The MTPD fosters awareness about national identity, as a cohesive whole, provides contexts and the impact these have on one’s role in the society. For example, the functioning of marginalized communities. We are educating students, addressing cultural differences, making clear that we share universal rights and dignity no matter where we are from, by emphasizing that one cannot explain away injustices by cultural relativism.
A 19 years-old female New Zealander employee is currently working as retail assistant in a Multinational fashion retail company. The firm started in America and has now expanded to around 136 countries around the world, including New Zealand. This work is complemented by his studies in Auckland University of Technology
The interviewee shared that the firm has made a shift to a more “culturally sensitive corporate environment”. A good example of this cultural awareness is that the firm has introduced a policy that allows people to leave a meeting if they feel (culturally) inhibitive or prohibitive with the behavior their col-leagues are presenting. Another shift in the firm is that they are anticipating building a culturally centered diversity community.
In this Case Model, the managing director of a direct sales company was interviewed to identify and navigate the way culture influences people in an international work environment. The six cultural dimen-sions according to Geert Hofstede were looked at and used to identify differences. We also looked at what impact cultural limitations have on the employees, how these are dealt with, and in what way language and the interpretation thereof plays a role in preventing and resolving miscommunications.
Our case is about a professional winchman aboard a search- and rescue helicopter working for an organization in the UK.
The company is a US based real estate firm that is offshoring its lease abstraction to Hungary, Budapest.
The interviewee works in construction in different countries including Germany, the United-Kingdom, The Netherlands and different Arab countries such as Saudi-Arabia, Kuwait and the United Emirates.
This case model is based on the interview of a school, situated in the Netherlands, that teaches Dutch as a second language. At the school, many people from different cultures come together on a daily basis and learn Dutch. Most people come from Iran, Syria, or Turkey.
For this interview, the vice president of a multimedia company was interviewed. In this interview, the cultural differences and situations of the interviewee were shared. The interviewee explained and gave insights on several situations where the cultural aspect is listed in. Furthermore, examples of inhibitive and prohibitive situations on the work floor are mentioned (Hofstede et al., 2002). The company consists of a very diverse company culture, where all the cultures and behaviours are respected. This is seen by the diverse ethnicities in the workplace with co-workers with an Indian, Polish, Russian and Japanese background.
The countries where they deploy their activities concerning asset management for real estate are Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Czech and of course the Netherlands. Within This company there are also four languages which are spoken: English, Dutch, German and Czech. The top of the hierarchy is obligated to master at least three languages. In general, they communicate in English. These languages function for internal communication and also for external communication since we have international clients.
Forensic accounting is a procedure performed by auditors, where they conduct an examination on accounting practices, that investigate fraudulent actions. Through this examination, fraud and embezzlement are addressed. The auditor then must determine where the questionable financing has been allocated, by asking the entity to explain the nature of a financial transaction in court.
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