BUS 432 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Human Resource Management, Organizational Culture, Internal Consistency

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 432
• Professor: Dave Thomas

Document Summary

Refers to the idea that the transfer of practices is seen as a means to enhance the efficiency of the organization by sharing best practices throughout the organization. Based on the idea that organizations need to develop integrated network of subunits that share expertise and knowledge with each other in order to survive in an international competitive environment. Involve the influence that national culture has on the mne by encouraging it to take aspects of the national culture with it as it expands internationally. Based on the idea that organizational culture is influenced by national culture and this explains a desire to implement home country practices in terms of organizational replication. Involve any number of organizational actors, who in order to advance their own interest for taking legitimacy initiate the transfer of practices. Managers throughout the organization may wish to engage in sharing practice to enhance their legitimacy as a good corporate citizen.