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BUS 101 Assessment 3A Assessment Type: Group Marks: 30 Weighting: 30% You are employed at a company called XYZ, a consultancy firm to help corporations improve their intercultural communication. One of your clients is based in Australia and is looking to expand into new markets. However, before doing so, the CEO of ABC would like to know more about the national and organisational cultures in these countries to ensure ABC is prepared and cultural miscommunication is minimized. You have been commissioned with writing a report for the CEO of ABC to identify the main cultural similarities and differences between Australia and the countries assigned to your group. You will need to highlight these cultural differences and recommend areas in which cultural miscommunication may occur. To identify the cultural differences, refer to Hofestede’s cultural dimensions, House’s GLOBE study, and Hall’s Context Model (the 3 H’s) Structure A report is written to compile information that has come from analysing an issue, problem or data. It’s purpose is to both inform and to provide recommendations in relation to the issue/problem/ data. The report must be a minimum of 1000 words. An example structure you can use for your report is: 1.0 Executive Summary This is the ‘abstract’, a short, one sentence description of each of the sections. 2.0 Table of Contents Include page numbers; be mindful of formatting. 3.0 Introduction Describe the importance of intercultural communication; Introduce the theories used to make comparisons. 4.0 Findings – Country Profiles 4.1 Australia Use data from the 3H’s to highlight Australia’s national/organisational culture. 4.2 Country 1 Use data from the 3H’s to highlight Country 1’s national/organisational culture. 4.3 Country 2 Use data from the 3H’s to highlight Country 2’s national/organisational culture. 4.4 Country 3 Use data from the 3H’s to highlight Country 3’s national/organisational culture. 5.0 Recommendations Consider the similarities/differences between the countries and make recommendations to the client in relation to intercultural communication. 6.0 Conclusion Useful Readings: Hofstede’s cultural dimensions C21, Communicating in the 21st Century, Ch. 15, pp. 534-539 A tool to help you compare countries according to Hofstede’s cultural dimensions: https://www.hofstede-insights.com/product/compare-countries/ Hofstede’s 6 Dimensions: https://hi.hofstede-insights.com/national-culture Hofstede’s 6 Dimensions with examples: https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/professional-issues/cultural-competence/examples-of- cultural-dimensions/ https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_66.htm Hofsetede’s 6 Dimensions – Marketing https://www.findabledigitalmarketing.com/blog/cross-cultural-marketing-examples/ House’s GLOBE Project C21, Communicating in the 21st Century, Ch. 15, 539-542 https://globeproject.com/results?page_id=country#country https://globeproject.com/study_2004_2007?page_id=data#data Hall’s Context Model C21, Communicating in the 21st Century, Ch. 15, pp. 543-546 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKViQSnW-UA Other Japanese get word from on high. Drop the formality. https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/30/world/japanese-get-word-from-on-high-drop-the- formality.html Below is a guide as to where you should be with assessments 3A and 3B. The actions should be completed prior to the workshop of the given week. Timeline Week Actions 5 • Form your groups of 4 and email Phil with the names. • Phil will assign your group 3 countries + Australia (4 in total) • Research Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions 6 • Collaborate with your group and distribute tasks • Research Hall’s contextual model and House’s GLOBE project 7 • Email first draft to Phil for review 8 • Collaborate with group, consider feedback and revise. 9 • Submit final draft. • Collaborate with your group and distribute tasks for assessment 3B – the presentation. 10 • Email Phil with the first draft of the presentation for review. 11 • Submit assessment 3B and deliver presentation. Part B: Presentation (Group) 10 Marks In the oral presentation, you will present on the findings of your report: • discuss the theories used to examine the cultural differences of the countries, • explain the cultural dimensions of Australia • compare the Australian data with the three countries assigned to your group • make recommendations as to what this means for expansion into these countries This presentation will be ten (10) minutes in duration.