Case Research: Outsourced
The movie outsourced is a movie primarily based on an interaction between two cultures; American and Indian. It showcases how individuals in several international locations undergo from prejudice. Todd is at first unable to deal with tradition shock that faces him when he travels to India in addition to issues at his work place. For instance no one will get his identify on the work place, he eats along with his left hand which is taken into account unclean in India. To take care of the loneliness that comes with tradition shock, he makes quite a few calls to his household. He felt that the individuals within the work atmosphere have been considerably uncultured and to him, studying about America was a means out, but the employees have been native English audio system solely that their accent was completely different.
His American buddy provides Todd a wake-up name to cease resisting the Indian tradition for him to do higher. He then decides to introduce incentives to the employees to enhance efficiency. The system works and there may be enchancment at work which causes Todd to apologize to the employees and accepts to study the Indian Tradition.
Trompenaars’ mannequin of nationwide tradition distinction is portrayed within the side of Universalism versus Particularism. Universalism seems when Todd feels that the Indians at his work place ought to study the American tradition and work accordingly. The individuals in India nonetheless preserve in doing issues in keeping with their tradition and protect their beliefs just like the taboo on consuming with the left hand. Cultural dimension idea on Excessive versus Low by Hofstede exhibits how Todd can say no matter he needs or feels to his boss, whereas in Indians by no means argue with their seniors at work. In America, individuals of various work rank are equal, whereas in India there’s a distinction. Individualism versus collectivism idea is applies the place Todd was making an attempt to get concepts from the Indians as easy methods to enhance their work with no response. Indians do what they’re informed to do and never pitch in concepts. Had Todd taken time to understand the Indian Tradition early sufficient, he would have simply tailored and never have gone by the wrestle of introducing incentives.
In direction of the top, Todd refused to take the supply to China and recommends that Puro goes as his substitute. He has made a smart choice as he had simply begun to adapt to a brand new tradition that will be erased if he moved to China. His love for Indian tradition may be proven by his Romance with Ash regardless of him figuring out that its ‘a vacation to Goa”.
On the work place, the Indians had began to get used to the system by Todd subsequently informing them that the enterprise needed to be shifted to China on a really quick discover was a nasty thought. That might imply that the employees would lose their Jobs together with the tradition of incentives that they’d been launched to.
The Indian tradition is extra conservative and doesn’t enable specific scenes to be filmed. The filming of this film has delivered to my consideration how the media impacts cultures. For instance, the film has been filmed in India and for the reason that manufacturing firm is American, there are scenes depicting intimate romance and kissing between and Indian and an American. As a movie manufacturing supervisor, I’ve to search out out methods by which completely different cultures will work collectively in a movie with out violating the beliefs of both.
