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).