Cultural Awareness Plan

Cultural Awareness Plan

Understanding how different cultures operate can lead to a successful business operation between two countries or cultures. What is acceptable in one culture could be forbidden in another. The company I have elected to work with for this assignment is Boeing and the company in the Middle East is Qatar.

Based in Chicago, Illinois, Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and one of the most well known manufacturers of commercial aircraft (Boeing in Brief, 2012). Boeing currently has more than 170,000 employees in the United States and 70 countries (Boeing in Brief, 2012). Boeing values the skills and strengths of their diverse team and will provide a workplace that allows employees to be involved with the decision making process that will enable the company to advance their business objectives (Culture & Values, 2012).

In late 2010, Boeing opened an office in Qatar to strengthen its relationship with that country and to show support to the surrounding Middle East region (Boeing Opens, 2010). The office houses the Boeing Defense, Space and Security piece of the operation and will provide support to the Qatar defense forces (Boeing Opens, 2010).

Qatar is located in the Middle East and has a population of more than 848,000 as of 2011 (Healy, 2011). Qatar is located along the Persian Gulf and shares a border with Saudi Arabia to the south (Communicaid, 2009). The capital city is Doha and the official language is Arabic (Communicaid, 2009). The citizens of Qatar are hard-working, putting in an average of 40 to 48 hours each week (Communicaid, 2009). A typical work week runs from Sunday through Thursday with Friday and Saturday considered the weekend and most businesses open early in the morning and close by 4:00pm due to the extensive heat (Communicaid, 2009).

Knowing this information can help create a good working relationship.

Here is the completed chart template for the Week Five assignment:

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