Canada and Brazil Presentations

CANADA

Is a country situated above The United States, in the North part of the American continent. It has a lot of diversity and its capital is Toronto. Canada has many influences from France, specially in Quebec. Its organizational culture is the mean to get a competitive advantage, they value the team work, the communication in the organization, the employee satisfaction and the apropriate training in each process of the company. They like to invest in leadership and human capital; their skills, experience and creativity conform an important part of the employee force. Canada has a population that is growing old very fast, so their need of younger immigrants has become an important aspect for the country; also the women discrimination has to decrease, because they are putting barriers on the raising of the women's charges and this removes the possibility of incorporating a labour force that has become more educated and could be very productive for the industries. The country has a lot of cultural diversity and they try to give equal opportunities to all in the workplace.

BRAZIL

Is a country located at the South American continent, is the biggest country of that region and has a lot of biodiversity and cultural diversity. Its capital is Brasilia and its main cities are Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. The subordinates at the company have to limit themselves to what they are told to do. They highly valuate hierarchies at the organization, meaning that decisions are made by top senior managers. They prefer the oral communication over the written one, they use a lot of body language and have many labour unions, which represent a large part of the population. Their corporate culture allows delays, interruptions in meetings, physical contact and the use informal communicaton. The importance given to the person they're dealing with is bigger that the one given to the company.  

Germany, New Zeland and Israel Presentations

GERMANY

It is a developed country, member of the European Union, wich is considered as one of the largest economies in the world. It is higly populated and have a lot of immigrants. It has been recognized for their great machinery and car industries, wich make exports to many countries around the world.

Germans like to plan everything and have control over the time spent in their activities, they manage power distance relationships at work (hierarchy), they are very strict and have many rules and regulations, they are very ethnocentric (don't like to change), they like the group work, they are very distant in their treatment, selective in their close relationships and very individualistic, they are very educated people, formal and punctual in business, they highly valuate contracts and implement some organization learning´programs in order to be integrated and have positives changes made by new contributions.   

NEW ZEALAND

This is a group of islands situated next to Australia, in the Pacific Ocean. They implement Total Quality Management (TQM) strategies in their companie's structures. They are individualistic people and very serious when it comes to the organization's rules and regulations, they have little power distance and a high level of masculinity, they like the punctuality and honesty when doing business, they are very direct people and take their time to make an agreement, they are more open to change and valuate a lot their economic resources.

ISRAEL

It is a mostly jewish country which exports technological equipment, software, chemicals and factories. Israel has trade relationships mainly with The United States, Belgium, Germany, Swiss and The United Kingdom. They have a lot of respect for the Sabbath (or saturday) becasue is the official day of rest from work. Almost all its population lives in urban centers. They deeply appreciate the kosher regulations, which stipulates that eating some kinds of animals is forbidden (such as cows, carrion or rapine birds, among others).

China & Japan Presentations

Both presentations focus on the management styles of the organizations in each country and teach us about some interesting things to have in mind when doin business with a Chinese or a Japanese entrepreneur. They share the belief that you must keep your "face" in all moment, that is, to maintain your dignity first, also they are very stricts in terms of the punctuallity you must have, they should know all the information in order to make an agreement, both cultures are very collectivists, they consider that social meetings are very important and they avoid the "no" answer, but it doesn't mean that when they say "yes" they completely agree.

Chinese people consider harmony as a primary goal, the leading role in a meeting is given to the person that has a higher hierarchical status, they have a long-term vision of things, they tend to avoid conflict by all means, you should take into account that they don't like colors as white and black in presents and they avoid visual contact.

Meanwhile the Japanese are very respectful people, they care about the group they're working with (team work), they consider important to make a bow.You should generate trust in order to build strong relationships, you should give and reaceive the business card with both hands and read it before putting it away, and you should give them little presents (details that mean something). Japanese people tend to discriminate women in the work environment, but in the house, women are the head and they are the ones that take care of the raising of the child and of the family finances. 

Both cultures are influenced by many cultural (Japanese Samurai) and religion factors (Chinese Confucianism), so you must be very careful when building any kind of relationship with them.