Business Cultural Dimensions Analysis

Overview

The purpose of this research project is for you to write a professional, graduate-level research paper in current APA format. Competency in current APA format is required of all Business graduates of Liberty University, as set forth by policy of both the graduate faculty and the administration.

Instructions

You will research and write a paper analyzing the cultural perspectives of doing business in another nation. Your professor will provide a list of approved nations from which you will choose one nation.

After reading your paper, the reader should be able to comprehensively answer the following research questions. Thus, the research questions form the major aspects (APA Level 1 headings) of your outline.

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What are the major elements and dimensions of culture in this region? (See Satterlee: Chapter 2 for a list of the 6 required dimensions.)

· How are these elements and dimensions integrated by locals conducting business in the nation?

Important Points to Consider

· Length of assignment: 10 pages minimum

· 10 pages is approximately 2,500 words of content, that does not include the Title Page, Table of Contents, Abstract, or References. Absolutely no tables or figures or columns must be included as they will not count toward the 10 full pages [2500 words] minimum – only written content will earn credit.

· Format of assignment: APA Format

· Number of citations: 10 citations

· Acceptable sources include references from reputable professional and/or scholarly journals and/or informational venues that deal with the content of the course (i.e., not blogs, Wikipedia, newspapers, etc.).

· Use the following as the exact title of your paper:

· “Business Cultural Dimensions Analysis Assignment: (insert nation selected)”

· The paper must consist of only 2 sections, as indicated above. Do not add sections or revise the research questions.

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Three levels of current APA headings must be used throughout the paper, as this is a graduate-level research paper.

· The paper must be submitted as a Microsoft Word Document

· Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

Some students do not fully understand the difference between plagiarism and paraphrasing. Paraphrasing is when you take a source or someone else’s idea and say it in your own words. When you paraphrase, you must still give the author’s name, date, the title of the source, the scholarly journal from where it came, and the exact website address or book from where it came. However, when you directly quote a source, it must have quotation marks around the quote, or (if 40 words or more) it must be set in block-quotation format. Give detailed information of where you acquired the quote.

For the purpose of this paper, adhere to the following rules when quoting or using a source:

· Do not directly quote more than 120 words from any 1 source.

· If the source is 2,000 words or less, do not directly quote more than 50 words from it.

· Do not use the same source more than a total of 3 times within the whole document for quoting or paraphrasing.

· Quotes must contain the section (if provided) and paragraph or page numbers of the quote and this information must be placed in the reference.

· In all instances, use current APA guidelines for citations and references.

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BUSI 604

Business Cultural Dimensions Analysis Example

Title: Business Cultural Dimensions Analysis:

Outline Example

Introduction

Seriously relevant graduate school research requires a question for which no ready answer is available. The research is conducted, to answer specific questions regarding a topic, problem, or issue for which the answers are not yet known. Let us focus on the concept of a topic. What do you want to know about a topic? Asking a topic as a question (or series of related questions) has several advantages:

Questions require answers. A topic is hard to cover completely because it typically encompasses too many related issues; but a question has an answer, even if it is ambiguous or controversial.

Questions give you a way of evaluating the evidence. A clearly stated question helps you decide which information will be useful. A broad topic may tempt you to stash away information that may be helpful, but you are not sure how. A question also makes it easier to know when you have enough information to stop your research and draft an answer.

A clear open-ended question calls for real research and thinking. Asking a question with no direct answer makes research and writing more meaningful to both you and your audience. Assuming that your research may solve significant problems or expand the knowledge base of a discipline involves you in more meaningful activity of community and scholarship.

In this course, the required research questions are open-ended and require a variety of accumulated data to develop answers. Your topic is a Business Cultural Dimensions Analysis of the nation you selected. You have been provided two specific research questions to guide you in the study of this topic which, if done well, will demonstrate you have attained an advanced measure of expertise in the topic. The research questions provide the framework of your analysis.

1. Question 1 requires you to discuss the general elements of culture (described in Chapter 2 of your textbook) as they apply to your chosen nation.

2. Question 2 is a natural extension of Question 1 in that you will demonstrate how these elements of culture are used in business dealings by the people of your nation.

The example begins on the following page. Be sure to use the exact wordings in this outline for your APA level-headings.

EXAMPLE OUTLINE Comment by Satterlee, Brian C (School of Business): Focus your research on the nation you selected at the beginning of the course.
As you begin to research your paper, think of it as writing two highly inter-related papers.
Remember, what you are really doing here is breaking the research assignment into smaller, more manageable components.

Research Question 1: What are the major elements and dimensions of culture in this region? Comment by Satterlee, Brian C (School of Business): The first “paper” deals with the specific 6 dimensions of culture listed in Chapter 2 of your book. This first “paper” describes the general societal deployment of the 6 dimensions.

Dimension of Culture: Communication

Dimension of Culture: Religion

Dimension of Culture: Ethics

Dimension of Culture: Values and Attitudes

Dimension of Culture: Business Manners and Customs

Dimension of Culture: Social Structures

Research Question 2: How are these elements and dimensions integrated by locals conducting business in the nation? Comment by Satterlee, Brian C (School of Business): The second “paper” deals with how these specific 6 dimensions of culture are deployed in the daily business dealings in the nation.

Dimension of Culture: Communication
Dimension of Culture: Religion
Dimension of Culture: Ethics
Dimension of Culture: Values and Attitudes
Dimension of Culture: Business Manners and Customs
Dimension of Culture: Social Structures

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