Q After reading your Chapter 2, you will demonstrate an understanding of cultural differences, ethical challenges, and ways to manage diversity issues. ASSIGNMENT Part I: Describe and Compare/Contrast Two Different Cultures Describe the cultural characteristics of your country of origin according to the categories discussed in your textbook and compare and contrast these to the U.S. culture. If you are from the U.S., pick any other country and compare it to the U.S. culture. You should comment on (describe and compare/contrast) the two cultures across each of the twelve cultural characteristics described in chapter two: Formality and Social Customs, Style of Dress, Time, Tolerance for Conflict, Gender Roles, High- and Low- Context, Individualism, Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance, Masculinity, and Future Orientation. Once completed, address the following questions: (Please provide the question and then enter your response) Questions: 1) From the set of twelve cultural characteristics you described above, which cultural difference between these two cultures is likely to provide the biggest challenge when business teams from both cultures work together? And why? 2) What can you do to improve or ease challenges when communicating across these two cultures? 3) Are there any ethical issues that might arise when doing business between these two different cultures? Part II: Situation Analysis In this scenario, you are a manager of a work team in the U.S. Your team is visiting a client in another country where they treat women in the workplace differently. The purpose of your visit is to deliver a presentation of findings (results) from a research project that your team performed, for a fee, for the client. The client has hinted that only men should deliver presentations during meetings in their country. Your team is composed of three employees—two men and one woman. Each team member worked on the research project. When your team has performed this same type of research project in the past for other clients, each team member (the two men and the woman) has delivered a portion of the presentation and has contributed equally to the discussion. In this current situation, the woman on your team feels uncomfortable about the upcoming visit. Once completed, address the following questions: (Please provide the question and then enter your response) Questions: 1) As the manager of this team, which of the 6 ways of responding described in your text (Avoiding through Collaboration) would you choose and why? 2) Consider the two ethical questions in your text (e.g., How morally significant is this situation? Is there home culture consensus regarding the issue?) and look at the questions in the “Ethical challenge” box in Chapter 2. As you think about these questions and how you would answer them, does this change how you would respond to the situation above? 3) What if anything would you do or say your employee (the woman), to your entire team, or to the client to improve the situation? 4) What are some possible consequences that might occur after you follow your chosen response? 5) What might you do to alleviate this type of conflict in the future? DUE: Length of your paper should be 3-5 pages, single-spaced. Any titles or headings in your journal such as your name, name of the class, instructor or journal title are not considered part of the page requirements. Your assignment will be due by Saturday of this week, midnight Your write-up should be in clear, readable English. If you struggle with English writing, consider consulting GGU’s OWL service, which helps students strengthen their written English. Also, be sure to run Spelling and Grammar check in Microsoft Word or other document tool to correct any glaring mistakes. Hints for successful submission: 1. Clearly identify each Part (Part 1, Part 2) in your assignment. 2. Repeat the questions and then write your response below each question