Select your own country of nationality to do this assignment. You are to write an essay analyzing your own culture from the perspective of its components studied in class and from the business culture view. Part A: Components of national culture.As you have learned in this course, the culture of a country is made up of several layers, such as artifacts, symbols, language, rituals, norms/customs/traditions, values and beliefs. You are to reflectively think of your own culture and describe how each of the components mentioned above is actionable within your culture (i.e. give specific examples). This assignment is personal (not to worry- it is confidential), because I want you to express who you really are/belief in and what aspect of what you do reflect your own culture. I want you to be original and authentic in your answer. Make sure you clearly specify and cover each component. Part B: Discuss the national culture dimensions of your country using Hofstede’s framework . Compare Countries (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. by entering your country of nationality in the Type a country search. A graph with the six dimensions for your country will be displayed; cut and paste the image into part B.Tap on "Read More about chosen country". For each of the six dimensions presented you will see some interpretation of what it generally means for the country. Take at least three of these descriptions (cut and paste it), and with a concrete example of your own, support the assertion being made in the description. For example:Uncertainty Avoidance Assessment for country XXXX:“At 80, XXXX has a high score on Uncertainty Avoidance which means that as a nation they are seeking mechanisms to avoid ambiguity. Emotions are openly expressed; there are (extensive) rules for everything and social conservatism enjoys quite a following. This is also reflected in religion, which is respected, followed by many and conservative. Rules are not necessarily followed, however: this depends on the in-group’s opinion, on whether the group feels the rules are applicable to their members and it depends, ultimately, on the decision of power holders, who make their own rules. In work terms this results in detailed planning that may not necessarily be followed in practice”My own concrete example to support this assertion:Life is hard in my country because of …….. Therefore, people stopped worrying about the future, or even planning for it. Instead they ……. There are laws about everything but……Note: If your country of nationality is not on the list, choose a nearby country or one you are familiar with. Part C:Share a specific, concrete story where any of the topics above can be seen in action. In other words, recount a situation or anecdote either from personal experience or from that of friends/relatives where the theory studied so far comes alive and is illustrated. The anecdote can be an observation, a funny situation, or a cultural blunder/pitfall where you learned a lesson which made you understand different orientations, values or points of view.

Touchstone 3: Creating a Slide PresentationSCENARIO: You represent your company at a service organization dealing with one of these two issues:Facing Economic ChangeEngaging Civil RightsYour supervisor asked you to research information related to the history of one of these issues for your organization to help new employees and volunteers understand it better. You will need to create a slide presentation that summarizes your findings and recommendations.ASSIGNMENT: Back in Unit 2, you chose your issue and your sources and used the critical thinking process to begin to formulate an argument about your topic. Now you will refine your argument and create a slide presentation that’s due at the end of Unit 3.PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS: Your presentation must be 7–11 slides long, not including the title and sources slides. It must include the following slides:titleoutlinetopicevidence (4–8 slides with both text and images)argument (making connections between past and present)sourcesIf you’ve never used a presentation tool like PowerPoint or Google Slides before, don’t worry! The assignment template below will help you create slides for a basic slide presentation. Then you’ll be able to practice using the presentation technology as you put the finishing touches on your presentation. You can also refer back to the Unit 3 lessons that provide support for creating a solid slide presentation.Touchstone 3 TemplateTouchstone 3 SampleBefore you get started, let’s look at how you’ll be building the presentation, step by step.In order to foster learning and growth, all work you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any plagiarized or recycled work will result in a Plagiarism Detected alert. Review Touchstones: Academic Integrity Guidelines for more about plagiarism and the Plagiarism Detected alert. For guidance on the use of generative AI technology, review Ethical Standards and Appropriate Use of AI.A. DirectionsStep 1: Review Touchstone 2Review the scenario and your work from Touchstone 2. You will need to use the research question and your primary and secondary sources, along with the critical thinking process you completed in that touchstone.Step 2: Create Presentation SlidesUse a presentation tool like PowerPoint or Google Slides to outline and organize a presentation for new employees and volunteers to help them understand better how key historical events in U.S. History are connected to their work and impact society today.SlideComponentTitle SlideYour title slide will be the first slide and should give the viewer an idea of what your presentation will be about.Outline SlideAn outline slide lets your audience know what to expect from your presentation. This doesn’t need to be the kind of detailed or thorough outline that you might use to plan out a research report. It just needs to include the main idea that each slide will cover—it might even just be the time period covered by that slide.Topic SlideYour topic is the same as the research question you selected in Unit 2.Define the historical challenges you are presenting on and expand on the topic of your presentation. What questions will you answer? What historical events and approaches will you explore?Evidence Slides(4-8 slides with both text and images)Now that you’ve reviewed your outline, it’s time to add information to your evidence slides. Use simple bullet points for slide text and leave room for pictures! Use speaker notes to describe the historical challenges, approaches and strategies with supporting evidence. Also, remember to include information from your primary or secondary sources.Add appropriate visuals that help to communicate main ideas. Use images, charts, photos, and infographics to help answer the research question. If you use infographics, make sure any text in the infographics is large enough to read. Make sure images are not blurry or too small to see.Connection SlideYour connections slide should connect past events to current events related to your issue and research question. Think of this slide as showing lessons you’ve learned from your research. What are the takeaways? How should people in your organization apply history to the present and the future? Include historical evidence in the speaker notes to explain these lessons.Try to think of four lessons from the past that you can connect to the present and the future.Sources SlideNow it’s time to add the primary and secondary sources you selected from Touchstone 2 to a slide, following APA format. (Note: the sources provided to you in Touchstone 2 were already in APA format). Click here for a guideline to help you with APA formatting if you selected any outside sources. Also following APA formatting, your sources should appear in alphabetical order.Step 3: Add Speaker NotesRecall that your supervisor asked you to research information related to the history of one of the above issues for your organization to help new employees and volunteers understand it better. For this assignment, you are not actually giving the presentation, but rather just preparing a slide deck that summarizes your findings and recommendations.An important step in the preparation of a speech is writing speaker notes. Use speaker notes to develop historical evidence and explain your historical challenges, strategies, and connections:Use evidence to clearly identify challenges throughout US history that are related to your topic.Analyze how challenges were tackled throughout US history that are related to your topic, using historical evidence.Analyze the connection between historical strategies and a current issue using supporting evidence (Connections slide).Your speaker notes will be used to evaluate your project, so make sure you write in complete sentences and pay attention to spelling and grammar. If you were giving an oral presentation, these notes wouldn't be visible to your audience when you’re in Presenter View. But you would be able to see them, and they would guide you through your presentation.Step 4: Add In-Text CitationsMake sure you’re citing the information from your sources using in-text citations in APA style. These citations should include the author's last name and the year of publication for the source, for example: (Mitchell, 2014).Step 5: Submit PresentationOnce you have completed your slides and corresponding speaker notes, it is time to submit your presentation. If you are using PowerPoint, you simply need to save your presentation and upload this file to Sophia. If you are using another slide presentation technology, download the slide deck as a Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx) and upload this version to Sophia.C. RequirementsThe following requirements must be met for your submission:All content must be appropriate for an academic context.Composition must be original and written for this assignment.Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.Submission must include your name and the date.File format must be .pptx.