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.