Paper instructions:

1) in writing describe a significant incident out of

your own experience involving a cross cultural clash

between 2 or more individuals from different cultures,

which has left to person A with the question “what

happened”. write in the third person, BE CREATIVE.

(not more than 500 words)

The incident should have the following criteria:
– at least one of the individual held an erroneous

assumption about the culture of other individuals (both

individuals can have erroneous assumption), and

proceeded to say or do something that was culturally

incorrect
– the mistaken behaviour of the first person (person

A) was followed by a response from the person of the

second culture (person B, can be more than one

individual) which was not understood by person A and

which he or she found disconcerting or upsetting,

wondering what has happened.

2) provide 4 logical explanations for the incident with

one being the best explanation for the cross cultural

clash. compose each of the possible explanation

carefully, and attempt to render each one superficially

plausible. each of the 4 possible explanation should not

exceed 75 words – thus part 2 should not exceed 300

words in total

3)based on academic research and facts provide a

comprehensive cross-cultural analysis of the incident

which explains the behaviours you described from both

person’s perspectives, by using appropriate theories

and frameworks relevant to the course i.e. this explains

why the cross-cultural clash occurred. (no more than

1000 words) (course textbook – Luthan Doh;

International Management Culture, strategy and

behaviour)

4)write 4 short para about each of the 4 possible

explanations based on academic research and facts

showing why one answer is correct or best answer and

why other three answers are not correct.

note that the short para that provides the best

rationale for the best/ correct answer can be similar to

part 3 above, i.e. one that explains why cross cultural

clash occurred.