Globally Speaking? - Study Shows that, Globally Speaking, Firms Have... | TotalPicture Radio - Podcast Career Advice and Leadership Development | Trendwatcher, Icp, Weekly, Corporate, Their

TrendWatcher

Monday, 29 September 2008

Study Shows that, Globally Speaking, Firms Have a Lot to Learn

Mark Vickers

Global organizations are a lot more likely to emphasize "core values" in their organizations than they are to accommodate local ways of learning. in a flat world where global competition is at an all-time high, what's hindering organizations from getting better at global learning?

Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher series here on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton reporting.

Total Picture Radio has formed a strategic alliance with The Institute for Corporate Productivity, i4cp, allowing us to publish on our site the compete weekly research report in their TrendWatcher initiative, as well as record a weekly interview with the lead author of the article. Joining us today from St Petersburg, FL, is Mark Vickers, VP of research at i4cp.

Companies need to tune-in to this:

17 Min :

15 MB Download Now!

Free online consultation with tech support expert.

Write comment (0 Comments)

Go Teams! Firms Can't Do Without Them

At the Institute for Corporate Productivity, we wondered if the rah-rah "There's no 'I' in Team" mantra had outlived its usefulness.

Welcome to our continuing TrendWatcher series with Peter Clayton reporting.

Total Picture Radio has formed a strategic alliance with The Institute for Corporate Productivity, i4cp, allowing us to publish on our site the compete weekly research report in their TrendWatcher initiative, as well as record a weekly interview with the lead author of the article. Joining us today from St Petersburg, FL, is senior analyst Donna Bear, the lead author of this weeks’ article titled Go Teams! Firms Can't Do Without Them. TrendWatcher examines the business and social trends that are likely to influence the future of work.

"The sports teams on which people focus tend to change with the season - baseball, football, hockey, basketball. On the corporate playing field, however, there's a critical need for a more consistent, year-long focus on teams."

Write comment (0 Comments)

TrendWatcher: What Americans Need to Know Before Working in China

Holly Thompson

Now that the Olympic games are 24x7 on televison and font page news in the press, the eyes of the world are on China. Given the resulting media coverage of the past few months, Westerners may collectively know more about China - from the Great Wall just north of Beijing to great restaurants in central Beijing - than ever before. But that's not saying much. There's still considerable ignorance about this enormous nation with its history and strong culture, partly because it has gone through some long periods of isolationism.

Today is a good time to become more educated about China, given its increased openness to foreign investors and multinational joint ventures. There are, after all, significant costs associated with misinformed expectations and opinions. U.S. businesses report, for example, that they damage their ability to hire and retain employees when they fail to understand the values and attitudes of Chinese workers (King-Metters & Metters, 2008).