Doing Business and Living in India

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This report is designed for companies or people who currently do business with India (ns) or intend to do so in the future. It will benefit managers who plan to work in an intercultural context. This work promises "to develop new skills for working in India" and "to appreciate the role of culture, values and beliefs their impact on doing business with India and Indians". Cultural differences represent the major risk factor for doing business in India. The best way to gain business awareness is to appreciate the role of the culture, the values, mentality, communication style, role of the family, and the business culture. This report constitutes a guide intended for the potential expatriates and companies willing to expatriate executives in India. It is related to the evolution of the questions and fears of the expatriate. The purpose of this work is to help them to make a decision, and to find out how it is necessary to apprehend and understand the stakes of this future new life. When we develop a new professional relationship in a country such as India, it is very important to understand the cultural differences and the habits. We will determine the method to be followed, the practical problems to solve as well as the aspects of the Indian culture, that are easy and difficult to live with, and which intervene in the professional and especially personal life. This study draws from a simulation putting in a Frenchwoman who has the opportunity to work in India. It is thus this specific situation which will illustrate the stakes of intercultural management.

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[...] General presentation of India Geopolitical environment: “India, Land of Diversity” Geographical and ethnical data New Delhi is the India capital (12,8 millions population). India is an enormous territory equivalent to Europe in size. The largest cities are Mumbai and Delhi. The country is divided into 28 States and 7 Union Territories. With 1,12 billion population, India is the second most populous country. The urban growth is rather spectacular with a filling of the vacuums, in consequence of the reinforcement of interior centers. [...]

[...] It's necessary to be very patient and never giving up. Representation of France in India: The current trend is the increase of the French community in the New Delhi district, thanks to the establishment of new French companies in India. In New Delhi: the French community is estimated at 1000 people. Climate: India presents a climate at tropical tendency i.e. one dry season from September to March and a wet atmosphere on arrival of the monsoon (from June to September). [...]

[...] Since there is a strong presence of the religion in India, the hierarchical distance is high. Moreover, even if the origins of the caste system are unclear, it was existed in India for thousands of years. Caste still plays a significant role in the politics and business of the country. Consequences of a strong hierarchical distance: - Strong centralization towards the leader, - Very pyramidal flow chart (hierarchical levels) - Reasoning in term of statute: In India, status is determined by age, university degrees, caste and profession. [...]

[...] List of références Internet Management across cultures Business Aur Bharat (Business and India) Specialist diversity seminar available January March 2006http://www.diversiton.co.uk/documents/CourseoutlineA.pdf Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India MFE = La Maison des Français de l'étranger (MFE) is a service of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs which has the role to inform French planning to leave to live or work abroad. http://www.mfe.org/Default.aspx?SID=8440 Journal du net : http://www.journaldunet.com/management/diaporama/enquete- expatriation/1.shtml Union des Français de L'Etranger : http://www.ufe.asso.fr/lafamille.htm Café Géo : http://www.cafe-geo.net/article.php3?id_article=773 Report Unpublished paper, By Samuel A. [...]

[...] This study will enable me to make the decision to leave or stay and avoid the traps of internationalization and globalization. Lastly, that will enable me to discover the Indian wealth. Thanks to researches, I will draw up a list of recommendations. To emigrate supposes a loss or a modification of my spouse professional career, the organization of the departure of all my family, the settlement of the administrative businesses in France then in the host country, and especially the organization of the education of my children. [...]