Cultural aspects in Business (the USA)
Contents Introduction The USA’s management. American management style The USA system of payments Conclusion
Introduction In an increasingly global world, business environments include people from different cultural backgrounds. Every country has its own "personality" or culture, which represents by their companies in world stage. For an organization to be successful over the long term, its culture needs should be known and managed effectively.
The USA’s management. Several traits influence on American’s management style: - family isn’t as important as in most cultures; - Americans like change; - social contacts and relationships tend to be more work related, as opposed to neighborhood, community and religion; - Americans frequently change jobs and move; - getting ahead is usually done via changing jobs;
The USA’s management. education is more job related. For example, community colleges prepare you for a job; - social mobility is related to money, not social standing or ties in a family; - Americans take pride in job achievements; i. e. my son the doctor; - most Americans actually pay their taxes; - it's a legalistic society; -
The USA’s management. the understanding of other cultures is very low, as is the understanding of non-American history; - there is little interest in foreign cultures in most areas of the country (exceptions are metropolitan areas with large immigrant populations such as New York and Lost Angeles); - business people are relatively informal in their meetings but there is a great deal of them.
American management style In the USA, people relate to each other with an equal amount of respect, focus on schedules and time management. Managers allow employees to participate in the decisionmaking process, after consulting them to gather background information. All people in the organization have important roles and all are valued for their contribution.
In most cases, Americans explore the possibility of forming a sustainable partnership which will help to gain a stable position in the market in the future. To compliance schedules is important and expected. The USA is a controlled-time culture. Missing a deadline is a sign of inefficiency and poor management.
American management style is usually considered as individualistic in approach, managers are responsible for the decisions made within their areas of accountability. All significant decisions can be discussed in open forum, the ultimate accountability for the repercussions of the decision lies with the boss — support or seeming consensus will dissolve when things go wrong. Advantage of this accountability is the American dream that outstanding success will certainly bring outstanding rewards. Employees can also speak directly to senior managers. This freedom is obvious at meetings, where everyone can participate openly.
In the USA the system of payments provides: workers receive a time payment, which is associated with a high level of mechanization of labor, where the output from the working practically independent; wage system in the USA can only increase and almost never decrease. in most USA companies pay systems are inflexible and they also don’t have enough motivational effect; bonuses (like promotion of the hierarchy) are usually only for top managers; minimum wage (as well as hourly rates) is regulated by law; dimensions of payment depends on workers and the cost of living in this area; increase of payment is usually done annually for all employees whose work is evaluated positively. Certification of workers is conducted annually;
Conclusion In general, we can conclude that management in the USA is close to globalization parameters at all levels: from a singular firm to society. And cultural aspects also have an important role in development and establishing of these parameters. If you want to do business in global market you should know particular qualities of different country’s cultures.
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