Dominique Worthen
International Business
BUAD 450

INSTRUCTOR: Reoungeneria McFarland
MWF, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Room 3

1. What factors influence cultural stability and cultural change? What factors influence how much cultural adjustment organizations make in foreign countries?
Physical Environment, Isolation and Contact, & Attitudes and Values are factors of cultural stability and change. Language and religion plays a huge role as a cultural stabilizer and changer too. Speaking the same native tongue has a way of making people from different parts of the world more cohesive. People tend to feel more comfortable and docile when around people that speak the same language, this leads to stability within a culture. Most cultures are dynamic now days, research shows that by the end of the 21st century 50 to 90 percent of all languages will be extinct. English, French, and Spanish have such a wide acceptance because of the business that’s conducted within the boundaries of the language. To people in advanced nations and societies change is standard. Children and grown-ups there are socialized to expect and welcome change. By contrast say a tribe off the coast of South Africa has no concept of change and may not even have any words in their language to express or explain change.
Then, some societies differ greatly in their general attitude toward change. People who revere the past and preoccupied with traditions and rituals will change slowly and unwillingly. Business picks up the flexibility and willingness to change on cultures swiftly and act accordingly.

What is the difference between, a polycentric, ethnocentric, and geocentric approach to international management? What key factors should a firm consider before adopting one of these approaches?

Polycentric approach to international management is the policy involved hiring and promoting employees