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A 7 page paper that responds to two parts of the assignment: Step 1 and Step 2. The first discusses the issues at the new plant in China and the second discusses cultural issues faced by Nissan, Mitsubishi and Disney. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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much competition in the Hangzhou Province in China that the company cannot find skilled labor among the Chinese population. There is plenty of foreign labor, including Indians, Koreans, and Pakistanis.
The company wants to adopt a human resource management approach that is sensitive to not just these three foreign populations but also to the Chinese and Americans and they are
interested in an approach that will encourage positive relationships in the long-term. The company also believes a set of metrics will be needed to assure goals are being met. The
executives at Riordan are being proactive in addressing the issues of concern. They have also involved the parties that need to be involved. They seem to recognize they need to
address the different cultural norms of the Korean, Pakistani, and Indian cultures while not forgetting the Chinese culture. Both Nissan and Mitsubishi faced cultural challenges. One succeeded, one did not.
Daimler was a major investor in Mitsubishi and they never figured out how to deal with different cultures. Daimler relied on organizations they perceived as having deep pockets to bail
out Mitsubishi. Specifically, they thought that the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and others would provide them with the talent as well as the capital needed to turn Mitsubishi around (Hodgetts, Luthans
and Doh, 2005). That was an inaccurate assumption. One aspect of the Japanese culture is that they do not like to admit or even acknowledge they have made a
mistake. As these authors state, there is a tendency in Japan "to avoid unpleasant truths and shun radical solutions" (Hodgetts, Luthans and Doh, 2005, p. 152). Nissan, by contrast,
thrived primarily because of their suppliers. A very strong kieretsu was behind Mitsubishi but Nissans keiretsu was not as strong and the company was able to thrive because Renault who
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