TOPIC 3: Aligning Work Practices in an IJV with the 'Culture Map'

The Leadership of a newly established Australian-Belgium joint venture organisation (JV) for an international project identified that their culturally diverse staff have different preferences for working together in the JV. This has already caused problems between JV team members and raised concerns for the future success of the project.

As a consultant, you have been asked to use the 8-scale work practices of Meyer's Culture Map and find a analysis that includes Australia and Belgium. Please include the following in the presentation and business report:

1. Identify and map the predicted preferred work practices for Australia and Belgium according to Meyer's Cultural Map.
2. What are the work practices that most likely caused problems and how do these different work practices impact the effective interactions between the professionals of the different cultures?
3. What would you advise to leadership of the JV to consider in this scenario.

In the subsequent needs to provide further in-depth research and recommendations to the leaders on how they can realign the work practices to positively impact on the corporate culture of the IJV.