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Employee Relations Managers cannot managed multinational employees if not exposed to different cultures. True or Not?

Managers who managed multi national employees cannot be effective if not exposed to different cultures and not had opportunity to travel around the world to experience the cultures first hand. How one can be champion of culture change at work place, with a background that lived with own culture and customs? Share please. Thanks Hassan Al Jabri

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Question added by Hassan S Al Jabri , Consultant Business Development - Human Capital , Various Multi-national, Private - Semi-Government Organizations
Date Posted: 2014/06/01
Saud Al Lamki
by Saud Al Lamki , Group Manager (HR, Admin & IT) , Shaksy Group of Companies

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You can have a theoritical understanding of change management by studying international management and then focus on the cultures that are dominant within your organisation. Understanding the nuances of both high and low context cultures will allow you to have an awareness in your day to day interactions.

 

Culture can also be observed via the media, music and art furthermore observation again of the various cultural practices in your workplace will give you a better understanding of working in a multi cultural environment.

 

You will have always keep an open mind no matter how far away someone elses practices differ from your own cultural inflences. Finally, if you  have only your own culture to direct you than take the opportunity to remove yourself from what you know and apply yourself in a way that you would not normally apply yourself when faced with change. Sometimes having a blank slate is a good place to start learning about new things.

All the best Champ!

Saud

Ahmad Kamal Shafieck Aref
by Ahmad Kamal Shafieck Aref , Administrative Assistant Manager , National Academy Of Legal Studies And Research

Of course, this is true, because cultural differences diverge from the spirit of cooperation

SHEKH RABIL
by SHEKH RABIL , former chef de partie , saudi arabian trading company

that time should be connect managing director and he must be follow role and regulation then he diceded what is the problem.

True. It's very important for the Employees relations manager to have such multinational culture exposure. Othervise there is no meaning for the position itself as employee relations manager.

HAMADA  rida
by HAMADA rida , operateur salle de controle , univers acier

The call to prayer, as it is known to us as Muslims, is understood by the East, the Maghrib, the Caucasian, and the Roman Muslim. Work and specialization is like that for me. In the end, we master our work properly and at the same time we accept the difference and the multiplicity of cultures, so there is no difference between the old and the young, and there is no difference between the guard and the prince, nor between the executioner and the captive. If the worker performs his duties appropriately, the manager will accept multiple nationalities and will then make a comparison between the nationalities, which is better and who has the benefit.

sachin krishnan
by sachin krishnan , Site Supervisor , PK group

We can discuss HR & assistant Manager

Muhammad Arshad
by Muhammad Arshad , Monitoring & Evaluation Officer , PSPU, Health Project

It is True because the System of Multinational Organisation That Relation cannot build up because there is a huge stup even expanded in Number of Countries of the Wrold. They have different nature of Cultue, Language, Environment, Political and Social situations effects on relations. The best Manager is that who overcome all difficuties give timely result of his given Tasks/Projects.

WADDAH ISMAIL THABET ALI
by WADDAH ISMAIL THABET ALI , Marketing Specialist , ASIAN GATE SDN BHD COMPANY

It is important to understand the cultural ethical, national and economic backgrounds of employeess for knowledge transfer, in order to match learning with the interests of the employeess. This should be consistent with generic information, I am convinced that fair, valid, reliable and transparent employeess assessments are the only way to obtain the feedback and respect of the employeesss. Hand in hand with this is the formal evaluation, which is primarily focused on enhancing the motivation of employeess and on guiding their improvement. Instructors should establish one-to-one interaction to obtain employeess feedback in order to rehash their issues and difficulties in work place, particularly those that are lagging behind their peers. 

Dr Shahid Ikramullah Butt
by Dr Shahid Ikramullah Butt , Full Professor School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering , National University of Sciences and Technology, H-12 Islamabad, Pakistan

True to some extent. However, as humans are all same and demand respect as taught by Islamic teachings.

Sami Ben Abdallah
by Sami Ben Abdallah , Architect , Sami Ben Abdallah

it's not true,because even in the same culture people are different .... but it is enough to be understanding and open to the thoughts of others we can always find ways to collaborate with them. because 

Paulo Afonso Sambo
by Paulo Afonso Sambo , HR Executive Manager , ATBM

Overall he can but he has to have particular assistants in each country

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