EnterpriseCulture(中德企业文化差异英文).docVIP

Differences of Enterprise Culture Cultural foundation 1.German companies: Enterprise culture in German is based on the Christian rational spirits and the humanistic thoughts. But science and legislation are more important in German. China companies: Enterprise culture in China is based on the Confucian culture. But “ human relationship ” and “ morality ” are more important in China. Power distance Power distance means the concentration of power and the degree of autocratic leadership in an organization. So in a company, it stands for social distance between managers and staffs. China companies have a bigger power distance relatively, people think superiors deserve the special rights. Besides, this situation also leads to the big salary difference. China has a pyramid structure of centralization of authority, you can tell boss and staff easily. Status hierarchy and separation of powers are obvious greatly. On the contrary, German is a country who has a smaller power distance, they think all employees should have the same treatment with their bosses. Everyone is equal. They think it is wrong to get the special rights by using their power. In German, the standardized skills and professions are more important, so the power distance is not obvious between superiors and inferiors. Individualism and collectivism In German, people praise individualism highly. Although they require cooperative spirit, subjective initiative and creativity are strongly emphasized. In China, people think collectivism is better. Employees consider the collective as first thing. When personal interests is conflicting with collective interests, people always choose to protect the collective interests with giving up the personal interests. Time management German has strict sense of time, they think time is limited. Time managing is a prerequisite for effective action and an essential component of professionalism. A successful manager must have the ability to arrange the work time of employees a