Team Consultancy Project Proposal & Presentation
- Your assignment is a two-part team consultancy project on cross-cultural management in Vietnam.
- Part A1a involves a presentation to propose your project, covering company selection, literature review, and interview questions.
-Part A1b requires a final presentation, analyzing interview data to identify and address challenges in cross-cultural management, supported by theoretical research and recommendations.
Suggested structure:
● Introduction of Speakers (suggested 100 words)
● Presentation Agenda (suggested 50 words)
● Issues Impacting Cross-Cultural Communications (suggested 300 words)
● Literature Review (suggested 400 words)
● Company Selection (suggested 150 words)
● Interview Questions (suggested 150 words)
● Project Timeline (suggested 100 words)
● In-text Citations and Reference List
● Introduction of Speakers (suggested 50 words)
● Presentation Agenda (suggested 50 words)
● Company Background (suggested 200 words)
● Interviewee Details (suggested 150 words)
● Key Problem Outline (suggested 200 words)
● Problem Statement (suggested 150 words)
● Theoretical Research Analysis (suggested 400 words)
● Recommendations (suggested 300 words)
● Implementation Timeline (suggested 150 words)
● Reference List
1. Cross-Cultural Management: The study and application of management practices in a multicultural environment, focusing on understanding and managing cultural differences in international business settings.
2. Multicultural Team: A group of individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds working together towards common organizational goals.
3. Cultural Intelligence (CQ): The ability to relate and work effectively across cultures, encompassing knowledge, mindfulness, and behavioral skills.
4. Organizational Culture: The shared values, beliefs, and practices that characterize an organization and influence its members' behavior.
5. Expatriate Management: The process of managing employees who are sent by their companies to work in a foreign country.
6. Communication Styles: Diverse ways of expressing oneself which vary significantly across different cultures, impacting how messages are conveyed and interpreted.
7. Cultural Misunderstandings: Situations where cultural differences lead to misinterpretation or conflict in communication and interaction.
8. Leadership Styles in Multicultural Environments: Different approaches to leadership that must be adapted to effectively manage and motivate a culturally diverse workforce.
9. Team Cohesion: The degree to which team members are united and motivated to achieve common goals, especially important in diverse teams.
10. Trust in Multicultural Teams: The reliance on the integrity, strength, and ability of team members, which can be challenging to establish across different cultural backgrounds.
11. Conflict Resolution in Multicultural Settings: Techniques and approaches used to resolve disagreements in a way that respects cultural differences.
12. Cultural Adaptation: The process through which individuals learn to adjust and adapt their behavior in a new cultural context.
13. Global Mindset: The ability to appreciate and adapt to different cultural contexts, including understanding global trends and how they impact local practices.
14. Cultural Diversity: The presence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society or organization.
15. International Business Etiquette: The accepted manners and practices in international business settings, which vary widely across cultures.
1. Introduction of Speakers (suggested 100 words)
● Briefly introduce each team member and their role in the project.
○ Personal Introduction: Each member briefly states their name and academic background.
○ Role Explanation: Specify the role or area of responsibility of each member in the project (e.g., research, presentation, analysis).
○ Team Objective: State the collective goal or purpose of the team in this project.
2. Presentation Agenda (suggested 50 words)
● Outline the topics to be covered in the presentation.
○ Overview: Start with a quick overview of the topics to be covered.
○ Order of Presentation: List the order in which each topic will be discussed.
○ Expected Outcome: Briefly mention what the audience should expect to learn or understand by the end of the presentation.
3. Issues Impacting Cross-Cultural Communications (suggested 300 words)
● Discuss general issues related to cross-cultural communications in the business context.
How to choose issues:
→ Tips:
For your ONE key challenge, you can choose from one of the following topics and formulate your own problem statement. Examples of challenges:
● Lack of participation in multicultural student teams
● Conflicts in multicultural student teams
● Lack of trust in multicultural student teams
● The issue of stereotyping in multicultural student teams
● Leadership challenges in multicultural student teams
● Language barriers in multicultural student teams
● Cultural misunderstandings in multicultural student teams.
The flow you should follow:
● What is the multicultural team issue that you will be focusing on? (the key challenge)
● Describe this challenge with examples
● State your ‘how might we’ question and problem statement
○ Apply your understanding of ‘how might we’ that we have done as an activity in the class, frame your ‘how might we’ (HMW) question.
■ For example, if your challenge is about trust in a multicultural team, you may frame your HMW question as:
● How might we improve multicultural student team performance through building trust?
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