Research explanation

Multicultural Leadership

Faraji C. Edwards

Walden University Good!

Multicultural Leadership Comment by Kerry Mitchell: APA does not use “introduction” as a heading because very paper starts with an introduction

Introduction

Today’s global market has created the need for multicultural leadership to be developed. Global leadership effectiveness has notably been a major problem in the literature for the world of business, social issues and human resource management and development (Panetta, 2012). Thus, for active management of a global company is vital. What do you mean by active management? There is effective multicultural leadership implemented in the increasingly tight global market. With the increasing involvement in globalization and technology advancement, leadership in the different organizations has been challenged to improve so as to function effectively continually. Comment by Kerry Mitchell: This information seems common knowledge. How does your paper contribute? Are you going to explain active management or what the challenges with globalization are? Have a clear purpose statement here and identify your main points.

With the technology advancement and possibility of a global economy that has changed the way of what? , individuals (do you mean employees?) communicate and also do business. This has resulted in leaders looking at the changinge of world as a challenge and also as an opportunity for organization development as well as personnel development. To add on to the increment in the knowledge-based enterprise, both the employee and the workforce has been encouraged to build on interpersonal skills so as to effectively deal with racial conflict that continually advances at the labor force due to the diverse cultures. Therefore, it is paramount to develop global leadership competencies that can effectively help the leadership in the management of the organization.

Approaches for Global leadership Ccompetencies

Globalization enables all the leaders to increase their leadership skills for them to be able to effectively manage their workforce (Resick, Hanges, Dickson, and Mitchelson, 2006). Different approaches are suggested for the management theories on how the leaders are expected to govern their workforce. First, the? universal approach, this approach is noted to generalizes the leadership traits and indicate that they are all the same across all the cultures. Therefore, there is no need to have an individual training on a particular culture as all the implemented leadership maybe charismatic leadership applicability is universal regardless of the location and culture.This sentence is not clear. Cite sources that are informing this idea. Comment by Kerry Mitchell: It is not clear how management theories are connected to global leadership Comment by Kerry Mitchell: Before going into the next sentence, explain that there are three approaches you will discuss, the universal approach the contingency approach and the normative approach. Then you can discuss each one.

Contingency approach I send what are you sending? Why? with an assumption that all the culture are different and thus their leadership would all be the same. Reword this. Something like, “the next approach, the contingency approach, states that cultures are different but leadership is the same (citation).” Therefore, the success of a situation is dependent on the different characteristic. The third approach is a normative approach which focuses on leaders’ abilities and skills and the leaders with a cluster of talent and abilities are thought to be prepared for global management. Citation is needed here However, more approaches are defined in the management sector but are paramount that while dealing with a multicultural workforce, it is important to have a clear understanding that the leadership traits and personalities have a crucial role in the effective management of the diverse labor force (Morrison, 2000). – this sentence is not clear. It seems to be a run-on sentence.

Evolution of multicultural management ethics theory - use Title Caps

It is noted by whom? that 21st century has been a competitive landscape as there is the full realization of globalization. End sentence here it – what? Globalization depends on the skills and the leader’s ability to manage a diverse workforce and also fully implement the ever increasingly complex business strategies. For many Americans, the 1980s and 1990s marked the realization of the global economy. End sentence here, at this time even the ordinary consumers became cautious of the product they consumed (Petrick, Scherer, Brodzinski, Quinn, and Ainina, 1999). The biggest impact was noted to be on small businesses because….. With the small businesses entering the global markets, it also presented the challenges of managing potential ethical conflict due to the different cultures at the marketplace. Why is there more conflict due to cultuere with small businesses as compared to large businesses?

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Impact on Organization Management – your other headings should look like this

Organization culture affects business success. Thus it is essential for team competitiveness and performance to be emphasized within organizational culture (citation). With the need for a leader is to increase - this does not make sense. Do you mean leaders need to increase…..? the capabilities to manage on the complexities of diverse individuals, understand as well as respecting their difference. There is a need to make an adjustment to the leader and also be willing to not only tape ? the opportunities associated with multiculturalism but also the challenge that is associated with the kind of leadership that.. (finish this thought). Furthermore, as leaders, they are the most influential to organizational performance as they are the onces who interact with the workers on a daily basis and guide them to the attainment of the required goal and objectives.

Diversity is not only involved in how people perceive themselves but also how they interact with others. The different perceptions such as? illustrate the various interrelations in the organization. With the increment in diversity expected to go up in the coming years, it is up to the HR spell the first time you use this department now how to effectively communicate, adapt and also be willing to change with the readiness and willingness to spend resource on the management of diversity at the workplace. There are o citations in these two paragraphs. Are these your ideas? How do they connect to the articles you are reviewing?

With the suggested approach which approach is suggested? By whom? from effective global leadership, there are several advantages that an organization will enjoy. the They include; increment in adaptability as the diverse workforce are noted to have different skills and talents that they can easily work together. There is also a broader service range with the diverse collection of the experiences and skills, furthermore, with the diversity in viewpoint, the leader is capable of mentoring the employees on the different channels (Reilly and Karounos, 2009). However, with the mentioned positive attributes of multiculturalism, there are also challenges that the leader is expected to face in light of globalization and technology advancement. Some of the problems are communication difficulties; cases experienced resistance to change and to get all the employee o be on board in the proposed execution of the different policies. Cite sources

Social Responsibilities - explain why the topic is changing. How is this connected to the prior paragraph and the purpose of the paper?

Today’s global leadership is expected to promote corporate social responsibility fully, cite source and there is an important concept that the stakeholder has to deal with. All tThe organization is expected to give a full account of their crucial concern to the communities that host them, furthermore, in addition to the raised concern they are also required to provide the different stakeholder's responsibilities in addressing these concern. Citation Moreover, the global leader has a social responsibility to create a pleasant workplace which directly affects the employee welfare (Cotae, 2010). To ensure all the stakeholders have a comfortable environment is by; creating a friendly working environment, helping the community in the preservation of the environment, being involved in the community leadership and being involved in community support.

Leadership Contribution to Organizational decision-making

Group dynamics notably play an influential role in global leadership practice. With the proposed leadership style and management approaches, application of every method is dependent on the particular group dynamics and circumstance. In many cases, leadership is influenced by the perception of peers, superior and also subordinate.

The group dynamics are a force with processes of the role, norms, relations, and behaviour. With the different group dynamics, they each play a critical role in shaping the global leadership which in turn has a robust impact on organizational culture and also climate. With the unique dynamics in cross-cultural competencies, they can be enhanced with the difference in personality characteristics and intercultural experiences development. Therefore, application of normative approach can be crucial with the different skills and personality presented. Cite ideas in this paragraph

Work ethics, behaviors, management-labour relationships as well as communication are noted to be different from nation to nation. Therefore, it is paramount that leaders be able to conceptualize the different culture presented in the various countries. In great context nations like South Korea and Japan, the employee prefers to be given an indirect message, and they rely more on nonverbal codes. However, this is different for low-context countries like Germany and USA they prefer more of direct communication and construct more information in the meager delivered. Therefore, the cognitive approach will fit perfectly given it is cautious of the different culture presented in a country and treat every culture as unique (Javidan, Dorfman, De Luque and House, 2006).

Ethics

Ethics in light of a global arena is noted to face differentiation, given the different cultures presented. Therefore, it is paramount the leadership to first understand the local employee tradition, and then they can be capable to function full. With opposition from the people or employee at work, it became hard for the attainment of the employee to fully attain the set objective and goals established by the company.

Different cultures view leadership and communication channel different, example, high context countries leadership position to have very high priority and voicing to the person in authority is noted to be disrespectful. Furthermore, they based a lot of their business on the trust of the other party from the tart, in a situation where the parties cannot fully be trusted the contract is terminated immediately (Ghemawat, 2005). For the small context countries, they believe and encourage open communication, and there are more women in the management boards. In conclusion, with a clear understanding of the difference presented by different countries, it becomes apparent to the leadership on their expectations.

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References – Only list sources that are cited in the paper

Ghemawat, P. (2005). Regional strategies for global leadership. Harvard business review, 83(12), 98.

House, R. J., & Leadership, G. Organizational Behavior Effectiveness Research Program.(2004). Culture, leadership, and organizations: the GLOBE study of 62 societies. – Not cited in the paper

Cotae, F. (2010). Looking at the link among leadership, organizational learning, and the internationalization sigmoid. Global Management Journal,2(1), 5–18, Retrieved from Business Source Complete database. List these in alphabetical order

Javidan, M., Dorfman, M., & House, R. J. (2006). In the eye of the beholder: Cross-cultural lessons in leadership from Project Globe. Academy of Management Perspectives,20(1), 67–90. Retrieved from Business Source Complete database.

Morrison, A. J. (2000). Developing a global leadership model. Human resource management, 39(2, 3), 117.

Panetta, L. (2012). Sustaining US Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st-century defense. Washington, DC: US Department of Defense.

Petrick, J. A., Brodzinski, J. D., Quinn, J. F., & Ainina, M. F. (1999). Global leadership skills and reputational capital: Intangible resources for sustainable competitive advantage. The Academy of Management Executive, 13(1), 58-69.

Reilly, A. H., & Karounos, T. J. (2009). Exploring the link between emotional intelligence and cross-cultural leadership effectiveness.Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies, 1,1-13. Retrieved from ABI Inform database.

Resick, C. J., Hanges, P. J., & Mitchelson, J. K. (2006). A cross-cultural examination of the endorsement of ethical leadership. Journal of Business Ethics,63(4), 345–359. Retrieved from ABI Inform database.

Faraji, your paper has good ideas. The purpose and main points are not clear. Use signposts and tell the reader what the purpose is, what the main points are and how they are connected. You did a good job of synthesising different perspectives, but they are not connected well. There are many grammatical errors and word choices that make this difficult to understand. Work with the Writing Center to help with clarity and citing sources properly.