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Global Organization Cross-case Analysis
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Global Organization Cross-case Analysis
Introduction
In the modern-day economy, businesses, whether small or big are eying for globalization to leverage on the numerous advantages of a global setting. Business expansion internationally enhances market availability and hence increased sales. Globalization also brings in the aspect of product diversification, which is very significant in offsetting unpredictable future events that an organization is likely to face. Different parts of the world offer different skills due to diversity in education across the world, and therefore globalization is vital in talent acquisition. Globalization signifies the competitiveness of an organization through access to new talents and technologies that may never exist in the home country. It is also vital in establishing a company's brand name which further helps in establishing its reputation. Furthermore, foreign markets have the potential of offering new investment opportunities. Moving global, therefore, should be a top priority for a company that aspires to succeed and to go down in history as a reputable company. Globalization, however, comes with a myriad of challenges which when not handled adequately can be a major downfall to an organization. As many organizations strive to operate globally competitively, the management teams often come under pressure for the need to improve on their performances to ensure it stays relevant both globally and locally. Pressure can come from the stakeholders, the executive or even the partners. Too much pressure is harmful sometimes, however, pressure ensures that the management teams are on their toes in devising ways that ensure an organization stays relevant competitively and also the mission and vision is attained. Some managers can handle the pressure while others do not. Pierre Frankel, Tariq Khan, Galya Molinas, and Vittorio Colao demonstrated exemplary management strategies and change management that are necessary to attain success in global organizations.
Pierre Frankel in Moscow
Pierre Frankel was an executive in a global information technology company, H-IT, with its headquarters in Zurich, New Zealand. Following his excellence in managerial roles, he was tasked with the role of salvaging one of the company’s subsidiaries based in Moscow, Russia. The subsidiary under the management of a Russian, Lebedev as a managing director had experienced notable underperformances that raised concerns to the corporate executives. Frankel faced numerous challenges, including resistance from the Managing Director himself, lack of transparency and commitment from the employees and mid-level management, trust issues because of being an outsider and also Lebedev had manipulated the employees to work strictly for him. The Russian management culture also adopted from the Soviet Union was very ineffective, it exhibited a top-down approach. Regardless of the challenges that he faced, Frankel devised strategies that not only overcame the challenges but also resulted in a major success in the company.
Frankel’s first move was to fight for acknowledgment as a top-level management and be given an office next to Lebedev, as...