solutions in moments of crisis

Differences among human being are normal issues that make each person unique. Interests, personalities, cultures, languages are all different, those differences, in some cases, can come up with some struggles.

In companies, it is known that not always people will agree there are some situations in which one would not like the way thing are done. Conflicts can be more common than what we thought and managing those conflicts can be ease when people are willing to listen to others and recognize their mistakes, but with close minded people managing change could be a nightmare. The principal cause of conflict is a bad communication, sometimes we do not take into account others opinions, and we misunderstand messages getting the wrong idea. In organizations people must have a constant communication in order to be connected in the same idea on what they are working on, understanding and accepting differences is fundamental to avoid conflicts in communication.

When working in a cross cultural environment where there are people from other places, with different cultures and languages it is important to take into consideration some key elements that will help managers and workers in general to have a better communication and avoid conflicts.

• Respect cultures beliefs like religion, customs, traditions and habits inside the organization. Respecting do not mean that someone has to adopt it just it is just to recognize the difference and respect people´s values.
• Difficulties with languages can be a big problem in communication but adopting a common language will help the organization avoid this issue.
• Close minded people are not healthy in cross cultural environments.
• Listening to others point of view and try to maintain a win-win situation could generate a better ambiance inside the organization.

Conflicts have to be faced, not facing them will generate more problems; avoiding the situation is not the solution, collaborating and collaborating are the best ways to follow. Not only managers must be compromised on conflicts resolution but every employee from directives to security personnel.

Conflicts do not have to be seen as problems inside the organizations, conflicts can also come up with new things that might represent benefits in the future the key is to know how to face them and give them the best possible solution where everybody involved in it feels pleased.

References

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globalization affects in all aspects

A globalized world allows countries to be closer, borders and frontiers are disappearing more and more. People from all over the world have more opportunities to travel, learn and know new things, cultures, languages and get more experience in personal and professional aspects, these helps people to have better reactions in cross cultural situations. But being in a globalized world also means that any issue that affects one country has repercussion all over the world. It could be seen now-a-days with the conflicts in Arab countries. Societies are asking for their rights and conflict of interests and war took place in these countries.

 Whereas conflicts get bigger and bigger countries from other continents like for example the U.S and some European union take advantage of the situation and want to participate on the conflict they know that it will be better for them to democratize the Arab countries in order to enter them into capitalism and obviously take advantage of them and have benefits in commerce. The U.S, I personally think, is a country that sees opportunities in all territories and knows that the Arab countries have lost of petroleum which is an important resource for them and their industry. In the other hand this conflict can have consequences in commerce, the Arab countries are good exporters of petroleum if they are completely focus on war commerce will take a second place this could mean an increasing cost in exports affecting commerce in other countries; also relationships can be affected due to this conflicts, negotiations, conversations and deals might have delays or even can be cancel due to this problem.

This issues are a good representation of globalization, countries are more connected, not only look for opportunities inside their territory but outside, being closer and having good international relations could help to develop more advantages, especially for those potential countries that are always looking to get more and more in order to maintain their power and their position.

leadership and managers

Leadership is a special characteristic that not all individuals have; it is the capacity to influence an individual or a group in order to achieve a specific task. Leaders have some skills that allowed them to guide in the better way others; a good leader is who listen to others´ opinions and find the best way to align people and achieve goals successfully. In the video attached at the end we can find a better explanation of the characteristics of a leader.

I considered that in companies it is very important to identify who is a good leader in a specific situation and when it is better to stay as a follower.  Inside the company a manager has to care about developing some leadership skills in order to manage employees and companies in the right way, not always a good manager is a good leader, it is important to differentiate one from another. In some cases managers who do not have enough skills as leaders can find support in someone who does and together could complement the job and get better results in the business. Being a good leader does not mean that all people is going to be agree with all the decisions, opinions and statements that the leader have in that case it is important to generate trust among people and leave a space where they can express what they think; in the case of managers, the decisions that they take almost always can be irreversible but it does not mean that employees and people cannot present their opinions towards managers directions; in companies with low power distance it is possible to talk directly to the manager and let him/ her know about the opinion and critics that the employee have but I think that arguments are necessary to supports those critics, I have to remark that disrespect and bad attitudes won´t be allowed and would never be taken into account in a positive way; in high power distance cultures what employees or any person could do is to talk with the leader, present the critics and, if it is possible, bring up some solutions. I consider that all members in the company are important and are part of the organization therefore, everyone should have the right to say and present what they think towards the organization direction and all proposals are welcome if they are for the organization benefit. Leaders take an important role when people and workers want to present their disagreement with some manager´s directions, workers should present them in a positive and proactive way rather than just criticism and leaders should be able to align workers, support them and let managers know about what people, within the company, think and feel of the directions. I think that dialogue between managers, leaders and workers is fundamental for the company sake.

 

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1. Crony capitalism: societies based on a close relationship between businessmen and the state; in these societies the success of a business dependent on the favoritism that is shown to it by the ruling government in the form of tax breaks, government grants and other incentives. The need of maintaining power is very important and that is why government and networks works together, to keep the power. Capitalist. “This requires businesses to operate closely with the government to achieve the greatest success.”

This information was based on Investopidia dictionary.

2. Banana republic might be societies with dictatorial, military and absolute governments. The author compare India with a banana republic because of the influence of the government, they tend to manipulate the population increasing taxes.

3. From my point of view I think that the media is already a corporation and it can bring up many problematic that might affect societies and organizations. The media manipulates bunches of information and not always these information is right so in different levels information can be wrong and misunderstood generating the wrong perception among people. They also have control of the opinion they can manage information as they want and can gain more power little by little and then people´s opinion will be transmitted just in the way that the media wants.