International Business

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This paper discusses some of the cultural differences and nuances between Thai business students and American business students in relation to technology. Further discussion is directed at cultural differences in the work place and on whether technology is merely a facilitator of changer or the cause of change. Finally, some questions are offered that would allow a human resource manager to fully grasp the degree of influence technology applications had on a Thai subsidiary of an American MNC.

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"American culture has long valued the acts of the individual above the acts of a group. Medals are awarded for acts of bravery, comic industries abound with super-heroes who work alone and Westerns are inhabited with strong, silent cowboys who ride alone, or at best, have a hapless side-kick who functions as a comic foil. This cultural trait is reflected in the activities at business schools where individuals occupy a single computer terminal and resent any interruption as a form of unwanted assistance or, at the worst, as an attempt to cheat. Oddly enough, it is one of the great dysfunctions of Western, and especially American culture, that while such individuality is highly idolized in media and urban myth, corporate America has moved towards teams, work groups and encouraging community development in the workplace(Mayer, 2001)."

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