Assignment 1 – This written paper will concern a
certain approved country JAPAN and the items to be discussed are the
following:
a. History
b. Geography
c. Religion (s)
d. Political System
e. Economics
f. Primary Import and Exports
g. Currency Exchange Rate with USA
h. Infrastructure (buildings, transportation, utilities)
i. Demographics (age, gender, race)
j. Sociocultural (ethics and values)
k. Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions (4 primary areas)
Current Events (politically/economically)
m. Technology and Intellectual Advancements
n. Management Style (communication, motivation,
decision-making)
o. Business Blunders
p. Conclusion
q.
Recommendations
Assignment 1
Guidelines:
1.
The body of the country report will be 8-12 pages in length and will be written
in the APA format. Each section, a-q
should be no longer than one page each.
Typically each topic should be ½ to ¾ a page. The total report will be approximately 13-17
pages as the Outline, Title Page, Abstract, Table of Contents, and References
are all additional pages for the paper.
2.
There should be at least five (5) different references required from the
past five years from the sources listed in Section E in this syllabus
(see below).
E.
Additional Readings or Other Learning
Resources
Morrison, T., Borden, G., & Conaway, W. Kiss, (2016),
Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands
This book
is an excellent source!
Assignments, rubrics and other pertinent class
information will be posted on Sakai.
Access to the internet is needed for research purposes
and to stay informed about current events regarding international business and
trade. These include, but are not limited to:
· The New York Times
· The Wall Street Journal
· The Washington Post
· Guardian.com
· Reuters.com
· APNews.com
· Harvard Business Review
· Fortune
· Forbes
3.
References should be from the past
five years generally, but if older references are used outside of the five
required, that is agreeable by the instructor.
4. The report should be grammatically correct and no
misspelled words.
5. You should
have a references page. Every citation
in your paper should be found on the references page. The references page should be listed
alphabetically. Remember that all in-text citations should be exactly worded
and capitalized like the citation on the References page.
Also, you need to
include a Table of Contents. All
headers should match the Outline (given above) and Table of Contents and
should be completed within the paper as part of the APA format. You do need headers in this paper. The headers are a-q as listed above and
will be primary (centered, bold, upper and lower case letters). Refer to the APA manual. Do not get creative with the headers for
this paper. The headers are listed
for you above – a-q.
An abstract is
required as well. It should be a
one paragraph abstract without the indented paragraph.
The items for the paper should
be in this order: Outline
(completed already for you), Title Page, Abstract, Table of Contents,
Paper, and References. Please refer to the guidelines for papers in Goodfriend
School of Business. These
guidelines will be on Sakai under the Resource tab.
Individual
conferences via Sakai or in person will be held as needed in the planning
and execution of the report.
It is the student’s responsibility to make sure the instructor
receives the project by the due date.
The paper will
be submitted on Sakai and the student may resubmit the paper one time if the
plagiarism software Turnitin is over 25%.
Grading is as follows…
Assignment 1: Overview of
Country
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 70% F
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Create a profile of a country from his/her assigned
part of the world. Review of history,
geography, religion and political issues are reviewed.
Weight: 40/200
Did not submit or incompletely created a profile of a country
from his/her assigned part of the world, did not review history, geography
religion and political issues.
Partially created a profile of a country from his/her
assigned part of the world, partially reviewed history, geography religion
and political issues.
Satisfactorily created a profile of a country from
his/her assigned part of the world,
Satisfactorily reviewed history, geography religion
and political issues.
Thoroughly created a profile of a country from his/her
assigned part of the world,
thoroughly
reviewed history, geography religion and political
issues.
2. Include a discussion on economics of the country
reviewing exchange policies, exports/imports/ and trade agreements and
infrastructure.
Weight: 30/200
Did not submit or incompletely economics of the
country reviewing exchange policies, exports/imports/ and trade agreements.
Partially discussed economics of the country
reviewing exchange policies, exports/imports/ and trade agreements.
Satisfactorily discussed economics of the country
reviewing exchange policies, exports/imports/ and trade agreements.
Thoroughly discussed economics of the country
reviewing exchange policies, exports/imports/ and trade agreements.
3. Discuss the impact of demographic and sociocultural
issues, Hofstede and technological changes.
Current events will be addressed.
Weight: 50/200
Did not submit or incompletely discussed the impact of
demographic and sociocultural issues and technological changes.
Partially discussed the impact of demographic and
sociocultural issues and technological changes.
Satisfactorily discussed the impact of demographic and
sociocultural issues and technological changes.
Thoroughly discussed the impact of demographic and
sociocultural issues and technological changes.
4. Discuss how management styles vary, business
blunders to avoid and intercultural barriers to communication.
Weight: 30/200
Did not submit or incompletely discussed how
management styles vary, business blunders to avoid and intercultural barriers
to communication.
Partially discussed how management styles vary,
business blunders to avoid and intercultural barriers to communication.
Satisfactorily discussed how management styles vary, business
blunders to avoid and intercultural barriers to communication.
Thoroughly discussed how management styles vary,
business blunders to avoid and intercultural barriers to communication.
5. Five (5) references and cited APA style
Weight: 10/200
No references provided
Does not meet the required number of references;
some or all references poor quality choices.
Meets number of required references; all references
high quality choices.
Exceeds number of required references; all
references high quality choices.
6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting
requirements
Weight: 10/200
More than 6 errors present
5-6 errors present
3-4 errors present
0-2 errors present
7. Conclusion
and
Recommendations
Weight: 20/200
Did not submit
Partially discussed conclusion and recommendations
Satisfactorily discussed conclusion and
recommendations
Thoroughly discussed conclusion and recommendations
All other items included: Table of Contents, Outline, Title Page,
Abstract
Weight: 10/200
Did not submit
Partially submitted (5 points per item)
Satisfactorily submitted
Thoroughly submitted
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