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- 1. Getting to Know Another’s Culture: Total Points Possible for all related work: 100 Objective: To gain a deeper understanding of the culture identity from someone from another country. Directions: You are to interview two people from a country different than your home country. If you are not from the United States, you may interview only one US citizen. You may not interview anyone currently in International Management. This is a significant assignment for international management as at some point if you have not already done so, you will be working with people from other countries/cultures. What you do now to gain experience and a breadth of knowledge will make a difference for you in the future on campus and in the professional environment as a manager, co-worker, customer/buyer, and global citizen. I recommend using your laptop to ask the questions so you can type responses quickly. Once you have completed each interview, you need to write a reflection piece on what you learned and more importantly what you think it would be like to live in each respective culture. Submit the completed interview and reflection to the dropbox. There is a separate dropbox for each interview and reflection. This is a two week assignment. The first is due by 6PM on Tuesday October 21st, and the second is due at 6PM on Tuesday October 31st. Each interview is to be detailed and the reflection very well written. When the assignment is over, I will be posting your reflections (without your name) for everyone to read and write an overall reflection on the postings. Who to interview: This is up to you as long as you follow the rules noted above. However, I would like to see a significant cross section of cultures and would strongly encourage you to interview faculty and business professionals, too. Do not include the name of the individual you interviewed in your assignment. Just the country/culture and the role of the
- 2. person (student, faculty, business professional, etc.). Once the second interviews are complete and posted, I will post a document with all of your interviews. You will then be assigned to review all of the posted reviews. Then answer the following questions: 1. What 10 things stood out to you? 2. Did any of the interviews make you want to travel to a particular country? Why? 3. What did you learn about your cultural knowledge? 4. Why would it be important for an international manager (expatriate manager in another country), to develop an international cadre? The due date for the review of reviews is 6PM by Sunday November 4th. The Dropbox for Interview 1 is now open. You’re welcome to ask clarifying questions. CONTINUE TO THE NEXT PAGE Get to Know Another’s Culture Assignment Questions 1. What are typical foods served in the culture? 2. Are there any typical styles of dress? 3. What do people do for recreation? 4. Do buildings have identifiable features? 5. How is public space used? For example, do people tend to “hang out” on the street, or are they in public because they are going from one place to the next? 6. What is the weather like in your country? Recognized Behaviors 1. How do people greet one another? 2. Describe how a holiday is celebrated. 3. How would a visitor be welcomed to someone’s home? 4. What are the norms around weddings? Births? Deaths? Explicit Beliefs
- 3. 1. How important is hierarchy? 2. How are gender roles perceived? 3. How do people view obligations toward one another? 4. What personal activities are seen as public? What activities are seen as private? 5. What are the cultural attitudes toward aging and the elderly? Deeply Embedded Beliefs 1. How important is the individual in the culture? How important is the group? 2. How is space used (e.g., how close should two people who are social acquaintances stand next to one another when they are having a conversation?) 3. How is time understood and measured? (e.g., how late can you be to a business appointment before you are considered rude?) 4. Is change considered positive or negative? 5. What are the criteria for individual success? 6. What is the relationship between humans and nature? (e.g., do humans dominate nature? does nature dominate humans? do the two live in harmony?) 7. How is divine power viewed in relation to human effort? 8. Is the culture a high-context or low-context one? 9. What is humorous? 10. How do individuals “know” things? (e.g., are people encouraged to question things? are they encouraged to master accepted wisdom?) 11. Are people encouraged to be more action-oriented or to be more contemplative? 12. What is the role of luck in people’s lives? BUAD 2000 VIPS Worksheet Due 10/30/16 by 11:59 p.m. in the Blackboard Assignment Drop Box-- Late assignments are not accepted 44 Points Introduction
- 4. The journey to a fulfilling career begins with self-assessment. In this assignment we will explore the four components of self- assessment: Values, Interests, Personal Qualities and Skills (VIPS for short). Self-identifying what our Values, Interests, Personal Qualities, and Skills are enables us to understand the “why’s” behind our career decisions. Moreover, we are ultimately better prepared to respond to an employer’s questions about our motivation for pursuing a position within a given company, and why we believe we would be the best “fit” for the assignment. Effective resumes, job search correspondence, interview responses, or LinkedIn profiles cannot be composed/prepared without having a solid awareness of our values, interests, personal qualities, and skills. Grading Note In situations where more than 1 point is possible for this assignment, responses are evaluated using a scale of Needs Improvement, Acceptable, and Excellent. The scale will be 0 to 3 or 0 to 10. Task Using the BUAD 2000 VIPS Inventories located on pages 3 and 4, identify your top three Interests, Skills, Values, and Personal Qualities. List each of the top three below. (12 points) Interests Skills Values Personal Qualities 1 2
- 5. 3 2. Select one from each category. In the space provided, compose a meaningful statement of how you became aware of the respective item. These statements may be composed like resume statements or in regular sentence structure. Consider the environment (work, service, with family or friends) and what you were doing when you became aware of it. (3 points for each of the four responses for a total of 12 points) Responses are evaluated on a scale of 0 to 3; 0 to 1 = Needs Improvement, 2 = Acceptable, 3 = Excellent. 1. Interest: replace this text and type your interest and explanation here 2. Skill: replace this text and type your skill and explanation here 3. Value: replace this text and type your value and explanation here 4. Personal Quality: replace this text and type your personal quality and explanation here 3. Now, select one of the four above, and compose a brief paragraph describing why you believe this particular interest, skill, value or personal quality would be desired by an employer. Approach this task like you were preparing for an interview. If an employer were to ask you to explain why your selected value, interest, personal quality, or skill is of benefit, what would you say? The more effort you apply to your response, the more you will learn about yourself and the way
- 6. you will promote yourself to employers. (Use the space after the directions to compose your thoughts). Your response should be no fewer than five sentences, and no more than 10. (10 points) 0 to 4 = Needs Improvement, 5 to 9 = Acceptable, 10 = Excellent. Ten points are available for appropriate spelling, grammar, and mechanics. Submit your completed assignment in the Blackboard Assignment Drop Box by 11:59 p.m., Sunday, 10/30. Take and save a screen shot of the successfully submitted screen to validate completion and submission of the assignment. If there is any question as to an assignment’s submission, you are accountable for presenting the screen shot. See the sample submission on Page 2. Sample VIPS Submission (yours should look just like this, except with black text) Task Using the BUAD 2000 VIPS Inventories located on pages 3 and 4, identify your top three Interests, Skills, Values, and Personal Qualities. List each of the top three below. (12 points) Interests Skills Values Personal Qualities 1 Weight training Networking Disciplined Family 2
- 7. Presenting Speaking Energetic Flexibility 3 Traveling Coordination Detail-oriented Autonomy 2. Select one from each category. In the space provided, compose a meaningful action statement or two of how you became aware of the respective item. These statements may be composed like resume statements, (beginning with crisp present or past tense action verbs), or in regular sentence structure. Consider the environment (work, service, with family or friends) and what you were doing when you became aware of it. (3 points for each of the four responses for a total of 12 points) Responses are evaluated on a scale of 0 to 3; 0 to 1 = Needs Improvement, 2 = Acceptable, 3 = Excellent. 1. Interest: PresentingResearch and present regularly at regional professional association conferences. Desire to collect resources and then lecture on wellness at professional association conferences. 2. Skill: Coordination Organized the largest ongoing, all- inclusive, on-campus event at BGSU, New Student Orientation, with collaboration and mutual respect for colleagues. This experience, more than any, refined my coordination skill. Around 7000 students and their support-givers would attend summer events. 3. Value: Flexibility Employment requirements allow for flexible scheduling and workflow which supports personal commitments. Having been employed as a lecturer for nearly 12 years, I could not return to private sector employment as the
- 8. flexibility offered through teaching creates an ideal family environment. 4. Personal Quality: Detail-orientedEstablished mostly through Orientation role which required harnessing the capabilities of virtually all on-campus departments. Continually used now with managing coursework of more than 500 students a semester. 3. Now, select one of the four above, and compose a brief paragraph describing why you believe this particular interest, skill, value or personal quality would be desired by an employer. Approach this task like you were preparing for an interview. If an employer were to ask you to explain why your selected value, interest, personal quality, or skill is of benefit, what would you say? The more effort you apply to your response, the more you will learn about yourself and the way you will promote yourself to employers. (Use the space after the directions to compose your thoughts). Your response should be no fewer than five sentences, and no more than 10. (10 points) 0 to 4 = Needs Improvement, 5 to 9 = Acceptable, 10 = Excellent. My ability to coordinate is one of the most valuable assets I can bring to an employer. I know how to look at the “big picture,” or the desired outcome, and identify each step that needs to be taken in order to achieve the desired result. First, I identify the tasks that need to be completed. Next, I research what people or departments need to be involved. Then, I develop a timeline by which all tasks need to be completed, taking into consideration potential pitfalls that may occur. The end result is a seamless event that is appreciated by those who are impacted by its presentation. After an event or project is completed, I conduct either personal or group feedback with the constituents involved to ensure subsequent events are continually improved upon.
- 9. 2 Review the list of Interests below. Upon considering the list, place a checkmark in the box preceding your top three interests. Add your own if necessary. BUAD 2000 Interests and Skills Inventories Lists adapted from Powell, C.R. (2004). Career Planning Strategies (5th ed.). Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing. · Acting · Analyzing numbers · Art · Athletics · Building · Calculating · Communicating · Competing · Computing · Constructing · Coordinating · Creating concepts · Creating things · Designing · Evaluating · Exercising · Experimenting · Fixing · Gaming · Helping others
- 10. · Installing · Investing · Leading · Learning · Listening · Making money · Managing · Meeting people · Negotiating · Organizing · Outdoor Activities · Performing Arts · Persuading · Planning · Playing · Promoting · Reading · Relaxing · Researching · Selling · Singing · Shopping · Socializing · Solving problems · Solving puzzles · Speaking · Sports · Strategizing · Teaching · Technology · Traveling · Troubleshooting · Using logic · Volunteering · Watching media · Writing
- 11. · · · Review the list of Skills below. Upon considering the list, place a checkmark in the box preceding your top three skills. Add your own if necessary. · Accomplishing · Accounting · Acquiring · Acting · Analyzing · Assembling · Building things · Calculating · Classifying · Competing · Compiling · Composing · Computing · Constructing · Coordinating · Counseling · Creating · Decision making · Demonstrating · Designing · Dexterity · Developing ideas · Directing · Discovering · Editing
- 12. · Empathy · Evaluating people · Evaluating projects · Examining · Excelling · Expediting · Fashioning · Following directions · Foresight · Implementing · Informing · Initiating · Innovating · Inspiring · Instructing · Investing · Leading · Lecturing · Making things · Managing · Manipulating · Merchandising · Motivating · Negotiating · Number manipulation · Operating · Organizing · Participating · Persuading · Planning · Predicting · Problem solving · Programming · Promoting · Questioning · Rapport building
- 13. · Reading · Relating · Researching · Resolving conflicts · Representing others · Reviewing · Selling · Serving others · Setting-up · Speaking · Structuring · Supervising · Synthesizing · Systematizing · Talking · Teaching · Testing · Training · Verbalizing · Visualizing · Working-mental · Working-physical · Working-ideas · Working-things · Writing · · · BUAD 2000 Values and Personal Qualities Inventories Lists adapted from Powell, C.R. (2004). Career Planning Strategies (5th ed.). Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing. Consider the Values list. Place a checkmark in the box preceding your top three. Add your own if necessary.
- 14. · Achievement · Advancement · Adventure · Aesthetics · Affluence · Art · Association · Authority · Autonomy · Avocation · Beauty · Career · Challenge · Change · Comfort · Commitment · Community · Creativity · Culture · Dependence · Diversity · Education (advanced) · Esteem · Ethics · Excellence · Family · Flexibility · Food · Friends · Health · Hobbies · Home · Honesty · Importance · Independence
- 15. · Intelligence · Involvement · Leadership · Leisure · Location · Love · Marriage · Money · Morality · Music · Objectivity · Pace · Personality · Physical appearance · Politics · Possessions · Precision · Pressure · Prestige · Professional Development · Quality · Recognition · Religion · Rules · Security · Service · Solitude · Sports · Stability · Status · Subjectivity · Teamwork · Technology · Time · Tradition · Travel
- 16. · Truth · Understanding · Variety · Wealth · Work Ethic · · · Consider the Personal Qualities list. Place a checkmark in the box preceding your top three. Add your own if necessary. · Achiever · Active · Adaptable · Aggressive · Ambitious · Analytical · Animated · Articulate · Bold · Bright · Calm · Caring · Challenging · Cheerful · Clever · Communicative · Competent · Competitive · Confident · Conforming · Conscientious · Controlled
- 17. · Cooperative · Courteous · Creative · Decisive · Dependable · Determined · Dignified · Diplomatic · Disciplined · Driven · Effervescent · Efficient · Enterprising · Enthusiastic · Expressive · Extroverted · Fair · Flexible · Friendly · Generous · Gentle · Gregarious · Hard-working · Honest · Honorable · Humorous · Imaginative · Independent · Innovative · Inquisitive · Inspiring · Intellectual · Introverted · Intuitive · Kind · Knowledgeable
- 18. · Leader · Logical · Loyal · Mature · Methodical · Meticulous · Observant · Optimistic · Organized · Patient · Perceptive · Perfectionist · Personable · Persuasive · Pleasant · Practical · Progressive · Punctual · Quiet · Rational · Realistic · Reasonable · Relaxed · Reliable · Respectful · Secure · Self-confident · Self-reliant · Self-starter · Sensitive · Serious · Shy · Sincere · Skilled · Sociable · Sophisticated
- 19. · Stable · Supportive · Systematic · Tactful · Tenacious · Tolerant · Tough · Trustful · Wise · Writer · Youthful · · · · · …