出国留学学生个人申请范文

Applied Program：Organizational Behavior

I am interested in the field of study of Organizational Behavior. In the past，I have had the experience of working in settings where the people and the corporate cultures of the companies were all different. I have found that there is a great difference in the both the behaviors of people and of their organizations，depending on whether they are state-owned enterprises (SOEs)，large multinational firms，or small to medium sized foreign enterprises. One simple example is that of the ability of an employee to act independently without direct instructions from his or her boss. In many Chinese organizations，acting without direct instructions is considered a form of disrespect towards the supervisor，who is generally offended by such behavior. In my experience and research，such organizations tend to have low operating efficiency with the employees losing their innate ability to take the initiative.

In contrast，foreign enterprises tend to welcome employees who have the ability to make decisions on their own，though the extent to which this is true depends on whether the supervisor is a local Chinese or an expatriate. These organizat