Overview

Doing business in a foreign country can be fraught with pitfalls, from culturally inappropriate hugging to accidental obscene hand gestures. By researching and understanding the culture of a foreign country, you can better prepare yourself and your team to avoid mistakes and leverage cultural protocols to your advantage.

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your knowledge of cultural competence from this week’s module resources to compare the culture of the United States with the culture of the country you chose in Milestone One. You will show how doing business can be very different from one country to another.

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Prompt

Use the Module Two Assignment template located in the Guidelines for Submission section to create a cultural comparison guide between the country you selected for your course project and the United States. In Part One of the template, you will identify common information about both countries, including their cultural backgrounds and business etiquettes. In Part Two of the template, you will identify the six dimensions in the Hofstede model of national culture for both countries. In Part Three of the template, you will draw conclusions on how doing business in the country you selected will differ from doing business in the United States and tips for individuals doing business in your selected country.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

• Basic Country Facts: Identify government types, languages, and religions for both countries.
• Business Etiquette: Identify common business etiquette in both countries (e.g., common greetings, differences in communication toward men and women, negotiating styles, and acceptable business attire).
• Tips for Doing Business: Identify three tips you would give to individuals doing business in the non-U.S. country you selected. Tips could be about behaviors to avoid (e.g., items as innocent as posture or body language or attitudes regarding punctuality or approaches to business).
• Cultural Dimensions: Identify and examine the six dimensions in the Hofstede model of national culture for both countries.
• Conclusions: Conclude how doing business in your new country will differ from doing business in the United States.

Guidelines for Submission

Submit your completed Module Two Assignment Template as a Word document. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Sick Around the World

Watch “Sick Around the World” (either at http://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-sick-around-the-world/ or at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfusssJW7TI) and answer the following questions:

• What does “universal health care” mean? Which countries in the film have universal health care?

• How do the British pay for their National Health Service? What, according to the film, might Americans not like about the British system?

• Japanese citizens visit doctors three times more often as Americans, and have longer life spans and lower infant mortality than Americans. How do the Japanese pay for their health care system?
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• In Germany, the rich pay for the poor, the ill are covered by the healthy, health insurance continues with or without employment, and doctors, who are private entrepreneurs, make less money than they did before reform. Why will doctors in Germany accept less money? Should the rich pay for the poor when it comes to health insurance? Why or why not?

• Taiwan designed its health care system in 1995, after looking at health care in 10-15 other countries. What do you think works well in the Taiwanese system?

• Evaluate the U.S. health care system in comparison to some of the other systems explained in the film. How does the U.S. system compare, in terms of access, cost, and equity? Compare the U.S. on each dimension to at least two other countries. Do you think the U.S. should adopt universal health care? Why or why not?

Assignment #7

Chapter 8

Diversity

Real World Case

Competencies:

#3 Assessing his/her own values, attitudes, and beliefs as a member of the workforce.

#6 Understanding that sometimes conflicting values, attitudes, and beliefs held by employees, customers, suppliers, managers, owners/stakeholders, and members of the larger community.

#9 Discussing the impact of religion on ethical standards in the workplace and marketplace

#15 Analyzing specific ethical decisions made by businesses in the areas of human resources, marketing, accounting/finance, and production.

Having read Chapter 8, complete the following:

Review the “Cases From The Real World” presented in the chapter:

Page 241 The ADA and Verizon Attendance Policy; and

Page 243 The Abercrombie & Fitch Religious Discrimination Case

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Respond to each of the Critical Thinking questions presented. Remember to consider the competencies: understanding the impact of religion on ethical standards in the workplace and marketplace and analyzing specific ethical decisions made by businesses. Explain so that your view regarding recognizing and respecting the rights of all is clear.

Assignment #7 will be graded on conveying a clear understanding of the topic, providing a clear discussion of such, as well as utilizing correct grammar.

Grade: 15% of total grade, along with accurate grammar.

Topic:

“Diminishing Returns” is a concept, or more precisely, an empirical finding that shows up in a variety of places in microeconomics. We first encountered it in the module on utility, and then again in this module on production and costs.

What do economists mean by “diminishing returns” to an input? What causes diminishing returns? Have you ever observed this principle at work in a job you’ve had? Describe how you’ve experienced this concept in the real world.

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Directions:

1. Post your initial reply to the topic above by Thursday evening at 11:59pm.
2. Read through the other entries and reply directly to at least two classmates by Sunday evening at 11:59pm.

Please make a substantive contribution to the discussion; short replies such as “I agree” will not earn full points. When you reply, make sure to use professional grammar and punctuation.

For various reasons, anytime the issue of race and ethnic relation comes up, some students are quick to shutdown the discussion by saying “Oh, but that is in the past.” Maybe so, but not in a sociology course. Just the same, in this assignment you are to look at the present–our immediate history making in say the last 20 years for your topic.

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• Identify a social condition of a named social group in the Race and Ethnic Structure in the U.S.
• Explain why the social condition should be elevated to the status of a Social Problem. (See chapter 1 to refresh your memory)
• Drawing on at least 2 empirical supporting evidence of the sources of the human condition, explain why the social condition should be elevated the status of a Social Problem.
• Propose a policy solution to address the social problem, and how it would benefit the society.

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