This report is designed for companies or people who currently do business with India (ns) or intend to do so in the future. It will benefit managers who plan to work in an intercultural context. This work promises "to develop new skills for working in India" and "to appreciate the role of culture, values and beliefs their impact on doing business with India and Indians". Cultural differences represent the major risk factor for doing business in India. The best way to gain business awareness is to appreciate the role of the culture, the values, mentality, communication style, role of the family, and the business culture. This report constitutes a guide intended for the potential expatriates and companies willing to expatriate executives in India. It is related to the evolution of the questions and fears of the expatriate. The purpose of this work is to help them to make a decision, and to find out how it is necessary to apprehend and understand the stakes of this future new life. When we develop a new professional relationship in a country such as India, it is very important to understand the cultural differences and the habits. We will determine the method to be followed, the practical problems to solve as well as the aspects of the Indian culture, that are easy and difficult to live with, and which intervene in the professional and especially personal life. This study draws from a simulation putting in a Frenchwoman who has the opportunity to work in India. It is thus this specific situation which will illustrate the stakes of intercultural management.
[...] The traditional Indian greeting is the NAMASTE. To perfor the Namaste, hold the palms or your hands together (as if praying). Note: Each person has got an invisible bubble of space which extends and contracts according to a certain number of elements: the relation of the surrounding people, the emotional state, cultural background and the activity which proceeds. Changes in this bubble of space can make people fell ill at ease or aggressive. Cultural management of the BEHAVIOR An Indian will not always directly say what he thinks, but will make it understand in another way. [...]
[...] According to the Indians, the future is not a threat, that's why they don't need to have a strong control (device of instructions, rules, a regulation Indians need less to be reassured. The change doesn't make fear it's just necessary to have the direction of the initiative. Consequence of a society with a low control of uncertainty: - Natural tendency to feel secure - Absence of regulations Power Distance : High hierarchical distance In the countries with a strong hierarchical distance such as India, people regard the inequality as natural; it corresponds to the laws of nature. It's normal in India, that somebody who has power has privileges. [...]
[...] This helps to a simulation putting in scene a Frenchwoman having the opportunity to work in India. It's thus this specific situation which will illustrate us the stakes of intercultural management. So I will be this person who will have to make a decision; that to refuse or accept the expatriation in New Delhi accompanied by my family (my husband and my 2 children). In the first part of the study, it will be a question of understanding the stakes of the expatriation. [...]
[...] Language: The language is not an obstacle, indeed the businesses and official papers are bilingual Hindi \ English. Environment and cultural inheritance of the country: India is the picture of an infinitely rich and varied cultural inheritance. A diversity which we also find in its people which constitute the fifth of the humanity and which forms a mixture of cultures, languages, religions and habits. India is perceived like a ground of a mystical wisdom and spirituality where the Hindus, who represent the majority of the population, live in harmony with the Indian society composed by the Muslims, Sikhs, the Christians, as well as Jaïns and the Buddhists. [...]
[...] Cost of living: The cost of living is particularly low for a Westerner. For example, a meal cost only a few tens of rupees euros = 47 rupees) (current price 1 euros= 69 rupees). Even the restaurants of the large hotels are completely affordable. The barriers to my expatriation in India What do I fear more about my expatriation? - The adaptation of my nearest and dearest (my spouse, my 2 children) - Each administrative step related to the departure and the installation - Distance with my friends, my family - Dislike the environment or the city life - The health system - Integration in my company NEGATIVE POINTS Schooling of my 9 year old child: Which are the various system of teaching which exist in India? [...]
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