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Human Resource is the most valuable asset of an organization. As a result of globalization, companies across the world are forced to restructure their business in order to meet the constant change in demand. Due to Globalization, workforces are becoming increasingly multicultural. There is a need to understand the diversity and importance of the need for multicultural workforces to ensure better Human Resource Management. Culture is a learned and shared system of knowledge, beliefs, values, attitudes, and norms. As such, culture includes an enormous amount of behavior. Diversity is increasing in day to day life of individuals and organizations due to globalization. The cultural differences may exist within the same country or from different countries. Being able to work well with people from other cultures, both inside and outside one 's own country is important for personal and organizational success .Managing multi-cultural initiatives help an Organization keep a competitive HR advantage through improved corporate culture; it enables the organization to move into emerging markets. This study mainly focuses on the various challenges involved in managing cross cultural issues in Human Resource Management and measures to overcome the challenges.
Keywords : Cross Cultural Issues, Multicultural diversity, Expatriate, Cross Cultural Shock.
Introduction
With the opening up of the world economy, the need for understanding cross cultural values is becoming more important. Managing global workforces has increased pressure on Human Resource managers to recognize and adapt to cultural differences, which when ignored can result in cross-cultural misunderstandings. The interaction of people from different backgrounds in the business world is increasing. Cross culture is a vital issue in international business, as the success of international trade depends upon the smooth interaction of employees from different cultures and regions. A growing number of companies are consequently devoting substantial resources toward training their employees to interact effectively with those of companies in other cultures in an effort to foment a positive cross-cultural experience. In the recent years, with the increase in globalization and diversity in the workplace, cross cultural management has become an important element of every organization.
Culture can be analyzed from a country, language, religion, values, ethical and many other areas of study as a frame of reference. Cross culture can be experienced by an...