Discussion 2-1

Use this

discussion sample pdf

as a guide when completing your own analysis.

Due to the significant impact of culture in the business environment, use

Hofstede’s compare countries

resource to choose a country for your project and conduct a cultural analysis of your project country, using the resource to investigate the specific culture scores for Hofstede’s dimensions of culture. In this discussion, you will work on the following critical elements: Values and Communication and Business Etiquette.

• Discuss Hofstede’s dimensions of culture that influence business in your project country.
• Use The World Factbook and Commisceo Global Culture Guides to expand this further by identifying specific elements of communication, both verbal and non-verbal.
• Finally, using Commisceo Global Culture Guides, identify five rules of business etiquette that would directly influence business interactions.

What risks or opportunities can you identify from this analysis of culture? Consider areas of management that can be adjusted when considering cultural drivers.

Respond to two of your classmates and make observations based on the information they provided. Work to include personal insight and research to supplement your classmates’ analyses.

Once you have received feedback from your peers and instructor, you will insert your data and summarize your analysis findings in the Final Project Presentation Template provided. Use the Final Project Guide to help you generate presentation ideas.

This is your second step toward the comprehensive final project presentation. Your first final project checkpoint submission will be in Module Three.

Note: You will not be able to see any of your peers’ discussion posts until you have created and posted your own discussion thread.

To complete this assignment, review the

Discussion Rubric PDF

document.

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Hello, my name is Senita Reynolds. I reside in Georgia. My background is with healthcare but I am currently taking business management. I look forward to the next 8 weeks in class.

The country chosen for the final project is China, the country has been at the center of numerous political, human rights and economic controversies. It is also one of the oldest civilizations in the world with its history dating back over 3000 years. It allowed the civilization to develop various technologies used on agriculture, warfare, and entertainment. Nonetheless, the age of its civilization, its history with neighboring regions and current trends as the ‘world’s factory’ has created the desire to invest in the country.

Geographic Elements (Central Intelligence Agency, 2021)

Geographic coordinates	35 00 N, 105 00 E
Location	Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam
Water Access	Pacific ocean, South China Sea and Yellow Sea
Natural hazards	Typhoons, damaging floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, droughts, land subsidence and volcanism
Bordering countries	Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, India, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam.

Country Composition (Central Intelligence Agency, 2021)

Religions	Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, folk religion, Hindu, and Jewish
Literacy rate	96.8%
Heavily populated cities	Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, and Dongguan
Educational data	NA
Age structure	0-14 years (17.29%), 15-24 years (11.48%), 25-54 years (46.81%), 55-64 years (12.08%), 65 years and over (12.34%)
Rate of Urbanization	2.42% (annual rate of change)

Business observations:

1. The location of the country allows it to have access to the American market via the Pacific Ocean, Africa through the Indian Ocean, and Europe

2. The country has numerous natural ports and large coastline allowing for easy access to shipping routes.

3. The country imposes numerous areas as special economic zone with different economic regulations.

4. Most of the work force is in the age category (25-54) accounting for over 45% of the total population, moreover, the country is predominantly literate.

5. Shenzhen and other special economic zones are the largest hubs for the manufacturing and processing of global electronic products.

References

Central Intelligence Agency. (2021). The world factbook: China. Cia.gov. Retrieved 1 March 2021, from

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/china/#transportation

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World Atlas. (2021). China Maps & Facts. WorldAtlas. Retrieved 1 March 2021, from

https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/china

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