cultural diversity issues.

· Some published articles provide solutions towards cultural diversity.

Plan

· Managers have to realize that culture is complex and should be analyzed.

· This means that managers have to use mapping as a creative solution in reducing cultural diversity gaps.

· Managers have to use countries and regions to study cultural diversity before hiring individuals with different social backgrounds.

· Considerations have to be undertaken on areas of cultural development.

· This means that firms have to measure diversity in the manner of communication, persuasion, leadership, decision-making, trust, disagreements, and schedules.

· Multiple perspectives have to be applied to deal with existing challenges.

· Managers should be positive in adjusting and readjusting positions in the professional environment.

Conclusion

· In conclusion, it is important for managers to study cultural diversity as a way to understand how to align cultural differences with operational developments.

References

Meyer, E. (2014). Navigating the cultural minefield. Harvard Business Review, 92(5), 119-123.