UMUC BMGT 495 BMGT495 Week 7 Learning Activity 2
UMUC BMGT 495 BMGT495 Week 7 Learning Activity 2
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BMGT 495 Week 7 Learning Activity 2 / Strategic Management
Case study:
A leading-edge U.S. computer firm announced from the headquarters in the United States that a new product would be available to its Japanese customers in October 1988. This official announcement was communicated through the corporate communication channel to the management at its Japanese subsidiary. This availability date was later postponed by 4 months and then postponed again several times. All the subsequent delays were communicated officially to the management at its Japanese subsidiary once any of the subsequent unexpected supply chain management disruptions were uncovered by the US headquarters. The employees at the Japanese subsidiary were furious about this chain of events and humiliated at having to inform their customers about these delays. Later, a key sales manager was so ashamed of his company’s behavior that he left the company. (Carroll & Gannon, 1997, p. 117)
Reference:
Carroll, S. J. & Gannon, M.J. Ethical dimensions of international management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Step 1: Initial response:
1. Assume that you are a member of the strategic planning committee that intends to design the ethical standards for the international human resource management of your company.
2. Interpret what you think have caused the reactions of the Japanese sales manager as mentioned in the Case Study. How are the personal ethics and corporate ethics interpreted differently (a) in the USA, and (b) in Japan?
You are required to use the appropriate APA formatted scholarly reference source and corresponding in-text citations in all your postings.
Step 2: Follow-up postings
You may use one (or a combination) of the following approaches, and you are not limited to these approaches:
1. Comment on the position of your fellow learner’s posting.
2. Recommend alternative approaches for fine-tuning international human resource management strategy to reflect the intercultural (socioeconomic) considerations and legal systems.
3. Make alternative recommendations with reference to this week’s readings, other research findings and/or examples from current events.
4. Respond to the additional question(s) posted by the instructor to the whole class.
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