Managerial Caricatures

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,WangXiaoqing,18266200125,Xue13-651,CONTENT,Part,1 Text,Part,2 Movie time,Part,3 Words,British manager,s,Managerial Caricatures,经理人漫画,When we travel to a foreign country,we carry in our baggage a preconceived idea of people in that country.We look for characteristics in the individuals we meet.But much of the knowledge we think we have of different nationalities exists as stereotypesconventional and oversimplified pictures without nuances or individuality.Our ideas may even be caricatures with features and peculiarities exaggerated for comic or grotesque effect.,我们去国外旅行时，带着行李，也带着对那国人的某些先入之见。在遇到的每一个人身上我们会去寻找一些特征。我们以为自己对不同国家的人有所了解，但这种了解只不过是一些俗套,一些程式化的，过分简单化的形象，缺乏差别，没有个性，抑或是一幅幅夸张可笑、荒诞不经的漫画,Stereotypes and caricatures also exist about occupations or professions.If you ask a group of international executives to characterize businesspeople and managers from different countries,their descriptions may be something like this:,对于职业，也存在着俗套和漫画式的认识。如果请跨国公司的经理们描述一下来自不同国度的商界人士和经理人的特点，结果可能是这样的：,American managers have in-depth knowledge of the business they run and baseball,but know little about the rest of the world.They think that everyone who is not American wishes he was.Americans are always the best.They only lose when the playing field is not even.,美国经理人对他们自己管理的公司有着深刻的了解，对棒球的知识也毫不逊色，除此之外所知甚少。他们认为世界上每一个人，只要他不是美国人，都希望自己是美国公民。美国人总是最棒的。只有竞争不公平的时侯他们才会失利。,The quarterly dividend is their cardinal goal,and quick fixes are the means to accomplish it.They organize their companies in many-layered hierarchies of order givers and order takers.Employees do not question instructions(at least openly).They lose their jobs if they do.,季度分红是他们的主要目标，而快速调整则是实现这一目标的手段。美国公司结构层次繁杂，等级森严，由下达命令和执行命令的人组成。雇员不得质疑上司的指令（至少不得公开质疑），否则就会被炒鱿鱼。,Americans talk fast and loud.Their products are the biggest,best,newest and fastest in the world.After a meeting,the Americans bring in hordes of lawyers and accountants to prepare contracts ten times longer than those used elsewhere.,美国人说话快，嗓门大。他们的产品体积最大，质量最优，技术最新，生产速度最快。洽谈完之后他们会请来成群结队的律师和财会人员，起草的合同比别的国家要长十倍。,British managers became managers by studying English literature and Egyptology at Oxford and by going through the Old Boy Network.They have a broad,but not always thorough knowledge of their companys operations.They are insularand proud of it.,英国经理人在牛津大学攻读过英国文学和古埃及学，靠老同学的关系网升为经理。在公司运作方面，他们的知识博而不精。他们保守偏狭，并以此为荣。,They are always paying much attention to,clothing,wearing,in smart clothes as long as they leave the,house.They,tend to judge a person by his appearance.British managers invariably are polite.,英国经理,人往往看重穿着，只要外出必是衣冠楚楚。他们往往以貌取人。英国经理人无一例外地彬彬有礼。,Class spite and social angst riddle British corporate cultures.Despite much lip service to the contrary,decision making remains the prerogative of top managers.Ideas about decentralized management clash with a basic lack of faith in the abilities of the subordinates.,英国的企业文化充满了阶层间的敌视和对时世的疑惧。无论口头承诺如何如何，决策依然是最高层经理人的特权。权力下放式管理的理想与怀疑下属基本能力的现实往往发生冲突。,British managers are humorous,and they spice their conversations with humorous little anecdotes that executives of other nationalities usually fail to appreciate.Meetings are not supposed to decide anything.The British use them to explore the terrain and to check out the broad perimeters,parameters and all that.If they promise you something to avoid offending you,it may take a long time before they deliver.In fact,they may not deliver at all.,英国,经理人 幽默风趣，,谈话常佐以别国同僚所欣赏不了的轶闻趣事。他们认为开会不应该作出任何决定，而只是用来定定范围，查查大致的周长，参数等等。要是他们为了不惹恼你而做出了某项承诺，那要他们践诺可就遥遥无期了，甚至会不了了之。,French managers are Napoleonic and their management style is imperial.Many are graduates of the elite grandes ecoles.They are expected to be brilliant planners,equally adept at industry,finance and government.They are rude and haughty,jealous of their social status and eager to show off their power.,法国经理人是拿破仑式的人物，有着帝国式的管理风格，多为名牌大学的高才生。别人希望他们决策英明，在工商界、金融界或政府部门都能游刃有余。他们态度粗鲁，目中无人，过分珍惜自己的社会地位，乐于炫耀手中的权力。,Stiff hierarchies discourage informal relations and foster a sense of them versus us.It is difficult to reach the boss.The flow of information goes one way only:downward.When troops below fail to respond to orders from on high,company performance may stumble badly.,森严的等级制度妨碍了人际关系的发展，滋生出“他们”与“我们”的对抗意识。与上司接触十分困难，信息流动只是单向的：只有上司对下属发号施令。下属无法执行上司的命令时，公司运转就会出现严重问题。,French managers love to talk,though not always about items on the agenda.Their initial response to proposals is always negativenot because they dislike the proposal but because they like debate.However,what they say at this meeting does not count.The discussion is just meant to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the other players and decide what positions to take at the next meeting.,法国经理人很健谈，不过不一定都谈正事。对于别人提出的建议，他们的第一反应总是否定,并非他们不喜欢那项建议，而是太喜欢争论。他们在会上讲些什么并不重要，会上的讨论只是为了掂量对手的强弱，以此决定下次开会时应采取的态度。,German managers prefer to go by the book.They often have many years of technical training and high degrees(and must be addressed as Herr Doktor).T