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Week 7 Global Research Paper

 

Due Date:  Sunday 5 p.m. - Week 7

Assignment Instructions:

Complete this assignment using the following memo format for the transmittal memo (first page of the Week 7 Global Research Paper assignment): 

MEMORANDUM

To:               John Smith, Joseph Stevens, and Robert Morris, Partners (include their titles)

From:            Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx

Date:

Subject: 

In addition to this first page, write an APA-formatted report (8-10 pages including Executive Summary) that includes:

· APA-formatted title page

· No more than one page Executive Summary (following the title page).

· Glossary of terms (if needed).

· Reference page in APA format (final page of the report).

· Appropriate illustrations in addition to the pages of content in the report.

· Single space within paragraphs and skip a space in between paragraphs.

· Use a Size 12 Times New Roman or Calibri font.

· Use headings and subheadings effectively.

Description:

Scenario:  You are the intern coordinator for an IT consulting company that specializes in working with entrepreneurial global clients. Although the three partners have been impressed with the internship program you set up this year, the international incident in Country X cost the firm substantial money and generated negative publicity. Upon your return from Country X, the partners informed you that your program will be eliminated, and they don’t have another position to offer because you are not an IT consultant.

Your only hope to save your job is to convince the partners that you can train the interns before they travel to foreign countries. The partners accepted your proposal.

Robert Morris reminded you again in another private meeting that the report must be written in the APA format, The partners describe what they want to see in this sample report.

Audience for the Report:

Although the transmittal memo is written to the partners, the audience for the report will be the employees and interns because you will eventually use this report as the material for a training session.

Your task is to convince the partners that you can train the employees and interns before they travel to a particular foreign country. The audience expects a factual report that sheds light on the economic, political, and social environment in that country to help them make an informed decision about doing business or sending employees or interns there. John Smith is enthusiastic about your proposal to write an informative report about customs in the country and subsequently set up a cultural training program for interns and employees, but Joseph Stevens is not. Of course, John is retiring, so his vote counts less. However, Robert Morris recommends that you write a proposal to describe the audiences for the report and the content that would subsequently be taught. He is asking for a research paper on one nation with respect to how its culture differs from ours to help the executives decide whether to do business in the country.

Top level executives who are responsible for devising strategies and formulating policies to ensure that all goals and objectives are met include John Smith, Chief Executive Officer; Joseph Stevens, Chief Operating Officer; and Robert Morris, Chief Information Officer. This group consists of motivated readers who are in need of the report to make important business decisions. The company contains 500 employees, 20 of which would be slated to go overseas. Ten employees would conduct business development (sales) and 10 would conduct project implementation which would require working closely with top and mid-level managers in the corporate headquarters and inside a factory in that country. In addition, once project implementation is underway, at least 100 of the employees would be interacting with the employees in the other country via email, skype, and the internet.

The sections of the report should describe the cultural customs in one nation and show how they are the same or different from our own customs. You have persuaded the partners that this information can be used to train the employees and interns to act appropriately in public and in business meetings.

The partners require that you cover at least three of the following sections in this sample Global Business Report:

· Climate

· Nonverbal communication/Language/attire

· Politics

· Religion (can branch into attire, etc.)

· Food/social etiquette/dining

· Security, crime, and/or attitudes and norms concerning women

· Attitudes toward foreigners, particularly U.S. citizens.

· However, other information/topics may be included if you clear them with me.

· The report should describe

· the cultural customs in one nation you select and show how they are the same or different from our own customs, and which audiences for the report will be most impacted by the variance in customs from our own

· what happens when our employees/interns do not understand the customs and commit faux pas and the impact that can have on business interactions (for example, one of the employees responsible for sales does not follow a custom of the country and commits a major or minor faux pas),

· what adaptations company employees must make when they interact with the individuals they do business with in the foreign country in order to carry out business successfully (weave in examples from your company employees working closely inside a factory in that country with employees from the country).

Illustrations:

In addition to the one-two pages of words in the memo, include appropriate illustrations. These illustrations may be inserted in the appropriate paragraphs and/or at the end of the memo.

DON’T USE MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS!

ONLY ONE ATTACHMENT WILL BE OPENED AND RETURNED TO YOU.

 

GRADING CRITERIA FOR GLOBAL RESEARCH PAPER
400 Points	Maximum	Score
Front matter (including transmittal memo and title page)	5%
Executive Summary (one page or less)	10%
Body Paragraphs and Conclusion	50%
Back matter (references page and glossary if needed)	10%
Appropriate grammar, punctuation, and technical writing style for the audience	25%
	100%

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