Inclusion of M?ori Culture in Air New Zealand
Discuss about the Integration of Maori Indigenous Culture.
The inclusion of the M?ori culture within the concerned company in discussion, Air New Zealand might help in the development of the various matters that are related to the inclusion of the cultural aspects within the operation of the concerned airline organization. The inclusion of the M?ori culture within the eminent airlines company that is present within the regional territories of New Zealand is observed to have helped the concerned employees of the organization to have developed a high level of the understanding for their colleagues who belong to the M?ori cultural background (Airnewzealand.co.nz., 2018). The inclusion of the M?ori culture within the organization has helped the company to create a certain amount of added advantage over the other competitors of the concern. this added advantage is gained due to the fact that the inclusion of the M?ori culture within the organization in discussion, Air New Zealand, helps the organization to depict a certain connection with the past of the concerned country thereby facilitating an additional advantage of the company over the various other competitors of the same. The employees of the concern are known to take a huge amount of pride in their ancestry as well as their citizenship of the country. The management of the company is further observed to deal with the explanation of the choice of the logo as well as the tenets of the M?ori culture to all those who might not belong to the concerned cultural background (Airnewzealand.co.nz., 2018). This further helps the concerned employees to connect with the higher authorities as well as the clientele of the organization.
The company has adopted various components in order to portray more ‘Kiwiana’ among the various active departments within the organization (Rigby, Mueller & Baker, 2011). The three major components that were added to the organizational culture followed within the company are enlisted below.
- A friendly attitude must be displayed towards the clients of the organization as well as the other fellow members of the organization.
- The concerned employees are advised to pursue any activity that they might have been assigned and complete the assignment in a successful manner.
- The employees of the organization are advised to behave in a normal manner thereby keeping it simple and abiding by the cultural background that is followed within the organization.
Research and outline the role played by the ‘Treaty of Waitangi’ in New Zealand business organizations.
The Treaty of Waitangi played a huge role in the shaping of the various business organizations that have been operating within the territorial boundaries of the country. The Treaty of Waitangi has been playing a vital role in the matters that pertain to the tourism industry that has been present within the country. The claimants of the Treaty of Waitangi are observed to have been planning to regain the control that they might have had on the rich cultural heritage that have been existent within the national territories of the New Zealand. The Treaty of Waitangi generally relates with the rights of the tribes that have been existing within the concerned geographical territories of the country, especially the M?ori tribe and the P?keh? tribe (Orange, 2015). The treaty helps the protection of the rights of the concerned tribes within the various workplaces that are present within the country. This might also take into account the various management practices that are undertaken by the concerned organizations that are active within the concerned national territories. The Treaty of Waitangi is further known to help in the transfer of a huge amount of power in the hands of the iwi in terms of the economic development within the country (Newzealandnow.govt.nz., 2018). The Treaty of Waitangi further helps in compelling the government in its dealings with the various residents of the indigenous origins. The concerned treaty enables the various factors that are related to the addressal of the issues that might be raised by the concerned people of indigenous origin and thereby aims to establish the equality among the residents of New Zealand. The other factors that are taken care of by the implementation of the Treaty of Waitangi within the various business organizations has led to the conditions wherein the concerned companies have been dealing with the implementation of the equality principles within the organization (Poata-Smith, 2013). The Treaty of Waitangi might also have dealt with the implementation of the equality within the country and should abstain from the practices of racism within the organization.
Role of Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand Business Organizations
Critically analyze the role played by indigenous culture in the success of an organization. Outline similar examples, like that of Air New Zealand, and provide details of the effects it has in making the company more successful.
The incorporation of the indigenous culture within the various activities that are undertaken by the organizations that have been active within the political territories of New Zealand help in the creation of the opportunities that are related to the incorporation of the equality within the concerned organization. The incorporation of the equality helps in the eradication of the racist practices within the concerned business organization thereby leading to the matters that deal with the deprivation of the people of the M?ori and the P?keh? tribes that have been existent in the matters that pertain to the rights of the concerned landowners (Orange, 2015). The implementation of the various indigenous cultures within the concern might have led to the representation of the true identity of the concerned members of the workforce of the organization (Thompson-Carr, 2013). The incorporation of the indigenous culture within the concerned business organization have led to the conditions wherein the corporate social responsibility of the concern might have been improved by implementing the various methods that are related to the improvement of the motivation that is provided to the employees and the various stakeholders of the organization (Lindsay Barr & Reid, 2014). The increase in the motivation of the employees of the concern might lead to the overall improvement of the concerned organization in terms of the revenue that is earned as well as the turnover of the employees of the organization.
The Treaty of Waitangi has also helped other organizations that have been functional within the political territories of New Zealand in achieving an overall development within the organization (Wepa, 2015). One of the most benefitted organizations by the Treaty of Waitangi is the Ngai Tahu Holdings Limited, an organization that has been involved majorly in the fisheries and the tourism industry that is present within the country of New Zealand. The country after the incorporation of the Treaty of Waitangi has faced a considerable increase in the activities of the external as well as the internal stakeholders of the concern (Xuefei, 2018). The concern also faced a hike in the motivation of the members of the workforce of the organization which led to the conditions wherein the company faced an overall improvement in terms of the revenue that is earned by the concerned organization from the marketing of the various products and services.
Role of Indigenous Culture in the Success of an Organization
Consider yourself to be appointed as the Cultural and Customer Ambassador (CCA) for a New Zealand based organization, which is not displaying any form of M?ori culture in its activities. Recommend ways in which it can use this indigenous culture towards being more effective.
The concerned organization might be advised to incorporate the various practices that are related to the matters that pertain to the inclusion of the various practices related to the incorporation of the indigenous practices within the management of the organization (Wilson, 2017). The concerned organization might need to deal with the various matters that pertain to the motivation of the external stakeholders as well as the internal stakeholders inclusive of the employees of the organization (Mika, 2014). The concerned organization might be advised to depict the fact that are related to the implementation of the four major tenets of the indigenous behavior within the concerned business organizations. The four major tenets are discussed below.
- A friendly attitude must be displayed towards the clients of the organization as well as the other fellow members of the organization.
- The concerned employees are advised to pursue any activity that they might have been assigned and complete the assignment in a successful manner.
- The employees of the organization are advised to behave in a normal manner thereby keeping it simple and abiding by the cultural background that is followed within the organization.
- The employees of the airline company are encouraged in promoting the tourism prospects within the country which might in turn lead to the development of the company in discussion, Air New Zealand as well as the economic affairs within the boundaries of the country.
The above-mentioned tenets of indigenous cultural behavior might help in the improvement of the overall improvement of the concerned organization. The concerned management of the organization might also be advised to organize various seminars that are related to the activities of informing the employees as well as the members of the external stakeholder community that has been related to the concerned organization. The explanation of the various logos and the object that are used to symbolize the concerned business organization might help in the development of the understanding of the various cultural implications that exist within the given community. The concerned business organization might also benefit from the understanding as well as the incorporation of the various matters that pertain to the cultural differences that exist among the various members of the workforce of the given business organization.
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