Unit 10 Assignment: Case — Successful Management Requires International Experience
In this assignment, you will be assessed based on the following outcomes:
HR410-6: Practice global interconnectedness as it applies to your field.
GEL-4.03: Understand patterns of human behavior based upon real world observation
In this assignment you will learn about patterns of human behavior and culture. This will help you to apply global interconnectedness to cross cultural preparation training.
In order to give you some experience using Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions and Hall's Communication
Contexts, the Unit 10 Assignment Case begins with you applying Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions and Hall's Communication Contexts to your own culture, then to another culture of your choosing. The remainder of the Unit 10 Assignment Case is applying the three phases of cross-cultural preparation (page
476) to the Proctor and Gamble Case, “Successful Management Requires International Experience Case” in Course Resources.
Refer to Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and Hall’s Communication Contexts in Chapter 6, “The
International Manager: A Guide to Communicating, Cooperating, and Negotiating with Worldwide
Colleagues,” located in Course Resources. This chapter gives a good overview of both Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and Hall’s Communication Contexts, which play a central role in this assignment.
Keep in mind that in order to succeed overseas, expatriates (employees on foreign assignments) need to be:
1. Competent in their areas of expertise.
2. Able to communicate verbally and nonverbally in the host country.
3. Flexible, tolerant of ambiguity, and sensitive to cultural differences.
4. Motivated to succeed, able to enjoy the challenge of working in other countries, and willing to learn about the host country’s culture, language, and customs.
5. Supported by their families (pp. 476–480).
In order to help you become more familiar with Human Resources and Development professional articles, this assignment has a reference requirement for two articles from TD. Use this link to help you find TD articles in the PG Library.
Worksheet: Use the Unit 10 Worksheet located in Course Resources to complete this assignment.
Assignment Requirements
Answers contain sufficient information to adequately answer the questions, and contain no spelling, grammar, or APA errors. Points deducted from grade for each writing, spelling, or grammar error are at your instructor’s discretion.
Ensure your worksheet has the following components:
• Minimum 1,000 words.
• Correct spelling and grammar; proper paragraph construction (paragraphs require a minimum of three sentences to sufficiently develop an idea); use of bullets (bullets are an outline, not developed ideas).
• Identify patterns of a cultural group with which you have had contact. Describe those cultural patterns using Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and Hall’s Communication Contexts.
• Use the three phases of cross-cultural preparation (pp. 476–480), and develop training that would prepare Procter & Gamble employees to work in the culture you previously described. Include Spouse and Family Training.
• Conclusion
• Reference page (two TD references, which can be found in the Library). • Review the grading rubric below before beginning this assignment.
Directions for Submitting Your Assignment
Compose your assignment in a Word document and save it as Username-HR410 AssignmentUnit#.doc (Example: TAllen-HR410 AssignmentUnit10.doc). Submit your file by selecting the Unit 10 Assignment Dropbox by the end of Unit 10.
Unit 10 Assignment: Case — Successful Management
Requires International
Experience Grading Rubric Maximum Points
Data Collection: Hofstede Cultural
Dimensions/Hall Communication
Contexts
Explained what was observed about your culture using the Hofstede Dimensions and Hall Communication Contexts. 8
Data Collection: Hofstede
Cultural Dimensions/Hall
Communication Contexts Explained what was observed about a cultural group that you had contact with using the Hofstede Dimensions and Hall Communication Contexts. 8
Analysis: Hofstede Cultural
Dimensions/Hall Communication
Contexts Compared observations related to your own culture and the cultural group you previously identified using the Hofstede Dimensions and Hall Communication Contexts. 8
Application: Procter & Gamble employee cross cultural preparation training using the three phases, including spouse and family training, to prepare employees to work in the culture described. Pre-Departure Phase
6
Unit 10 Assignment: Case — Successful Management
Requires International
Experience Grading Rubric Maximum Points
Application On-Site Phase 6
Application Repatriation Phase 6
Application Spouse and Family Training 5
Writing Length (1,000 words); use of APA 6th ed. formatting and style; correct spelling and grammar; paper is organized and flows well; proper paragraph construction (paragraphs require a minimum of three sentences to sufficiently develop an idea); use of bullets (bullets are an outline, not developed ideas) 8
References Two TD or T + D references (the publication had a name change). 5
Total 60