Societal View On Multinational Corporations

• Authors: Lytvynenko Kateryna
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article is devoted to the study of multicultural management in the context of its interaction with the societal system. The main attributes of culture, which affect the international business, are detected. External factors (for each element of the societal system) or a specific situation in a subsidiary (such as age or size) affects the results of a subsidiary and yields different results. Therefore, setting the same goals for a certain performance metric for each manager may not adequately assess its performance. There were characterized multicultural competence of a modern international manager. The key differences between MNCs and TNCs are revealed. Particular emphasis was put on the possibilities of using cultural differences within the global MNEs. The interactions of MNCs with elements of the societal system, positive results and negative consequences are analyzed. The economy itself today is multicultural. In fact, international management involves the planning, organization, management and control of employees and other resources to achieve organizational goals through unique multicultural and multinational boundaries.

Keywords

EN

multicultural management; international business; societal system; MNC; crossboundary activity

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej
• Journal: MIND Journal
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1-10

Contributors

author

Lytvynenko Kateryna

• Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomiczno-Humanistyczna

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