The purpose of this assignment is to have you synthesize the theories, tools, and analyses from the class.
The final project is a three-part review of the course with personal application to cross-cultural management. The final project is a three-part review of the course with personal application to cross-cultural management. You will do the following for the assignment:
Part I: Summarize the 10 cultural mindset factors and how the TKD roadmap provides a framework for personal growth.
Part II: Provide an overview of the results of your personal assessments with commentary on relative strengths, weaknesses, and priorities for development.
Part III: Targeting a culture significantly different from your own, consider how cultural differences can be managed. (China is used purely as an example in the instructions below.).
Describe the respective cultures (China and U.S.)
Describe the personal challenges you might experience working in China
Describe the challenges Chinese nationals would face working in the U.S.
As a business leader, how would you use your cultural awareness to motivate and lead a cross-cultural (US/Chinese) workforce. Utilize the Hofstede Country comparison toolLinks to an external site. to compare the dimensions associated with the two cultures and to comment on their cross-cultural management needs.
In a section titled “Cultural Typologies”, apply leading typologies (Hall, Kuckhohn & Stodtbeck, Hofstede, Tomenaars, GLOBE) to your analysis.
