M5 Discussion: The Challenge for a Global Assignment
M5 Discussion: The Challenge for a Global Assignment
Read Chapters 9 & 10 of the textbook:
• Steers, R. and Osland, J. (2020) – 4th Edition. Management across cultures: Challenges, Strategies, and Skills. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-1-108-71759-5 Paperback.
Discussion Question:
Read/review the “Culture Shock in Luogang” story on pages 350-351 and discuss the following forum questions.
Answer the following questions:
1. What would you do if you were faced with the situation that Peter Hessler experienced at the Luogang restaurant?
2. With the knowledge of this course, what is the right cultural thing to do from the perspective of the guest and the host?
3. Have you ever had a similar experience in another culture when you felt pressured to eat or do something that was acceptable—or even required—in the local culture but that you found uncomfortable? What did you do?
4. Are there aspects of your own home food culture that foreign visitors might find offensive or uncomfortable for some reason? What might you do to put your foreign guests at ease in this situation?
Please limit your original posts or responses to others’ posts to 150 words each time. Please cite textbook and any other references.
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