Because we live in a cross-cultural world. Diversity is a very similar issue-most workforces are increasingly diverse- in terms of age, gender, ethnic origin, qualifications etc. so managing complex staff. Culture affects management by affecting the values and beliefs that managers hold towards their job, coworkers and employees, and the organization. For example, in western management, business values. Any where from some degree to the nth degree depending upon your identification with your culture. Culture is learned. Those who apply what they learn are bound by those actions. Many people believe that safety should be part of the workplace culture. In many workplaces, it is clearly not part of the culture, and so must be achieved by management initiative.