After reflecting on this situation involving cultural differences, as a leader, how might an international company enter into a joint venture in Saudi Arabia with a domestic company and demonstrate the commitment to working together well, respecting the Saudi Arabian culture and management style to resolve such a conflict? What types of decisions would you need to make? Would there be bias in the decision-making process? Can you give an example?
Danones Wrangle with Wahaha
This weeks discussion will focus on cultural decision-making using the case study about Danone in China (p. 255 in the textbook).
This case focuses on the cultural differences and management styles of the French company Danone Group in its joint venture with its Chinese company partner, Wahaha Group. In this situation, Wahaha established other companies outside the joint venture that Danone Group claimed infringed on Danones interests. These infringements were alleged to be in violation of a non-compete clause and unauthorized use of the Wahaha’ trademark owned by the joint venture. Danone sued Wahaha and the lawsuit eventually resulted in Danone Group accepting a cash settlement from Wahaha Group to the Wahaha trademark.
After reflecting on this situation involving cultural differences, as a leader, how might an international company enter into a joint venture in Saudi Arabia with a domestic company and demonstrate the commitment to working together well, respecting the Saudi Arabian culture and management style to resolve such a conflict?
What types of decisions would you need to make? Would there be bias in the decision-making process? Can you give an example?
Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories, which require supporting citations along with two scholarly peer-reviewed references supporting your answer. Keep in mind that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references.
Be sure to support your statements with logic and argument, citing all sources referenced. Post your initial response early and check back often to continue the discussion. Be sure to respond to your peers posts as well.
You are required to reply to at least two peer discussion question post answers to this weekly discussion question and/or your instructors response to your posting. These post replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to the content of the post and evaluate/analyze that post’s answer. Normal course dialogue does not fulfill these two peer replies but is expected throughout the course. Answering all course questions is also required.
Required:
Chapters 4 & 5 in International Management: Culture, Strategy, and Behavior
Chapter 5 PowerPoint slides in International Management: Culture, Strategy, and Behavior
Brief Integrative Case 2.2: Danones Wrangle with Wahaha (p. 250) in International Management: Culture, Strategy, and Behavior
Hinson, J., Whitney, P., Wilson, C., & Nusbaum, A. (2019). Working memory loads differentially influence frame-induced bias and normative choice in risky decision making. PloS one, 14(3), e0214571.
Borrero, S., Acosta, A., and Medina, A. (2020). Culture, strategy, and firm performance: a meta-analysis. Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración, 33(1),147-176.
Caputo, A., Ayoko, O., Amoo, N., & Menke, C. (2019). The relationship between cultural values, cultural intelligence and negotiation styles. Journal of Business Research, 99, 23-36.
What is Beneficial State Banks theory of change? a. How do its product offerings and loan portfolio relate to its theory of change? b. What are the key risks?
1. What is Beneficial State Banks theory of change?
a. How do its product offerings and loan portfolio relate to its theory of change?
b. What are the key risks?
c. How does theory of change fit in a definition of ESG activity?
2. How does a bank increase shareholder value?
a. What prevents publicly owned commercial banks from enacting a business model like Beneficial State Bank?
b. If a bank operates as a not-for-profit who are the shareholders and what value do they receive?
Give three examples of strategies that will help in reducing test anxiety. Which strategy works for you and which one does not? Elaborate on the reason why do you think they work on you.
Critical Thinking LIRN Topic:
Give three examples of strategies that will help in reducing test anxiety.
Which strategy works for you and which one does not? Elaborate on the reason why do you think they work on you.
Social institutions are enduring and established patterns of relationships. Choose one of the social institutions from this lesson and discuss a few ways the institution might be dysfunctional. What if the institution fails its function as intended? What aspect of the institution might even be harmful to individuals, groups, or society?
Social institutions are enduring and established patterns of relationships. Choose one of the social institutions from this lesson and discuss a few ways the institution might be dysfunctional. What if the institution fails its function as intended? What aspect of the institution might even be harmful to individuals, groups, or society?They are the structure that holds society together. In lesson 7, we looked at three universal institutions. Universal institutions are institutions that appear in some form in all societies. These institutions are influenced by culture and society and take different forms in different societies. Regardless, they serve the same basic functions for most societies.
Structural Functionalist theorists focus on how institutions serve the smooth functioning of society. Sometimes, however, an institution can have dysfunctional elements or ways in which the institution does not serve society or even harms individuals or society.
Choose one of the social institutions from this lesson and discuss a few ways the institution might be dysfunctional. What if the institution fails its function as intended? What aspect of the institution might even be harmful to individuals, groups, or society?
Using Multisim, design a system using the photoconductive cell shown in the figure below to measure and display light intensity. Make the design such that 20 to 100mW/cm2 produces an output of 0.2 to 1.0V. What is the readout error when the intensity is 60mW/cm2? Show all calculations and Multisim results. For the turbidity system show in Figure 2 below, two matched photoconductive cells are used in R vs. IL as given in Figure 3 below. Design a signal-conditioning system that outputs the deviation of the flowing system turbidity in volts and triggers an alarm if the intensity is reduced by 10% from the nominal of 15mW/cm2.
Instrumentation Measurement & Lab
Optical Sensors Lab
Using Multisim, design a system using the photoconductive cell shown in the figure below to measure and display light intensity. Make the design such that 20 to 100mW/cm2 produces an output of 0.2 to 1.0V. What is the readout error when the intensity is 60mW/cm2? Show all calculations and Multisim results.
For the turbidity system show in Figure 2 below, two matched photoconductive cells are used in R vs. IL as given in Figure 3 below. Design a signal-conditioning system that outputs the deviation of the flowing system turbidity in volts and triggers an alarm if the intensity is reduced by 10% from the nominal of 15mW/cm2.
Figure 2
Figure 3
Research the role of an administrator versus that of a nonmanagement staff member in dealing with a workers’ compensation incident in a typical health care organization. What are the minimal responsibilities and reporting duties for each? What recommendations would you suggest for improving organizational compliance with regulatory requirements at the staff level?
Research the role of an administrator versus that of a nonmanagement staff member in dealing with a workers’ compensation incident in a typical health care organization. What are the minimal responsibilities and reporting duties for each? What recommendations would you suggest for improving organizational compliance with regulatory requirements at the staff level? Support your analysis with a minimum of one peer-reviewed reference.
Describe how you plan to lead your group to make the best decision; address the four major steps. What tools or techniques would you use to prevent group think?
Your stakeholders have asked the project team to recommend a solution to an unanticipated issue in the project.
Describe how you plan to lead your group to make the best decision; address the four major steps.
What tools or techniques would you use to prevent group think?
Describe how you would respond if a team member makes the following suggestion: "We should brainstorm and then critique each other's ideas."
200-250 words
What is the strongest hurricane that has happened in the United States? Why did it happen? How many people died? What was the cost of the hurricane? Is there anything that humans could have done to lessen the impact of this hurricane? Can it happen again in the same place, or in a different place? Why, or why not? What was the most important cause for this specific hurricane? Was the cause climate change or global warming? How was its strength measured?
Let's discuss: What is the strongest hurricane that has happened in the United States? Why did it happen? How many people died? What was the cost of the hurricane? Is there anything that humans could have done to lessen the impact of this hurricane? Can it happen again in the same place, or in a different place? Why, or why not? What was the most important cause for this specific hurricane? Was the cause climate change or global warming? How was its strength measured? Are we better prepared to sustain a hurricane of that magnitude if it would happen again, or are we in a worse situation? Could we have deflected this hurricane? How? Are hurricanes of this strength becoming more common in the last decades?
Now that you’ve developed a list of resources, a budget, a list of tasks, and a timeline, it's time to check in again with your customer(s). In this activity, imagine you've just finished up a Progress Review Meeting with your customer(s) where you discussed the current status of the project, project progress, and any troubleshooting that has occurred. Now, you need to write a follow-up email to go over what was discussed in the meeting. You will write a professional email to the customer(s) of your project, recapping the progress report you delivered in your meeting.
Overview
Now that you've developed a list of resources, a budget, a list of tasks, and a timeline, it's time to check in again with your customer(s). In this activity, imagine you've just finished up a Progress Review Meeting with your customer(s) where you discussed the current status of the project, project progress, and any troubleshooting that has occurred. Now, you need to write a follow-up email to go over what was discussed in the meeting. You will write a professional email to the customer(s) of your project, recapping the progress report you delivered in your meeting.
Instructions
For this activity, complete the following:
Write a follow-up email, recapping an imagined Progress Review meeting you had with your customer(s). There is no template for this assignment, so you will need to create your own document.
In your email, include and highlight the following eight key terms, using each term correctly and in a professional context:
"Risks"
"Project stakeholders" and "ethics"
"Project vision"
"Met expectations"
"Project performance", "baseline", and "compare plan vs. actual"
Your email should be clear, well-organized, and formatted according to SWS style. Your email should be between 300 and 500 words and should use accurate grammar, mechanics, and spelling.
How can a change in one element of an ecosystem affect the overall function of that ecosystem? Discuss changes in an ecosystem that you have observed or read about in your state.
How can a change in one element of an ecosystem affect the overall function of that ecosystem? Discuss changes in an ecosystem that you have observed or read about in your state.
