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Effect Of National Culture On Organisational Learning: Perspective On Quantity Surveying Firms
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Cultural sensitivity is not just
one-way, however. Instructional providers should be acutely aware of
their own culture because their world views cannot be separated from the
training that they develop (Thomas, Mitchell, & Joseph, 2002). They
should become cognizant of how their own cultural perspectives are
represented in the design decisions they make. Furthermore,
instructional providers should examine the assumptions they hold about
how learners will and should respond, keeping an open mind for
potentially unexpected responses. Moreover, they must balance the need
to help students adapt to specific professional, academic, and
mainstream cultures (which instructors, by proxy, represent) and the
need to embrace the culture in which the student is embedded (Henderson,
1996). This is no small challenge; this study therefore seeks to
evaluate the effect of a firm’s principal national cultural orientation
on organisation learning.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
Generally,
behaviour patterns of employees towards organisation performance are
most strongly influenced by the leaders of the organization. The words
and actions of the quality control and production managers reflect the
values and beliefs of senior management. Performance management is the
process of creating a work environment or setting in which people are
enabled to perform to the best of their abilities. According to Cascio
(2006), performance is the degree of an achievement to which employees
fulfill the organisation mission at workplace. The author added that the
job of an employee is built up by degrees of achievement of a
particular target, mission that defines boundaries performance.
According to Ojo (2008), despite the Plethora of studies on national
culture in the last few decades, the empirical evidences emerging from
various studies about the effect of national culture on performance have
so far yielded mixed results that are inconclusive and contradictory.
Ojo (2008) further states that researches concur on the fact that there
is no agreement on the precise nature of the relationship between
national culture and performance. Because of these results, the question
of whether national culture affects employee’s performance is however
worthy of a further research. Hence, this study seeks to analyze the
effect of national culture on the performance of quantity surveying
firms in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Learning remains one of the significant tools for improving performance of the construction sector. Individual quantity surveyors practicing across the globe in an enclave of a firm tend to tailor their organisation structure to reflect their national culture. This feature in a way is postulated to influence, the interaction interface during learning. This study evaluated the effect of national culture on organizational learning with focus on quantity surveying firms in Akwa Ibom state. The obje ... Continue reading---
