Culture Clashesat MehtaInvestmentGroup: ACase Study KamleshT. Mehta, Peace College ABSTRACT ThecasestudyisaboutasmallmultinationalfinancialinvestmentfirmlocatedinEnglandwithover$43millioninnetprofit andemploys over500people.Thirteenemployees ofthefirmhavecomplainedaboutthedisplayofa“Swastika”byco-workersintheworkplace.Thecompanyisfacedwiththechallengesassociatedwithdiverseworkforcewithdifferentnationalities,culturalvalues,andreligiousbeliefs,andlegalcomplicationsintheEuropeanUnion. THECOMPANY MehtaInvestmentGroup[MIG]Inc.isaglobal,private,for-profit,financialinvestmentcompanyheadquarteredinLondon,Britain.TheownerandtheChairmanofthecompany,CameronMehta,startedthecompanywith$500dollarsasaresultofanargumentwithhisfatherattheageof20.Sinceitsinception,overthepast41years,companyhasgrowninthefinancialsectoroftheEuropeanUnion.Thefirm’scorebusinessisinvestmentonbehalfofitsclients.In2007,thecompanyreported$43millioninnetprofits,hasclientsfromthe20membercountriesoftheEuropeanUnion,andemploysover500employeesinBritain,France,Germany,andSpain.Thecompanyisintherapidgrowthstageandhasprojecteda$50millioninnetprofitin2008.MehtaInvestmentGroupattributesitssuccesstothecorporateculturethatstemsfromtheleadershipstyleandpersonalvaluesofCameronMehta,Chairmanofthecompany.Inaddition,CameronMehtaattributesthesuccessofthecompanytohisdiverseemployees.Thediversework-forceofthecompanyiscomposedofdifferentnationalities,religiousbeliefs,andculturalvalues.Withthegrowthofthecompany,Cameronplanstoincreasehiswork-forcefrom500employeesto700overthenextfour years. THEEMPLOYEES Overtheyears,companyhasnothadanyseriouscomplaintfromtheemployees.Thejobsatisfactionamongemployeeshasbeenveryhigh.Thecompanyhasenjoyedasteadygrowtheveryyearforthepast40years.Thegrowthandsuccessofthecompanyisduetodiversityofemployeesatalllevelsoftheorganization,whoarecharacterizedashard-working,dedicated,loyal,family-oriented,andreligious.Thediverseworkforceiscomposedofnumerousreligionsandnationalorigins.Also,thecompanyChairmanandthemajorityoftheemployeessharesimilarvalues,whichhavedriventhegrowthandsuccessofthecompany. Asaresult,morethan50%oftheemployeeshavebeenwiththecompanyfor15yearsormore.Theemployeeturnoverrateisat6%andwellbelowtheindustryaverageof26%.Thediversework-forcehasstrengthenedcompany’scontactsintheindustryandbroughtinclientsofdifferentnationaloriginsandfromall20membercountriesoftheEuropeanUnion.Table1presentsthebreakdownofemployeesbynationalorigin,location,andreligion. Table 1: Company-Wide Employees NationalOrigin Location […]