Negotiations and Cross-Cultural Approaches

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Your coffee franchise cleared for business in all three countries (Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and China). You now have to develop your global franchise team and start construction of your restaurants. . You invite all of the players to the headquarters in the United States for a big meeting to explain the project and get to know one another since they represent the global division of your company. In preparation for the meeting, you want to avoid cultural silos, while ensuring all parties engage with each other and a generative climate is created.

Part 1: Effective communication with participants

  • Discuss the national cultural profiles of Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and China that are relevant in cross-cultural business communications. Refer back to Unit 2 Hofstede cultural dimensions, as well as the political, economic, legal, and ethical systems and other variables relevant to global business communication.
  • What are the implications of the cultural variables for your communication with the team representative from each country in the face to face meeting?
  • Address Hall’s high and low context regarding verbal and non-verbal communication. The United States is a low context culture, while each country is high context.
    • Tip: Write at least one substantive paragraph for each country

Part 2: Effective communication among participants

  • What are examples of barriers and biases in cross-cultural business communications that may impact the effectiveness of communication among the meeting participants? Consider ethnocentrism, communication apprehension, and culture shock.
  • What are some of the issues you should be concerned about regarding verbal and nonverbal communication for this group to avoid misinterpretations and barriers to communication?
  • Identify 3-5 mistakes made during business negotiations that could inhibit the team from building strong relationships? Consider and direct and indirect styles.

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Running head: NEGOTIATIONS AND CROSS-CULTURAL APPROACHES

Negotiations and Cross-Cultural Approaches
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Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and China are some of nations which believe that people are created
differently hence power should be distributed. This is relevant and applicable to global business
communication since high-power distance cultures prefer making decisions and settling their own
disputes using their own authority without being influenced by others. The three nations are all
masculine domineering countries. Saudi Arabia particularly defines gender roles and is separated
by them. Mexico and Saudi Arabia are nations that opt for strict adherence to their culture and
tradition. On the other hand, China and the U.S. are defined as nations which like venturing out of
their culture hence trying out new things (Cox, 2012).
Both U.S. and Mexico are defined as nations of self-gratification. These nations emphasize
more on their leisure time, having fun and enjoying life. On the other hand, Saudi Arabia, Mexico,
and China comprise of collectivism cultures who possess very strong sense and pride in
nationalism, r...


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