Essay MGMT801 – Managing in A Multi-Cultural Environment – Management Assignment Help

Assignment Task

You are the Sales Manager for a real or imaginary New Zealand company (in an industry of your choice), producing and selling a range of products. Specify the company and industry. You wish to appoint a new Sales Supervisor, who will manage a team of Auckland-based representatives, who come from a diverse range of cultures.

1. The Production Manager has said that a Job Description is not necessary for recruiting a Sales Supervisor. Write a fully reasoned response to the Production Manager

2. Critically evaluate interviewing as a selection method for positions such as that of Sales Supervisor. In the context of New Zealand culture and legislation, compare interviewing with two other selection methods (used in New Zealand and/or another country). 

3. Unitarist and Pluralist are two approaches to managing employment relations. Provide a reasoned argument for the approach you feel should be used in this company.

4. Formulate techniques the newly appointed Sales Supervisor may wish to implement to:

a. effectively assess the team of Auckland-based representatives, drawn from a diverse range of cultures: and

b. manage any culturally influenced workplace behaviours that arise in the day-to-day operations of the Auckland Sales Team.