The reasons for culture clashes and the consequences of culture clashes

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The reasons for culture clashes and the consequences of culture clashes

Reasons for culture clashes

Different senses of time

Fixed time and or a more fluid sense of time.

Different practices

Different countries or cultures

Different orientations to tasks and to people

Task-oriented or relationship-oriented

Different leadership styles

Autocratic, democratic, partenalistic, laissez - faire and situational

Miscellaneous grammatical differences

Type in any other miscellaneous particularities of the two language versions.

Example: when naming rivers in AmE, the word 'river' comes after the name: 'Upper Delaware River'. In BrE, 'river' always comes in front of the name: 'River Thames'.

Different languages

Verbal and Verbal and non-verbal communication

Different degrees of formality

Formal or informal

Different comfort levels with diversity

Diversity or ethnocentric

Consequences of culture clashes

Bankruptcy or failure

Bankruptcy or receivership - if the problems of a merger are severe enough, the organization may be at risk of bankruptcy or failure.

Decreased profitability

Workers are less productive and conflict in the workplace increases.

Various types of conflict in the workplace

Differences between cultures are likely to increase conflict.

Higher labour turnover

Increased labor turnover is especially problematic when the main purpose of the merger was to form more capital human.

Lower productivity

Lack of familiarity with rules and procedures.

Unresponsive management

Employees feel that managers are not concerned with their welfare.

Sense of isolation

Managers focus on the strategy of the new organization and the employees feel isolated and ignorant.

Sense of division

Employees focus on the differences between employees of the merging companies instead of in their common purpose and its many similarities.

Use of letter 'U' in words ending in 'OR'

In American English, words ending in 'OR' do not include the letter 'U'.

Type in as many words as you can. Example: 'color' (AmE) and 'colour' (BrE).

Preoccupation with the merger

Employees focus their attention and energy about the fact of fusion rather focus on their own work.

Use of double consonants

Type in the words that are written with double consonants only in one version of the language.

Example: 'traveler' (AmE) and 'traveller' (BrE).

Lack of focus

Employees may not understand the values and goals of the new organization.

Words with different endings

Type in the words which have one ending in American English and another one in Standard British English.

Example: AmE has changed words ending in 're' in 'er': 'theater' and 'theatre'.