UBUNTU

hello, today I am going to show you a point of view which is how cross-cultural manager has to work to get benefits for his organisation or employees based in other cultures or philosophies, today Ubuntu philosophy.

Ubuntu is a humanist philosophy that was born in Africa, basically is an ethic philosophy as well focusing on people’s allegiances and relation with each other; this philosophy produce in people characteristics such as harmony and hospitality also spirit of caring and community, respect and responsiveness with everybody.

The cross-cultural manager’s job is to meet, interact, understand and deal with people from a different culture, all this is just because people came from different places in the world therefore they have their own cultural issues, so the cross-cultural manager have to handle and deal with it insomuch what is good for one culture could not be good for another culture, for example, the Muslims can got married with more than one wife within the marriage and for Catholicism is not good because you have to get married with just one wife, you can get divorced but you cannot have two or more wives at the time.

At the time a cross-cultural manager would like to be aware of the ubuntu philosophy and use this moving forward to reach benefits and organization and employees; he has to analyze how people from ubuntu philosophy interact with each other and what they like and what they dislike, he must see it and look forward to implement the best that they do, just an example could be to improve the caring spirit and community in his organization then achieve a better ambiance of work.
The cross-cultural manager has to be very careful being as he has to take in count that he cannot impose new rules additionally from other culture and maybe the employees do not see as the most appropriate path to improve the ambiance or the performance.

Also the manager has to take care how African people, who promoted the ubuntu philosophy, reach their goals and look for being day by day better people always under the rules that they did before, although is not easy for the cross-cultural manager to mimic this philosophy into a organization perhaps he has to make a good plan to introduce a new philosophy and that his employees listen it and practice it.

At the end, he must to study how they interact and how the behave with each other and with other people that do not follow ubuntu, how the leader interact with them and how he leads under pressure or what he does to be still promoting this philosophy; all that cross cultural manager has to do is to analyze and study and at the end make conclusions about these factors also he has to think how he will use all of this information to get a better organization and also promote a better ambiance of work between his employees always thinking in their walfare.



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http://blogs.cope.es/diosesprovidente/files/2009/10/africa-sufre.jpg

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Mate´s blogs

I found some blogs that in my opinion are very interesting not just for read also because in each blog you learn something new.

the blogs that i visited was:

Sebastian Gallon
http://sgallone.blogspot.com/

Valentina Valencia
http://www.vvalenc5.blogspot.com/

Maria Camila Osorio
http://organizationsandculturescourse.blogspot.com

Juliana Martinez
http://oyceafit.blogspot.com/

John Henry Ciro
http://johnhenryorganizationsandcultures.blogspot.com/

METAPHOR

Hello classmates,

The topic for today is to show a creative metaphor that we can use for an organization and try to internationalize; I will start this task with a short definition of why metaphor is, we can define it as an analogy between two objects or ideas; the analogy is conveyed by the use of metaphorical word in place of some other word, for example “love is a rose”.

Organizations have to do a good marketing if they want to be stronger and bigger, for that reason they usually make a great publicity and then is when the metaphor can start to play as a aider to have a stronger advantage insomuch as you will introduce a product with a slogan that people could remember always and of course associated with the product.

If an organization want to internationalize a product they have to be very aggressive in the campaign to push the product in the foreign market, I was looking for on the website for a while until I finally found a product that couldn’t be better to use to make an example, the product is a coffee soft drink (gaseosa de café).

Its name is Caffem Cola, and it is produce by a local company in Armenia, Quindio. This company calls Cafequipe, they work with derivate coffee products for example cafequipe (coffee plus arequipe) even coffee wine and a lot of products like coffee or mocha crackers.

It is important to make a coffee soft drink because it is another way to drink caffeine and is a good option for people who do not like coffe but they can taste the Caffem Cola.

I think a nice slogan that they could use to introduce the caffem cola in a foreign market, my slogan is: “caffem cola, excellent soft drink with the best of Colombia”, they can use it thanks to first they will have an excellent soft drink and also they can promote a product that is recognized around the globe as the best coffee.

This is a creative product and also a nice slogan, you can use the phrase the best of Colombia insomuch as the image of the country in the last years is coming better and now foreign people see Colombian products as a very competitive ones and not just a poor image since 90’s for example drugs, violence and murderers. Caffem Cola can show the competition of Colombian beverages in other countries and how companies in Colombia want to improve and be more competitive in the future.

images taken from:

http://7765007165683330615-a-1802744773732722657-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/bebidasdecafe/Home/foto%20peque%C3%B1a%20gaseosa.JPG?attachauth=ANoY7crTcjoDAZqpENCfcvx82ey8Bo0YG7WXCzEjxB0JZMTbK9ruOAB4_a9z14IlKZk3ei0XgW0Bb3Ahf0evdwEd3oDeDNc-TUxOb_Pos0JM02V95VPFXe5eyaETmtaZW8INXrBF7yCCsfbSOiYBhkVItKpDq33nzQxYDBL78LkABxY_4HWUpuGj4YCnSPFFIakWB8bfEXxp2ZpZ6Um4f5k5VXnhRtFaU6Klv6mnlt7olSlGuri8lkw%3D&attredirects=0

http://www.directoalpaladar.com/categoria/otras-bebidas

http://www.worth1000.com

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5033514.stm

INDIA AND CHINA

Hello,

I want to share with you some information and pictures about two countries that are today highly important because they are in the way to become important economical powers, and because their high populations they represent a huge important objective to negotiate with, for that reason Colombia is trying to increase the contact with those countries, and create deeper commercial agreements, but it difficult and will take a lot of time, because asian countries a highly different to our negotiation culture and we must learn more about their culture, history and customs to have a higher approach with them. For that reason they were the main countries during the Asian Week of the University, because they are two emergent powers

INDIA

Taj Mahal, Agra

Photograph by Apratim Saha

The Mogul emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in Agra as a tribute to his favorite wife, who died in childbirth in 1630. The white marble monument, with its sprawling gardens, took 20 years to build. A red sandstone mosque stands on one side.

Amber Palace and Jaigarh Fort, Jaipur

Photograph by Patitucci/Aurora Photos

Decorated elephants carry tourists past the Jaigarh and Amber Forts in Jaipur, Rajasthan, constructed beginning in the 15th century. The marble-and-sandstone Amber Fort has intricate carvings; the immense Jaigarh Fort once served as a center of artillery production.

Sacred Cows, Varanasi

Photograph by Mark Henley/photolibrary.com

Cows, such as these two in Varanasi, are a common sight on India’s congested streets. Hindus revere cows, believing that they offer sustenance and ask nothing in return.

Sikh Holy Book

Photograph by Charles Meacham, My Shot

Sikhs reach to touch a chest containing a copy of their holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib, as it’s carried into Sachkhand Sri Hazur Sahib, a temple in Nanded, during the 300th-anniversary celebration of the book’s consecration. Sikhs also mark the anniversaries of the passing of their religion’s gurus.

Jain Wedding, Mumbai

Photograph by Kris Pannecoucke/Aurora Photos

In Mumbai, a bride feeds the groom at a Jain wedding, which requires a series of rituals thanking deities. Some tenets of Jainism are similar to those of Hinduism, but the religion hasn’t spread far beyond India.

Henna Hands

Photograph by Petra Warner

The hands of a woman in Jaipur are covered with mehndi patterns painted with henna. Trendy in recent years, the lacework decorations are part of a 5,000-year-old tradition of creating designs to ward off evil or declare one’s happiness.

Ganesh Festival, Mumbai

Photograph by Gautam Singh/Associated Press

During the ten-day Ganesh festival in Mumbai, devotees carry a statue of the elephant-headed Hindu god into the sea. Across India, worshippers carry hundreds of the statues into rivers and lakes as well as the sea.

Avatar

According to India's culture death is only the transition to one form to another, and the next life you will live will depends on the actions that you made in your ancient life

CHINA

Great Wall

Photograph by Justin Guariglia

China’s most rural reaches retain their beauty and mystery even as the countryside and its people are touched by the rapid pace of industrialization.

Writhing like dragon tails, the Great Wall is not one structure but many. Most of what is called the Great Wall was built during the 14th-century to 17th-century Ming dynasty. The total length of the walls is unknown, though the sections built by the Ming alone would stretch from Washington, D.C., to Wichita, Kansas.

Symbol of Shanghai’s international heritage, the river-skirting Bund area has been a popular site for European and U.S. businesses since the late 19th century, when it grew into a major Asian financial center

Shanghai Highways

Photograph by Sung Ming Whang, My Shot

Shanghai's ever growing network of highways rings the city and links more than 500 cities across 22 provincial areas.

Yu Yuan Teahouses, Shanghai

Photograph by Grant Faint, Getty Images

Near the elaborate Chenghuang, or City God, Temple in Shanghai are the famous Yu Yuan Bazaar and Gardens. Teahouses line the main street, where tourists flock each morning to buy calligraphy, pearls, and antiques.

Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai

Photograph by Justin Guariglia

Combining Chinese architectural style with cutting-edge technology, the Jin Mao Tower boasts 88 stories that reach 1,380 feet (421 meters) into the booming Shanghai skyline. The 88th-floor Skywalk gives visitors a panoramic look at the city as well as a bird’s-eye view of the atrium spiraling down below them.

Images and information taken from:

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/india-guide/

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/china-guide/