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Diversity in Multinational Companies

The rise of multinational companies and increased global diversification by even small companies has resulted in people of diverse backgrounds and cultures working together in the same office or for the same organization. Conflict in such situations is inevitable, but understanding the diversity issues can help companies implement programs designed to keep conflict at a minimum and to take full advantage of the many benefits which such diversity brings to an organization. Key to understanding how diversity is managed in multinational organizations is understanding the concept of corporate culture (which defines organizations), diversity programs and their use to minimize conflict among employees, and the unique problems that employees working overseas encounter, including an examination of expatriates working in Japan. These issues, and an examination of the particular issues confronting Chrysler and Daimler-Benz as they attempt to bring two vastly different cultures together, are considered in this research.

Companies and countries can no longer operate as if the rest of the world did not exist. Countries which have pursued protectionist strategies in the past are moving away from these strategies to take a broader view of their environment. New trading blocs, based on regional, not national, interests have formed with the European Economic Community (EEC) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). There will be increased pressure on these trading blocs to produce results for the members as a whole, not merely for individual countries or companies.

Despite the difficulties, an increasing number of companies throughout the world are marketing on an international basis. There are two primary reasons why they do this: competition and markets. The competition facing companies domestically is increasingly from foreign firms. Americans, for example, purchase cars and electronics made in Japan, ham and golf carts fr...

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