Cultural+Orientation+Presentation

We've spent some time learning about culture and cultural influences on global business. Now it's time to apply those concepts to your country. For this project your team will demonstrate understanding of cultural influences on global business by preparing an orientation presentation that prepares people to live and work in your country.

To accomplish the project objective, the project is broken into three parts.

Before you can prepare your presentation, your team must complete some research. Below is the information you need to know to complete your orientation presentation. Research and find answers to the following: 1. History that influences current business activities 2. Languages and verbal and nonverbal communcation customs 3. Education systems and literacy rates 4. Role of social institutions, such as family, religion, labor unions, and place of employment 5. Shopping practices and commonly eaten foods unique to the country 6. Major holidays and customs 7. Business practices related to place of employment, types of businesses, length of workday, and hiring practices
 * Part One: Research**

For this project you may use any of the Web2.0 tools that we have utilized in class. Examples include Google Presentation, Prezi, or VoiceThread, of your team would like to use another collaborative presentation tool, you may. In addition, if you would like to create a video and upload it to YouTube, you may. If you choose to produce a video, please know that our lab computers have only MovieMaker on them. You must know how to use MovieMaker so that you can post-produce your video in class. If creating a presentation, the presentation must include 2 or more relevant videos (such as appropriate greetings, etc) in your presentation.
 * Part Two: Presentation**

We will have a cultural exchange day at the end of this project. Be prepared to share your presentation with the class and share something cultural from that country. Examples of sharing could include dress, food, or other items from that culture.
 * Part Three: Presenting your Orientation "Manual"**

Below are some links that will assist you in your research. You may also want to look through the CIA World FactBook or information posted on embassy websites. · BBC, Country Profiles · US Department of State, Background Notes · Executive Planet · Globalization 101 · International Monetary Fund · Nonverbal Communication Across Cultures · Culture Crossing

Presentations will be graded utilizing the following Rubric:
 * CATEGORY || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Requirements || Requirements from all three parts of the project are met and exceeded. || Requirements from all three parts of the project are met. || One requirement was not completely met. || More than one requirement was not completely met. ||
 * Workload || The workload is divided and shared equally by all team members. || The workload is divided and shared fairly by all team members, though workloads may vary from person to person. || The workload was divided, but one person in the group is viewed as not doing his/her fair share of the work. || The workload was not divided OR several people in the group are viewed as not doing their fair share of the work. ||
 * Research Components || Presentation covers all seven research components in Part 1. || Presentation covers six of the 7 research components in Part 1. || Presentation covers five of the 7 research components in Part 1. || Presentation covers less than five of the 7 research components in Part 1. ||
 * Attractiveness || Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. || Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. || Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. || Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentaion content. ||
 * Organization || Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. || Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. || Content is logically organized for the most part. || There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts. ||
 * Oral Presentation || Interesting, well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. Includes cultural artifact. || Relatively interesting, rehearsed with a fairly smooth delivery that usually holds audience attention. May or may not include cultural artifiact. || Delivery not smooth, but able to hold audience attention most of the time. May or may not include cultural artifiact. || Delivery not smooth and audience attention lost. Does not include cultural artifact. ||