Please use Virgin Island and another culture of your choice..
ASSIGNMENT
Part I: Describe and Compare/Contrast Two Different Cultures
Using all of the 11 categories listed below, compare the culture of your country or community of origin to the culture of another country or community.
- Formality and Social Customs
- Style of Dress
- Time
- Tolerance for Conflict
- Gender Roles
- High- and Low- Context
- Individualism
- Power Distance
- Uncertainty Avoidance
- Masculinity
- Future Orientation
Next, address the following questions:
1) From the cultural characteristics you described above, which difference between these two cultures are likely to provide the biggest challenge when business, military (or even sports teams) from both cultures try to work together or collaborate? Explain your reasoning for each choice.
2) What are 2-3 action steps you can take to improve or ease challenges when communicating across these two cultures in a business (or military) environment?
3) Describe is an ethical challenge or concern that might arise when these two different cultures work together towards the same mission. What ethical communications choice would you make and why based on what you learned from the textbook combined with your real-life experience.
Assignment:
Length of your response document is to be 500-750 words, double-spaced.
TEXTBOOK:
Kouzes, J.M., & Posner, B.Z. (2017). The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations. 6th Edition.
New Jersey: Wiley Publishing.
ISBN-10 : 1119278961
ISBN-13 : 978-1119278962
Requirements: 500-750 words | .doc file

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