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Question 1. What differences would a manager have to be aware of if doing business in Africa, Australia, or South America?

Question 2. Describe positive and negative outcomes that can result from societal, political, and cultural differences when managing a corporation in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

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There are a few differences a manager would need to be aware of when doing business abroad. particularly, in regions like Africa, South America, Australia, Asia, Europe, and North America all have differences when managing corporations. There are both positive and negative factors to consider in the political, social, and cultural arenas.

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1. There is a relationship between diversity and team conflict; however the type of diversity can have a different impact on the type of conflict. According to Kankanhalli, Tan, & Wei (2006), team diversity has two important categories of cultural and functional diversity. The study revealed that cultural diversity resulted in the most cited episodes of global team conflict. Cultural diversity encompasses ideals that are transferred through different languages and styles of communication, as well as other regional differences (Kankanhalli, Tan, & Wei, 2006). Therefore, these messages can be easily misrepresented. The study revealed relationship conflicts to be the most common. These conflicts are relative to feelings of discrimination against nationalities (Kankanhalli, Tan, & Wei, 2006). Functional diversity includes those individuals with a different value system; they might have different experiences which shape their overall assumptions and beliefs (Kankanhalli, Tan, & Wei, 2006). The results of the study show this type of diversity causes more task conflict.

As a nation in South America, Brazilians focus on the dynamics of the family and place value on their family relationships. They ...

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