assignment

Q1. Please explain the concepts of culture, culture shock and reverse culture shock. Please provide examples. Do you believe cultural literacy is important if you do not plan to work outside of your home country? Please justify and provide examples. Please use APA citation format.

(10 points)

Q2. Please identify two countries that rank lower than the United States on power distance and two countries that rank higher than the United States on power distance. Please explain how you identified the countries i.e., what specific resource(s) did you use?

Now, please imagine that you are a marketing manager at a major corporation. Please describe how your approach to the two markets that rank lower on power distance would differ from your approach to the two markets that rank higher on power distance. Please use APA citation format.

(10 points)

Grading Rubric
Criteria	Ratings	Possible Points
Justification Justify your beliefs / examples / ideas / opinions	5 pts (good)	3 pts (satisfactory)	0 pts (unsatisfactory)	5 pts
Clarity Your responses should be clear and concise	3.5 pts (good)	2 pts (satisfactory)	0 pts (unsatisfactory)	3.5 pts
Professionalism Please ensure that your work is professional and void of grammatical errors and typos	1.5 pts (good)	0.75 pts (satisfactory)	0 pts (unsatisfactory)	1.5 pts
Total Points: 10

Note: There is no page limit or word count limit. However, I strongly recommend keeping your answers to no more than 2 pages per question.