Problem
• As you're packing up to leave the office on a Friday afternoon, your boss tells you that she'd like a status report from you as soon as possible. You head out for the weekend and complete the status report first thing Monday morning. When your boss receives it, she complains that she needed it sooner. How could you have avoided this breakdown in communication?
• Examine Hofstede's views of the difference between individualism and collectivism.