Transcultural Values

Megha U S1 mBA

WHY SHOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT TRANSCULTURAL VALUES

Globalization affects a managers skills in lot many ways. At the managerial level you have to work with people who are born and raised indifferent cultures. What is right according to you may be is wrong according to them. So managers have to become capable of working with people from diff. Cultures and because values differ across cultures, an understanding of these differences should be helpful in explaining and predicting behaviour of employees from different countries.

TRANS-CULTURAL VALUES
Trans-cultural values are those beliefs that people across the world are associating themselves with. These beliefs have come in various people because of social changes brought by globalization, increased mobility and ethnic intermingling. As you work with people from multicultural backgrounds, you will find that these differences raise barriers to trans-cultural communication.

Characteristics of Trans-Cultural Human Values

The degree to which individual freedom and independence given by the society. To which degree the society encourages innovation, and risk-taking. The level of rules and regulations in a society. Rewards system. Whether they follow equity or equality. Tolerance level of a society Hierarchical level of the society.

Importance of TCV

"Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster."

 Culture influences ethical decision-making. Sometimes, the host-country culture and parent-country culture will be diametrically opposite. Increase in services sectors needs TC. You should not impose your culture on others.