Social norms and customs of a country where English is not the primary language.

Background information: Pretend you are a successful US Business that has agreed to expand internationally. Select a country where the primary language is not English. You will expand into this country, but need to advise your colleagues on the social norms and customs of this country before moving.  “U.S. businesses are expanding into foreign markets with manufacturing plants, sales offices, and branches abroad. Many Americans, however, have little knowledge of or experience with people from other cultures. To prepare for participation in the global marketplace, you are to collect information for a report focused on an Asian, Latin American, European, or African country where English is not regularly spoken.”  With this background information, start researching your country’s social norms and values. Keep the focus about culture and PEOPLE. You’ll ignore economic/geography/history information. Remember this isn’t a business plan – so don’t report about a product. Refer to “Chapter 3 Dimensions of Culture” and refer to Figure 13.6 “Intercultural Interview Topics and Questions” for research ideas. (Dimensions of Culture link: https://imgur.com/a/sKk5fCS, Figure 13.6 link: https://imgur.com/a/4VLI6Fs) Assignment: Locate a scholar article from recent business periodicals (preferably within the last year). If you can’t locate a recent article, you may use a source from the Business Communications Library guide. However, you may not use a blog, wiki, or travel website. Your source should be credible. Summarize the article in one to two double spaced typewritten pages. The summary should be in your own words and contain the main ideas from the article as well as a critique statement – or your opinion of the article – i.e., interesting, boring, agreement, disagreement, etc. Properly cite the article in MLA or APA format and use in-text citations.

How ignorant of the world were you?

It is very important to try to understand the world and the nature of poverty, in order to grasp the content and context for many of the topics you will encounter in this course. It is also important to understand that great strides have been made in ending extreme or absolute poverty. Kristoff’s essay may surprise many of you, but what he reports is true. Rosling’s video on “How not to be ignorant about the world” should help prepare you for your discussion. How ignorant of the world were you? What surprised you the most? Discuss your perceptions of the reality of ending extreme poverty after reading the two Gate’s annual letters and viewing “Don’t Panic-End Extreme Poverty by 2030. Point out the difference between extreme poverty and relative poverty. Why is ending poverty so important to a country’s economic development? Talk about the historical data that points this out and what economic transitions look like when extreme poverty is ended. (See Two Hundred Years of Global Development.) What are the challenges to ending extreme poverty by 2030? Finally, looking at the video on Bangladesh, why is so much of the efforts to end extreme poverty focused on mothers and their children? https://www.gapminder.org/ignorance/ https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Who-We-Are/Resources-and-Media/Annual-Letters-List/Annual-Letter-2014

Write your vision statement for success as a leader based on your SWOT analysis.

** If you are unable to visit any links please send me a message. ** Continue developing your Leadership Style Action Plan by evaluating the skills needed to keep production and morale at peak levels in professional situations. Complete this section of the Action Plan by including the following: Begin by identifying the leadership competencies and behaviors of successful leaders. Then, do an assessment of your existing leadership competencies. Prepare a SWOT analysis of your leadership strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. List at least 1 leadership competency for S, W, O, and T. Write your vision statement for success as a leader based on your SWOT analysis. Write out 5 goals to help you achieve your vision

If the firm builds a large facility and demand is low, the loss will be £20m, whereas high demand will result in a profit of £72m. What should the company do?

A firm must decide whether to construct a small, medium, or large manufacturing plant for pre-fabricated wall panels. A consultant’s report indicates a 20% probability that demand will be low and an 80% probability that demand will be high. Use Microsoft Vizio® to draw your Decision Trees and prepare a document that answers these exercise questions.  If the firm builds a small facility and demand turns out to be low, the profit will be £42m. If the demand turns out to be high, the firm can either subcontract and realize the profit of £42m or expand for a profit of £48m. The firm could build a medium-size facility as a hedge: If demand is low, its profit is estimated at £22m; if demand turns out to be high, the firm could do nothing and realize a profit of £46m, or it could expand and realize a profit of £50m. If the firm builds a large facility and demand is low, the loss will be £20m, whereas high demand will result in a profit of £72m. What should the company do? Exercise 2 Eagle beverages limited wants to introduce a fruit-based drink in Spain. Eagle has assets of $300 million and is looking at different alternatives to market the drink. Alternative 1: Perform a test only in the Barcelona market area and then decide whether or not to market it nationally. Alternative 2: Introduce the beverage nationally without running any tests. Alternative 3: Without any testing decide not to introduce the beverage. If there is no market study, then it is believed that there is a 55% chance of success nationally. If there is success nationally, then the assets for the company will grow by $600 million. If it fails then the assets will decrease by $200 million. If there is a market study undertaken then the cost will be $60 million and the probability of local success in Barcelona is 60% with a 40% chance of failure. If there is success locally, then the probability of success nationally is 85%. If there is a local failure in Barcelona then the chances of national success are 10%. The company wants to maximize its success, so what should the company do?

Go through the poem and rewrite it to replace all major words with words that mean something similar.How does this version compare to the original?

Instructions: Having read several poetry selections for this week, do the following:  1. Choose a poem from the following selections:  · Billy Collins, “Introduction to Poetry”  · Nikki Giovanni, “Poetry”  · William Wordsworth, “I wandered lonely as a cloud” · John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”  · Robert Herrick, “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”  · William Blake, “The Lamb”  · William Blake, “The Tyger”  · William Shakespeare, “My mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun”  · Robert Browning, “Porphyria’s Lover” 2. Go through the poem and rewrite it to replace all major words with words that mean something similar (think thesaurus).   3. Now, write a paragraph that answers the following questions in complete sentences:   a.  Is this the same poem?   After all, the words mean the same.   b.  How does this version compare to the original?   c.  Which poem is more effective and vivid?  Why? Deliverables:  Submit your rewrite of the poem you chose Submit your paragraph answering the questions.

What do you think happened to Hall after the court’s decision?

After reading the Capizzi article and viewing the materials about 2-spirits (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JcmAoderl4 ), what do you think was more radical-the decision of the court in the case of Hall or the acceptance of 2-spirits in Native traditions? Do you think the decision of the court in the Hall case was an embrace of a third gender or another example of the panopticon at work? What do you think happened to Hall after the court’s decision?