martes, 9 de febrero de 2010

What is the relationship between national identity and corporate culture?




Corporate culture are Shared values, actions, beliefs that develops within an organization and guides the behavior of its members, it is an organizations identity, is what makes it unique and different from another organization around the world.

Corporate culture is at the level of corporations and organizations, and it is the identity and personality of an organization, it contributes to the performance of the company and adds value, a strong corporate culture includes application of uniform codes of conduct (visible level) and application of corporate values (intrinsic level)

National identity is” The term used to describe the attachment people feel to their nation. In Britain one may speak of separate national identities for the Scots, the Welsh, the English and the Irish, but also of an overarching identity with the United Kingdom. A national identity is supposed to include a common history, a set of shared values and state institutions as well as a common culture.”
National identity (n.d) in British civilization-terms, Retrieved from http://www.hf.ntnu.no/engelsk/courses/egw/114/british/bt.htm

National identity is at the level of a nation, is the personality of a nation, is what makes it unique and different from other organizations.

National identity influence corporate culture,by giving it the boundaries of action,cause the values, beliefs, attitudes of a nation, tend to influence the organizations establish in it, we behave according to the geography we were born in, we build our religion, relations, beliefs, based on the reality we were born in.
the corporate culture has to adapt to certain rules that national identity has established,for example,a fench company in colombia has to adapt its corporate culture to certain issues regarding our national identity.

Based on the reading of international corporate cultures, from helpless global convergence to constructive European divergence,Barmeyer/Davoine 2006

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