Assignment: INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT
Part I: JOURNAL
Instruction:
Walmart struggled in Asia because they did not prepare their stores according to the cultural outlook. People in Asia shop at small stores and buy mainly for the daily meal. If you owned a company in the hotel/hospitality or food/beverage industry and expanded overseas, what cultural outlook and differences would you have to prepare for in your new country?
Part II
Instructions
QUESTION 1
1. Consider the current situation and prevailing political and economic conditions in Brazil, a BRIC country. As a manager who has been considering investment in Rio de Janeiro, how do you assess the political and economic risks at this time?
QUESTION 2
Research the codes of conduct of a large company, such as Microsoft, and a small company in your local community and compare the issues that they cover. Describe the commonalities and differences of content in the codes. Discuss why you think there are differences in the content of the codes.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.