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VILNIUS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ECONOMICS DOMANTAS TRACEVIÄÅ'IUS, ELENA Ã… ½ILYTÄâ€", GEDIMINAS RICKEVIÄÅ'IUS, URTÄâ€" RUPÃ…  YTÄâ€" Cross-cultural comparative management Developing Cross-Cultural Effectiveness Lithuania and China Comparison Prof. DanutÄâ€" DiskienÄâ€" Vilnius, 2012 1. Lithuania‘s cultural profile Parameter Time focus Time orientation Space Power Structure Competition Communication Action Value=1 monochronic past private equality individualism co-operative low-context being Value=5 polychronic future public hierarchy collectivism competitive high-context doing Lithuania 3 4 3 3 2 4 2 4 2. Comparison between China and Lithuania Parameter Time focus Time orientation Space Power Structure Competition Communication Action Value=1†¦show more content†¦Chinese people are used to a relatively strong hierarchical structure. Promotions at work are in many cases based on age before ability. The young, in turn, are deferential and respectful to their older co-workers and business associate, the advice and opinions of an older worker are generally valued more than the words of a younger person. In Lithuania there are differences between young entrepreneurs and older businesspeople. Younger businesspeople generally have a less bureaucratic approach. Management style in China tends towards the directive, with the senior manager giving instructions to their direct reports who in turn pass on the instructions down the line. It is not expected that subordinates will question the decisions of superiors - that would be to show disrespect and be the direct cause of loss of face (mianzi) for all concerned. In a business negotiation or meeting setting space orientation will be private - more physical distance between individual participants and no physical contact but office situation space is more - large open spaces are filled with many desks. ï‚ · Management strategies As a manager you should act in a more flexibl e, improvised manner. If one wants to successfully coordinate work with a Chinese, one tends to have more communication to stay in his mind. They tend to be conservative in management and slow to change those things that are tied to the past. Lithuanian managersShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of Arcadia Group Ltd.1331 Words   |  6 PagesKingdom department stores for example Debenhams, House of Fraser and Selfridges and also have several hundreds of franchises in foreign countries. The company was primarily founded before World War 2, by an 18 years old boy named Montague Burton a Lithuanian immigrant in Chesterfield in 1903. 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