What
is culture? Culture is basically the belief and social behaviour of people from
different social groups, in some cases known as the norm to people. According
to Tajfel (1979) Social identity theory there are three steps taken by people
before a certain culture is obtained and adapted to. The aim of this essay is
to examine and indicate to the reader how the nature of creativity may vary
between the USA and China.

Due to
the fact that the USA and China are two of the world’s leading economies, they
also have different cultural ways in the manner in which they operate. Having
carried out research on both countries it was reflected that the USA have a
liberal structure in their workplace compared to China which have a
hierarchical, orthodox structure. Each of these structures have their
advantages and disadvantages on the workers creativity. Over the years it has
been reinforced that the innovation and creativity are personalised and focused
on the people that are within the country, this helps the country to endure
growth. With America implementing a culture that encourages workers to interact
whilst working, this liberal manor could be a big issue and could potentially hinder
the workplace and relationships within.

In
China their innovativeness is different contrasted with the USA. Columnist
Laura Singleton as of late had a meeting with educator George Yip where he
expressed “Chinese organizations advance uniquely in contrast to the West.
”In one illustration he discussed an item being produced by the apparatus
organization TCL, which fabricates a double screen TV.” (Singleton, 2016).
This item enables individuals to watch diverse projects on a similar TV, which
takes into account the Chinese purchasers. It is clear to see that in china
their innovativeness and advancement is custom fitted to individuals inside the
nation, which enables the nation to support development, while in the USA they
tailor to everybody inside and outside of the nation when they are hoping to
advance or build up a current item. The USA on the other hand feel emphatically
about inventiveness and take pride in all that they do, with any semblance of
Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon being outstanding for persistently growing
new items the USA are sure that they will keep on being one of the greatest
countries for being well known with development. In spite of the fact that it
is contended that the USA are more imaginative and inventive than China, the
way they improve can be utilized to preference since they can control
everything including their riches and convey it around the nation how they
need. China are notable for minimal effort staffing as far as masters and
specialists they additionally have government bolster specialty for understanding
the Chinese market, this is vital so testing distinctive thoughts is less
unsafe. For instance, The USA could present a project in China, not being well
inclined on how the market functions, there is a likelihood that the project
will fail (Yip, 2016). Hofstede’s framework gives an insight on how culture
affects work environment esteems. In spite of the fact that the framework isn’t
exclusively taking a gander at culture, this study can still be implemented
when taking a gander at a portion of the measurements of culture terms inside
China and the USA. Hofstede’s five “cultural dimensions are deeply embedded in
a country’s culture and are difficult to understand unless you are born and
raised there”. This reinforces that you cannot test the depth of the water with
both feet, you will drown. Tapping into another country’s market will not be
easy as you would need to adapt to the culture system. A key thing to
understand is that not all cultures are adaptable, having a culture with isn’t
adaptable hinders potential innovative plans between countries and businesses.

There
is a significant difference between the education curriculum in China and the
USA. Research has reinforced that there is a limitation on the amount of
information that Chinese students take on board, they are in a controlled
educational system where everything is scrutinised. “Chinese schools uniformly
use standardized textbooks composed and published by the regime. From Grade 1,
students receive one textbook for each subject, and have to carry the ones they
need to school for class every day.” Wang (2016) The USA on the other hand has
a system that encourages to make their own decision and choice the subjects of
their interest, making them put themselves to the test. Subsequently it has
been suggested that the educational system has a significant effect on the
student’s creativity, this indicates why the USA has a better contribution in
terms of student creativity in comparison to China. In addition, students who
study is the USA are said to be more advantageous as the USA has a liberal
system compared to the unorthodox and ruthless system of China. It’s believed
that the educational system provided by a country reflects the countries values
and structure. Furthering my earlier statement on why there is a significant
difference between both country, the US is said to be a free land where everyone
is free to voice their opinion, China on the other hand is on the other side of
the spectrum. There is a stark contrast between the way instruction is processed
and communicated in China and the USA. Chinese school days are long which conveys
a thought that the learning condition may not be as invigorating as it is in
the US, it could be said that this may obstruct the innovation level in China.
China’s education system urges students to fiddle with a wide assortment of
themes without opportunity to pick wanted subjects, could strangely have a
rapid effect on the innovation level in China. As suggested earlier a vital
aspect is that the Chines have a perfect understand of their market and
understand what is expected from them, the educational curriculum is likely
going to help them achieve the aim.

Nowadays
industry culture is very significant when trying to succeed. As money is
becoming a common commodity that is plainly simpler to acquire in China this is
regarded as being a high hazard, notwithstanding it has its advantages because
the Chinese government encourage and help the funding of new businesses. This
encourages the indigenes of this nation to think outside the box and increases
the innovations and creativity level. Yip,G. (2016) reiterated that “China’s
national government is well-known for providing many initiatives and support
for innovation in order to catch up with the developed”. Having said that, the disadvantage
would be that if the business doesn’t face an upturn in the first few years,
this could leave China with a big problem. In the US on the other hand gaining
government support is more difficult to attain. An easier approach people in
the US tend to take is pitching their ideas to potential investors and
business, who would be interested in investing in their innovative idea. So in
spite of the fact that parts of the American culture e.g. the educational
curriculum might be capable in empowering innovation, it doesn’t seem to help
or encourage creativity. (Berry, 2016). Hyytinen and Toivanen (2005) suggested
that in Nevo’s (1998) work it reinforced “government finance of industrial
R&D is an important tool of innovation policy”. Appendix 1 reflects how
culture based creativity impacts the country’s economy and its significance.

In
conclusion it is clear to see that culture has an enormous impact on
creativity. Similarly, China and the USA both have solid and frail credentials
to their culture and how they perceive things, however China’s way of life is
by all accounts working better as far as innovation, creativity and industrial
culture. Whist Americas educational curriculum is better as far as creativity
is concerned. Furthermore, when considering the flexibility of having the
choice to pick the desired subjects, the US displays a domain conductive to the
encouragement of creativity, and in addition it also encouraging creativity. By
giving students a leeway of chosen their desired subject of which they wish to
study, allowing them to sustain their interest and also enhance their expertise
in a coherent manor. An observation made by Chua, Roth and Lemoine (2014)
suggested that “Foreign creative tasks entail developing novel and useful ideas
for a foreign audience or solving a foreign problem. As global organizations
increasingly adopt localized innovations and strategies to succeed in different
national and regional markets, an increasing number of workplace creative
projects are both culture-specific and foreign to the people tasked to complete
them.” This indicates that it would be effective if both countries came
together as a collective and incorporate each other’s culture in order to
improve the countries creativity.

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2.    Hyytinen,
A. and Toivanen, O. (2005). Do financial constraints hold back innovation and
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3.    Singleton,
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5.    Wang,
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