Four Seasons Goes To Paris Case Summary

1. Issues statement After reading Four Seasons Goes to Paris by Roger Hallowell, David Bowen and Carin-Isabel Knoop and understanding the difficulty of a major business such as the Four Seasons, adapting and adjusting their normal habits to adapt to a more culturally acceptable environment based on the location of the hotel. I have found a couple of issues that was faced and is very problematic to the GMs and needed alterations. One of the biggest issues faced is the Four Seasons dealing with the contrasts between a corporate society and a nation society. For example, it brings up the issue of which parts of corporate society are key to keep up and which nation society values and practices are fundamental to appreciation. The case additionally raises the issue about the imperativeness of work force determination. Selecting those from the outside nation who have the capabilities and state of mind to stay indigenous yet adjust to the corporate practices that are conflicting with indigenous society.

2. Analysis Companies will always face problems when deciding to expand to a different country. There will be cultural differences and the local employees will have to adapt to the Four Seasons standards. These measures reflect western practices and values

For instance, in Four Seasons society, a restaurant chief may clean off a table in the event that it required to be carried out given the circumstances. Despite the fact that this may be all the more effortlessly endured in low power far off societies, for example, in Scandinavia and most Anglo societies, it would not be typical to be well endured in a higher force removed society like France. Fundamentally, recruitment and choice would need to channel people who hold to customary French values and are not able to adjust to an alternate corporate