Assume you have just been transferred by your company to a new facility in a foreign location. Which of your own personal dimensions do you think will be most effective in helping you deal with this new situation? Based on your upbringing (area of the country, rural/urban, ethnic or religious background, etc) what cultural challenges will you have to overcome to adapt and be successful in your new envronment? Does your answer depend on which country you are sent to?
The personal dimension that will be most effective in dealing with the new situation includes extraversion, conscientiousness, openness, and agreeableness.
The cultural challenges that I would be needing to overcome to adapt and be successful include the cultural shock, language barrier, finances, new kid syndrome.
It is important to mention that the cultural challenges vary from one country to another and if I am transferred to the USA then the cultural hindrances and challenges will be different in comparison to the challenges that I will be facing if I am transferred to Japan. This is because both countries have a different set of cultural ideologies.
Assume you have just been transferred by your company to a new facility in a foreign...
Assume you have just been transferred by your company to a new facility in a foreign location. Which of your own personal dimensions do you think will be most effective in helping you deal with this new situation? Based on your upbringing (area of the country, rural/urban, ethnic or religious background, etc) what cultural challenges will you have to overcome to adapt and be successful in your new environment? Does your answer depend on which country you are sent to?
In this exercise, you will listen to the ideas of someone who you identify as religiously "other." You will share your own ideas and report on what you learned. This would include what you learned about your conversation partner's beliefs, and how those beliefs compare to your own religious upbringing and/or current practice. The report should give a description of the major topics of discussion and a detailed summary of what you learned. As part of your assignment you should...
You have just been hired as the human resources (HR) manager by your company's chief executive officer (CEO). During your interview process, the CEO indicated that in the last 2 decades, the workforce demographics of her company have changed dramatically. Although this had been occurring, both the previous HR manager as well as all of the company's front-line supervisors have remained as they had been for years: primarily white males, now in their 50s and early 60s, from a Judeo-Christian...
You have just been hired as the human resources (HR) manager by your company's chief executive officer (CEO). During your interview process, the CEO indicated that in the last 2 decades, the workforce demographics of her company have changed dramatically. Although this had been occurring, both the previous HR manager as well as all of the company's front-line supervisors have remained as they had been for years: primarily white males, now in their 50s and early 60s, from a Judeo-Christian...
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