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· I am lead to write this weeks journal about the importance of identifying and adapting to cultural difference. I understand from my reading that national culture is the set of shared values and beliefs that affects the perceptions, decisions, and behavior of the people from a particular country. I am facing this at University and with Dance With Me Studios on almost a daily basic and I want to be a better in communicating with all of our international students and would like to enhance and promote a better transition for our international professional dance instructors. There was very valid and useful information that I read this week and one thing that I would like to incorporate into studios is a checklist and journal for studio owners to have and refer to. I agree with the writing in the book that adapting managerial practices to cultural differences is not easy. A example that I experienced this semester in my Social Dance class was a international student who is from a country where women are not treated equal or respected. I communicated my expectations of how he would conduct him self with other female students and explained the policy and after a meeting and thoughtful consideration he chose to drop the class. While I was surprised I am thankful that I had rules in place and knew this was for the best. Our books said Cultural differences should be interpreted carefully because they are based on generalizations rather than specific individuals and I couldn’t agree more