Case — Successful Management Requires International Experience

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Unit 10 Assignment: Case — Successful Management Requires International Experience

In this assignment, you will be assessed based on the following outcomes:

HR410-6: Practice global interconnectedness as it applies to your field.

GEL-4.03: Understand patterns of human behavior based upon real world observation

In this assignment you will learn about patterns of human behavior and culture. This will help you to apply

global interconnectedness to cross cultural preparation training.

In order to give you some experience using Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions and Hall's Communication

Contexts, the Unit 10 Assignment Case begins with you applying Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions and Hall's Communication Contexts to your own culture, then to another culture of your choosing. The remainder of the Unit 10 Assignment Case is applying the three phases of cross-cultural preparation (page

476) to the Proctor and Gamble Case, “Successful Management Requires International Experience Case” in Course Resources.

Refer to Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and Hall’s Communication Contexts in Chapter 6, “The

International Manager: A Guide to Communicating, Cooperating, and Negotiating with Worldwide

Colleagues,” located in Course Resources. This chapter gives a good overview of both Hofstede’s Cultural

Dimensions and Hall’s Communication Contexts, which play a central role in this assignment.

Keep in mind that in order to succeed overseas, expatriates (employees on foreign assignments) need to

be:

1. Competent in their areas of expertise.

2. Able to communicate verbally and nonverbally in the host country.

3. Flexible, tolerant of ambiguity, and sensitive to cultural differences.

4. Motivated to succeed, able to enjoy the challenge of working in other countries, and willing to

learn about the host country’s culture, language, and customs.

5. Supported by their families (pp. 476–480).

In order to help you become more familiar with Human Resources and Development professional articles,

this assignment has a reference requirement for two articles from TD. Use this link to help you find TD

articles in the PG Library.

Worksheet: Use the Unit 10 Worksheet located in Course Resources to complete this assignment.

Assignment Requirements

Answers contain sufficient information to adequately answer the questions, and contain no spelling,

grammar, or APA errors. Points deducted from grade for each writing, spelling, or grammar error are at

your instructor’s discretion.

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Ensure your worksheet has the following components:

 Minimum 1,000 words.

 Correct spelling and grammar; proper paragraph construction (paragraphs require a minimum of

three sentences to sufficiently develop an idea); use of bullets (bullets are an outline, not developed

ideas).

 Identify patterns of a cultural group with which you have had contact. Describe those cultural

patterns using Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and Hall’s Communication Contexts.

 Use the three phases of cross-cultural preparation (pp. 476–480), and develop training that would

prepare Procter & Gamble employees to work in the culture you previously described. Include

Spouse and Family Training.

 Conclusion

 Reference page (two TD references, which can be found in the Library).

 Review the grading rubric below before beginning this assignment.

Directions for Submitting Your Assignment

Compose your assignment in a Word document and save it as Username-HR410 AssignmentUnit#.doc

(Example: TAllen-HR410 AssignmentUnit10.doc). Submit your file by selecting the Unit 10 Assignment

Dropbox by the end of Unit 10.

Unit 10 Assignment: Case —

Successful Management

Requires International

Experience

Grading Rubric Maximum

Points

Data Collection: Hofstede Cultural

Dimensions/Hall Communication

Contexts

Explained what was observed about your culture

using the Hofstede Dimensions and Hall

Communication Contexts.

8

Data Collection: Hofstede

Cultural Dimensions/Hall

Communication Contexts

Explained what was observed about a cultural

group that you had contact with using the

Hofstede Dimensions and Hall Communication

Contexts.

8

Analysis: Hofstede Cultural

Dimensions/Hall Communication

Contexts

Compared observations related to your own

culture and the cultural group you previously

identified using the Hofstede Dimensions and

Hall Communication Contexts.

8

Application: Procter & Gamble

employee cross cultural

preparation training using the

three phases, including spouse

and family training, to prepare

employees to work in the culture

described.

Pre-Departure Phase

6

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Unit 10 Assignment: Case —

Successful Management

Requires International

Experience

Grading Rubric Maximum

Points

Application On-Site Phase 6

Application Repatriation Phase 6

Application Spouse and Family Training 5

Writing Length (1,000 words); use of APA 6th ed.

formatting and style; correct spelling and

grammar; paper is organized and flows well;

proper paragraph construction (paragraphs

require a minimum of three sentences to

sufficiently develop an idea); use of bullets

(bullets are an outline, not developed ideas)

8

References Two TD or T + D references (the publication had

a name change).

5

Total 60