Communication and the Global World

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You are in the role of project manager for a coffee franchise global expansion project. You plan to expand into three different countries. The magnitude of the project requires you to prepare for the project kickoff meeting and business negotiations with the project team who are potential partners from Mexico, China, and Saudi Arabia. You understand that these cultures are vastly different. They have different business customs, social protocols, and languages, so conducting business with each country requires a customized approach.

To prepare for your first outreach effort with each country, analyze the cultural similarities and differences that exist between the countries and the United States using Geert Hofstede's Six Cultural Dimensions as discussed in class. Note that the three countries are characterized by collectivism while the United States has an individualist culture.

Create a bar graph and/or table that summarizes the key cultural dimension comparison. Then, compare and contrast each country according to your findings. Discuss the implications of the relative cultural dimensions. How might they impact managing the global expansion project? Remember that you are adapting your approach from a United States centric view. (400-600 words).

Step One:

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Step Two:

Create a country comparison using the United States in first dropdown menu box to see the values for the six cultural dimensions. After selecting the United States, a second and a third country can be chosen in the second dropdown menu box. Keep the United States in the first box and then repeat for each country (Mexico, China, and Saudi Arabia) involved in the fast food expansion project to see a comparison of their scores.

Step Three:

Create a bar graph and/or table to highlight how the four countries compare to the United States by using the value scores under the comparison to create the bar chart. How to make a bar chart on Microsoft Word:

  1. Click "Insert" tab
  2. Click "Chart" in the Illustrations Group
  3. Select “Bar”
  4. Click "OK" to insert a chart and a spreadsheet will open alongside your Word document. The spreadsheet contains sample figures surrounded by a blue border. Column "A" contains data labels. The remaining columns contain data.
  5. Click a corner of the border. Drag it down or up to add or remove items from the graph.

Step Four:

Using your findings:

  • Explain Hofstede’s cultural dimensions.
  • Using the United States as a basis for comparison, evaluate each country's similarities and differences relative to the franchise business deployment.
  • Discuss the implications for your initial communications within each country. For example, what is the impact of collectivism relative to individualism regarding management communication?

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Running head: CULTURAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

Cultural Similarities and differences
Student’s Name:
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CULTURAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

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Introduction
If anyone does not know another, then it is not possible for both groups to trust one another
by meeting for its first time. And the term trust varies culture to culture. So before going to meet
with another cultural group of people, it is very informed to know details about the business
culture. The body language varies culture to culture. One country people’s positive meaning body
language can be negative meaning body language in another country. It is a great challenge for
any employee of an organization when they meet with a different cultural group of people.
Allwood Jens (2016).
Hofstede's six cultural dimensions

The cultural similarities and differences among the countries based on Hofstede’s Cultural
dimensions.
Business Etiquette, culture and manners of United States of America

CULTURAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

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They generally offer a handshake in the time of getting and leaving. Maintaining good eye contract
is very important. Business people in American create connections in a rather reserved way, and
after understanding each other, they tend to become friendlier. After introducing sessions, they
normally exchange business card. They examine any card before put into the card case. Surnames
are generally not used by American corporate people. By the time to time, many people have
migrated to America so American culture is very progressive and diverse. They are very formal
and do not like to talk too much without any reasons. Residents of America are normally tolerant
polite, and they are mostly community-oriented. The most common greeting with people is the
handshake and it should be firm and accompanied by a very sincere smile and eye contact directly.
They greet each other’s by kissing lightly on the cheeks.


But Mexico’s business culture, Etiquette and manners have some differences and
similarities. Those are given below:

Mexicans believe in personal relationships, rather than the business contract. It is very important
to maintain friendships with Mexican businessman directly. They do not like overt disagreements.
Mexican businessman has not strict sense of time management than American businessman. As
they conduct business with many American so they try to reach on time, so if they are late it did
not consider as a sigh of disrespect. It is common for almost all businesspeople to cancel the
business meet...


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