RUSSIA

By

Diana Marcela Vasquez Correa

TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT STYLE

1. Severe climate conditions: russians have a fatalistic mentality

2.Orthodox Christian ethic: the principal values are, forbearance and obedience to the hierarchy

3.Rapid historical change: they past from communist to post communist mentality

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GENERALIZE HOW IS A RUSSIAN, BUT THEIR PRINCIPALLY CHARACTERISTICS ARE:

TECHNOCRATS,INVENTIVE, NO FORMAL MANAGEMENT EDUCATION, RULES ORIENTED, HIGHLY QUALIFY,COLLECTIVIST, PATERNALISTIC WORK STYLE

FIRST ENTREPRENEURS

"The end justify the means", Russians take risks and are flexible if they see that is in order to achieve a purpose .

What is organizational learning?

"Ways to design organizations so that they fulfill their function effectively, encourage people to reach their full potential and at the same time, help the world to be a better place"

Learning dimensions:

System levels:

-Individual

-Group

-Organizational

-Inter-organizational

Learning modes

-Cognitive

-cultural

-action learning

Learning typology

-adaptive

-proactive

Learning process

-identification of info

-generation of knowledge

-exchange and diffusion

BUSINESS PROTOCOL

• Develop a network of people you know and trust
• Patience
• Honesty
• Not to be "all business"
• Do not rush russians
• win-lose scenarios
• arrive punctual
• written material in english and russian
• confirm the meeting