Cultural Intelligence In Action Paper- TOPIC (Guidance In Enrolling To Get The COVID-19 Vaccine For Senior Citizens In The USA)

Topic proposed for your information:

Guidance in enrolling to get the COVID-19 vaccine for senior citizens in the USA. (This is my approved Topic)

Comment 1 from Professor:

You need to fundamentally shift the focus and emphasis of your paper away from a broad examination of the notion of culture and the overall difference between Indian culture and American culture. What do you need to shift your focus to? You need to identify three specific cultural differences between India and the U.S.--excluding language that would present significant challenges to you in undertaking your proposed project.

 

Currently there is no place in your proposal where you mention any personal involvement on your part in carrying out some kind of project to assist American senior citizens in figuring out when and where they can obtain their vaccinations. That is what I recall you telling me that you wanted to propose as your project. So what you need to do is propose how you would go about it. Would you simply assist them in navigating the existing systems for signing up for vaccines.

 

(You should be able to find a fellow student who can help you get into one of these systems for scheduling vaccines to see for yourself how they function and where might be the places that could easily confuse or thwart the efforts of elderly digital immigrants who are not accustomed to computerized systems.)

 

Both of these elements--1) describing a specific project in which you would be directly and personally involved in assisting some American citizens in obtaining their Covid vaccines, and       2)  identifying three specific cross-cultural differences between Indian culture and American culture, that you would have to successfully navigate or overcome in order to carry out your project--constitute the heart of this assignment.

 

You have very clearly identified a problem. Now you have to propose a specific project or program in which you would be personally involved -- either by yourself or with others -- in carrying it out to alleviate the problem. (This can be hypothetical; I'm not expecting everyone in the class to actually carry out ther projects that they're proposing--though some of them might.) Here you need to explain how you would apply the different dimensions of Cultural Intelligence--Knowledge CQ, Interpretive CQ, Perseverance CQ, and Behavioral CQ--in order to overcome the challenges stemming from those three particular cross-cultural differences that you have identified as particularly problematic for your particular project.

Comment 2 from Professor:

You need to substantially restructure your CIA paper. Instead of starting off wth two pages about cultural differences in general between India and the U.S., I recommend that you mention your proposed project first. As I understand your project, you're proposing to assist elderly Americans in navigating the process for obtaining Covid vaccinations. That's a great project for this assignment--so long as you include a significant amount of direct personal interaction with those elderly Americans.

 

After all, it's precisely in that personal interaction where you would directly encounter cultural differences. The ones that would require the most of you in terms of Cultural Intelligence. (You'll need to consult a resource on international cultural characteristics in order to identify where india and the U.S. differ the most.) Then you need to explain where in the course of assisting the elderly Americans you would need to draw on specifc dimensions of Cultural Intelligence (Knowledge CQ, Interpretive CQ, Perserverance CQ, and Behavioral CQ).