PROMETHEE: Case study of a multicultural enterprise

Why have we decided to take the company Promethee as the basis for our survey concerning the management in a multicultural environment? Because this society seems to be give the perfect example of a success based on a good management of a multicultural workforce all over the world. The first agency was created in the 19 century in London. Today, through 200 offices in 130 countries and 15000 people from 123 different nationalities, Promethee has managed to become one of the main worldwide providers of news, information and technological solutions.
What are the main issues linked to a multicultural workforce? What are the keys of the success of Promethee? And what are the limits of this model?As future managers or co-workers, many of us will have to evolve in a multicultural environment, that's why this case will show us how to deal with all the issues linked to such a particular working environment and enable us to put in a light the limits of this model and propose some ideas to improve it.

Reflexions and recommendations : -Networking teams vs classic teams
-Enterprise culture?
-Language
-Sharing your culture and discovering your neighbor's
-HR recommendations and the reality of multiculturalism
-Strategy
-Neutral Ground

Classic VS Networking teams

After all the interviews, it seems obvious that classic and networking teams don't have the same approach regarding multiculturalism in their companies. And this is mainly due to the ways of communication used within the teams. On the one hand, in classic teams, communication between team members are mostly informal and face to face. On the other hand, in networking teams, members use indirect ways of communication, which can explain to some extent that there are more misunderstandings and conflicts within this kind of teams. Face to face communication is the best way to exchange. And the exchange is the best way to get to know people you