Intercultural Business Practices Report for [Country]

All papers should be minimum 8 pages long, font size Arial 11, double spaced with appropriate referencing as per APA.

1. Identify a country in which you plan to work or do business in the future. Construct a report describing business customs and practices in that country. Your task is to prepare a businessperson to act appropriately in one or more business situations (e.g., an office meeting, a project proposal, a negotiation, a dinner meeting, and an interview). Be sure to take into account both the cultural practices of this country and the cultural practices of the person for whom you are writing the report (you may be attempting to train a Latin American to do business in China, for example, so you would want to account for typical Latin American business practices when describing how the Latin American should conduct him/herself in China).
2. Develop an intercultural training manual. As someone who has had the opportunity to study or work overseas you will help a colleague from your home culture to adjust to another culture overseas (pick one). Identify some of the cultural assumptions, norms and behaviors that may be prevalent in your home culture, and contrast these with the assumptions, norms and behaviors that are typical within the other culture. Your job is to make the transition from your home culture to the other culture as smooth as possible for your colleague. Use real life case studies, examples etc.
3. Select four to seven important ideas, concepts, techniques, processes, theories, approaches, or insights you gained from the course (and associated readings if you like) and discuss: 1) why each of those elements is meaningful for you, and 2) how you will apply each of them to your professional work, academic studies, and/or personal life (please provide specific examples)
4. Discuss a cultural characteristic that influences the communication process. Examples are: (a) a specific rite of passage, arranged marriage, girl brides, honour killing, abandonment to die, gender preferred education, hospitality, charity, silence, whistling, use of the left hand, concepts of modesty, machismo, status symbols, secrecy, ritual cleansing, saving face etc. Explore through research the problem and proposed solution, or the culture trait under study. Seek to understand it in light of course concepts and reference all course materials (lectures and texts).
5. Discuss a current issue that is happening and the cross-cultural issues that may be present. For example, how is COVID-19 pandemic being handled in other countries? How can cultural intelligence be applied or increased in these situations etc.
6. Put together a diversity and inclusion plan and strategy for an organization. Ensure to include inclusionary practices, how the organization is measuring these, and any other relevant information needed for inclusion to work. Include statistics and numbers to see where the organization may be in their diversity and inclusion efforts.