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This 3 page paper discusses a business research project completed in the summer of 2007, in which a survey of middle managers was conducted to determine the difference in the way cultures perceive the future. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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for example. Sometimes the research is conducted by a much larger organization to determine over all trends. This paper discusses a business research project undertaken to determine trends in globalization.
Discussion A quick word about the research: repeated searches for "current business research projects" and similar terms returned nothing useful. The same search terms in a journal database were similarly
sparse, but did yield the source referenced herein. Repeated searches for specific companies ("business research" + "Cisco Systems" for instance) also came back with little useful information. This is not
surprising, as companies dont usually want their competitors to know their concerns. Were left with a research project completed just this summer aimed at managers of global workforces. The research
was done by Mansour Javidan and his colleagues; Javidan is the director of the Gavin Center for Cultures and Languages of International Management; he is also the president and chairman
of the GLOBE Research and Education Foundation at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona. The report issued this year is part of an on-going study that is
now in its 15th year; the purpose of the research is to provide managers who work with globally-dispersed operations with information as to how cultures vary "in relation to a
set of factors important to organizational management and leadership" (Javidan, 2007, p. 20). In order to gather data, Javidan and his colleagues conducted a survey of "over 17,000 middle managers
in 61 societies"; their research revealed "nine key areas" in which the researchers were able to discern "clear differences" (Javidan, 2007, p. 20). One of these differences is the way
in which various cultures consider the future, which is examined further below. Javidan and his colleagues conducted their study by asking the participants "straightforward questions" and then went further, by
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