Topic 2 - Section C

Innovation - the generation of new or improved ideas due to various influences.
Culture - the values and beliefs of a group of people in society or in a community.
Ethics - the consideration of what is morally acceptable and unacceptable.
Globalization - the use of international factors that influence a business allowing it to grow or expand into other countries.
Change - the development and growth of an organization to adapt to its surroundings and improve.
Strategy - planned methods which are implemented by a business in the long-term to accomplish various goals such as expansion or growth.

How innovation, ethical considerations and cultural differences may influence human resource practices and strategies in an organization.

The desire innovation determines the nature of workforce planning. Increase the ability for workers to come up with innovative ideas.
e.g., arrangement of small teams with a supervisor, allows employees to share ideas and pursue interests and come up with new and innovation creations.

Ethics involves things such as safety of workers and health of workers which would mean that the company will have to consider this and implement precautions to ensure that employees are safe at work.
e.g., Google has food easily accessible, pods for employees to sleep in and healthy food which ensures that employees have a balanced diet.


Cultural differences of multi-cultural employees could determine the power distances of employees in an organization and also determines corporate culture.


How cultural differences and innovation in communication technologies may impact on communication in an organization.

Culture of employees or even the corporate culture determines the method of communication or the way or manner in which employees communication (preference for informal or formal communication).
e.g,. Google employees could prefer to use Gmail or various cultures may prefer chatting apps.

Innovation can improve communication technologies and methods and provides new methods of recording communication. Innovation makes communication more efficient. How data is stored.
e.g., Google drive allows teams or groups to collaborate and communicate. 

How ethical considerations and cultural differences may influence leadership and management styles in an organization
Ethically -> consideration of employee's humans rights and public image of company -> they have to behave ethically and this influences the leadership or management style they choose to utilize.

Different cultures prefer different leadership styles. Multinational company with workers of different nationalities will be affected because different cultures have different styles in which they work and problems could occur if a company does not consider that as it means the an employee does not suit that type of management style, decreasing productivity.

How financial and non-financial rewards may affect job satisfaction, motivation and productivity in different cultures
Different people are motivated by different things - some extrinsic and some intrinsic. So different people will have different levels of job satisfaction and productivity as different cultures varies.

How individuals influence organizational culture and how organizational culture influences individuals.
People bring their own culture and the culture of employees from the company's culture.

How innovation, ethical considerations and cultural differences may influence employer– employee relations in an organization.
Differences in views which lead to disagreement will impact the relationship. Tech advances make it easier for businesses to operate without needing labor.

Innovation - 

• new ideas may cause conflict
• innovation causes change to organizational structures
• change causes conflict or can improve relationships (improved communication)
• innovation can bring stress
• innovation comes from people

Ethics -

• good ethics can improve relationship - if employees believe that employers are behaving ethically, then their relationship is not compromised.
• good ethics by employers makes employees feel better about their job -> intrinsic reward.
• code of ethics: clear ethical stance reduces conflcit.

Culture - 

• power distances which are different for each culture can cause conflict.
• differing ethical perspectives causes conflict.
• could benefit in generating new ideas.
• clashes between departments with different culture.
• expectations of employer and employee.
• culture of organization may not suit workers.
• culture needs to be considered to avoid conflict.
• new employees may have difficulty to corporate culture.