Impact of Culture on International Business Management

Demonstrating cultural knowledge in international business

1Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding

·Identify culture specific preferences in international business context and develop appropriate rapport management strategies.

2Demonstrate the following skills and abilities

·Demonstrate to cultural differences in impression management and ethical considerations in international management.

What am I required to do in this assignment?

A literature review: You are asked to demonstrate your knowledge of concepts, theories and ideas relevant to this unit by identifying cultural regularity and variability and apply these to frameworks in international business management (worth 40% of total mark)

The topic choices are:

·Using one of Hofstede’s dimensions (of your choice), explain and critically evaluate how that dimension is displayed in work settings.

·What do people lose, and gain from having an ethnorelativistic approach at work. Justify and critically evaluate your answers.

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

In order to pass Assessment 1 you will need to:

·Demonstrate your understanding of different cultural dimensions of regularity and variability and produce frameworks to investigate the impact of culture on international business.

·Evaluate different strategies used in international business context in managing cross cultural situations in the workplace.

How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?

We will be filling this section in together in class on Click or tap to enter a date. make sure you have downloaded/printed out the Assignment Brief and bring it to the session with you.

How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?

This assessment provides a grounding in the intercultural frameworks relevant to international business environment.  Mainly it will involve frameworks related to communication, homogeneity versus diversity, tradition and change, dimensions of culture and so on. The frameworks are discussed in scheduled classes.

How will my assignment be marked?

Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.

You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.

Piecemeal knowledge of relevant theories and concepts. Some noticeable misunderstandings and/or inaccuracies.

Rather confused focus that quite often strays from the topic. Limited discussion of concepts and issues.Fairly broad knowledge of relevant theories and concepts. Mostly accurate understanding.

Quite clear focus, but sometimes strays from the topic. Logical and coherent discussion of concepts and issues, but limited originality.

Broad knowledge of relevant theories and concepts.  Thoughtful  and accurate understanding

Clear and appropriate focus. Thoughtful discussion that shows independent thinking.

Limited analysis. Lacks enough evidence based argument. Limited reference to theory and/or practice or used inappropriately. Statements of ‘fact’ and personal belief insufficiently reinforced by citations from appropriate third-party sources, research and relevant literature.

Satisfactory analysis of some appropriate concepts. Some evidence based argument demonstrated which draws on theory and/or practice. Statements of ‘fact’ and personal belief reinforced by citations from an appropriate, but limited, range of third-party sources, research and relevant literature.

Good analysis of related concepts and ideas. Appropriate evidence based argument demonstrating good understanding of theory and/or practice. Statements of ‘fact’ and personal belief reinforced by citations from an appropriate and broad range of third-party sources, research and relevant literature.

Though the discussion presented is reasonably systematic, there are improvements that the student should have implemented, for example, over-long and discursive sections/paragraphs or too short and fragmented sections/paragraphs which render some pages un-reader-friendly. There is scope for the work to be better organised. Though the discussion presented is generally systematic, there are improvements that the student should have implemented, for example, over-long and discursive paragraphs or too short and fragmented paragraphs which render some pages un-reader-friendly.

The overall presentation of the discussion is articulate, lucid, structurally sensible and mature in expression. The references are organised conscientiously and comprehensively.

Reasonable and academically sound language and formatting.Precise and persuasive arguments based on a firm foundation from the question through to the conclusions constructed.

Advanced and persuasive arguments based on a firm foundation from the question through to the conclusions constructed.