lunes, 30 de agosto de 2010
- The business set up in Chile is very formal and conservative
- For the most part, Chileans are formal in their business dealings, at least until a personal relationship has been developed. Good manners and proper etiquette are seen as a sign of good breeding.
- It is a good idea to have a wide range of contacts. This is a country where knowing the right person is often more important than what you know. Interpersonal relationships, including loyalty to family and friends, are essential to business success.
1. Development Change: from something already created improve it.
2. Transitional Change: to leave an old activity to start a new one.
3. Transformational Change: is a radical change, properly planned and executed.
According with the book “Contemporary Management” of Gareth R. Jones and Jennifer M. George; there are four types of organizational conflict:
- Interpersonal Conflict.
- Intragroup Conflict.
- Intergroup Conflict.
- Interorganizational Conflict.
- To initiate a negotiation in Chile is necessary that your presentation is realized across third parties such as institutions, consultancies or banks.
- To get in contact with whom takes decisions, it is necessary to communicate first with its secretary, because she is the one who determines the appropriate meetings.
- Punctuality is very important in business events. Nevertheless, this norm is applicable only for visitors, who surely will have to wait for his Chilean counterpart during 15 or 30 minute.
- Show amiability and respect.
- Catholic and Protestant beliefs can be a great influence in the Chileans way of thinking.
- It is accepted the sense of humor but in meetings it is preferred a serious environment.
- Be clear in your priorities, terms and conditions.
- Agreements are fulfilled in a strict way, problems are resolved rapidly and payments should be effected punctually.
- Offer a hand squeeze and establish visual contact when greeting a Chilean.
- The manager is not always from Brazil but they must be residents and domiciled in the country.
- The manager is expected to give direct instructions and the employes are expected to act without discussion.
- The boss and the subordinates build a relationship based on trust and respect.
- Brazilians take time when negotiating. Do not rush them or appear impatient.
- Often the people you negotiate with will not have decision-making authority. Use local lawyers and accountants for negotiations.
- Brazilians resent an outside legal presence. Brazilian business is hierarchical.
- Decisions are made by the highest-ranking person. Brazilians negotiate with people not companies.
- Do not change your negotiating team or you may have to start over from the beginning.
- Business appointments are required and can often be scheduled on short notice. It is not uncommon for appointments to be cancelled or changed at the last minute.
- In Sao Paulo and Brasilia it is important to arrive on time for meetings. In Rio de Janeiro and other cities it is acceptable to arrive a few minutes late for a meeting.
- Do not appear impatient if you are kept waiting. Brazilians see time as something outside their control and the demands of relationships takes precedence over adhering to a strict schedule.
- Business cards are exchanged during introductions with everyone at a meeting.
- Meetings are generally rather informal.
miércoles, 18 de agosto de 2010
martes, 10 de agosto de 2010
lunes, 2 de agosto de 2010
JULY 28th
THE ROLE OF CORPORATIONS IN THE ACTUAL CONTEXT
The last class was very interesting because we could wonder about something that influences so much our lives, we talk about " the role of corporations".
At the beginning of the class ,the professor explained us what this blog activity is about, we are going to summary each class and we are going to answer a question supported on what we saw in the session but also in some resources.
Then we saw a documentary called " THE CORPORATION" that shows how they have become extremely important for the world, as they generate enormous benefits and profits but also a lot of damage.
Before continuing, let`s define WHAT IS A CORPORATION?
A financial dictionary define it as " A legal entity that is separate and distinct from its owners" this is explain by Ambrose Bierce as " An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility" .
How is that a legal person become so important for the world?
It is because some corporations are bigger than some countries
(1) Measured by value added or GDP, 2000, Million dollars.
Also they represent the most important external financial source of the developing countries (foreign direct investment), so their decisions have a strong impact in all aspects in the world.
As they are the most important non state actors today , they have gain so much power and their impacts bring both negative and positive things.
Positive actions of corporations:
- Much of them produce goods and services that make our life easier
- They generate employment
- They increases national income
- As they are key actors in the globalization boom, they carry with them the opportunity of transfer new technologies every where
- Globalization of products
- Investment increases in developing countries
- Violation of human rights
- Child labor
- Environmental damage
- Driving toward cheaper & cheaper labour
- Exploitative practices
Sometimes these crimes go unaccounted or are just forgiven by a fine much smaller than the damage caused.
So it is clear that in the actual context which is call " globalization " , the corporations are playing a determinant role, they are making this world more profitable but at expenses of anything or anyone. To change this it is necessary the states to control the actions of these business, not closing the doors for them but regulating them more strongly in order that they prefer not a more profitable world but a better quality of life for all who live in it.
This kind of class make us aware of that , because sometimes the propaganda just influences us to gain money and then buy and buy a lot of things without thinking how that things were produce, by whom, where or over which conditions,we can require something better and in the future we have to be good ownerships or respectable and respected workers.
At the end of this class we discuss what we saw in the video and we all conclude that the end do not justify the means.
Bibliography
(1). Mortimore,Michael.2003."Globalization & trasnational organizations".Available at: http://www.eclac.cl/ddpe/agenda/4/15304/Globa-trans-corp.pdf
(2) "Positive and negative effects of Multinationals". Available at: http://www.socialscience.gardner-webb.edu/Faculty/craymond/Devdocs/DevMNCposneg.htm
(3) Corporation definition. Available at:http://www.investorwords.com/1140/corporation.html
(4) Financial dictionary. Available at: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/corporation