How does the culture of another country affect a business operating internationally?

Objective: Understand the effect of culture on international business. 

Any organisation that decides to start a business needs to consider if it has the right capability and skills to do so. This is essential for operating locally or internationally. Internationally, it is important for them to understand how the country operates, its government's policies and the type of resources it has available.

Learning objectives - session 25th November 2013 - Room: S216

Group task to aid the completion of assignment (Task 5: P3).

List the potential cultural problems of going global: (P3:Activity 3) by:

       
       Asian Group: Thailand, 


       European Group: Germany, and 


       Americas Group: Mexico

• Understanding the meaning of culture (Green learning object)
• Identifying the issues relating to culture i.e. contrasting between the UK and your group's selected country (Orange learning object)
• Conducting research (P3: Activity 2) on your group's selected country to find out about its culture (Red learning object) - identifying potential problem between the UK and target country.

Utilise the resources - on section 2 of this web-log - to help you complete the stated learning objectives and subsequently upload completed (P3: Activity 2) and to e-portfolio (Turn-It-In) UK.

Task 5: P3, Task 6: M2 and Task 7: D2 are connected to

Assignment (Part 2): Cultural Differences