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Get excited for
Ryan Trudgen
– PhD Student (B.Com (Hons) B.Eco)
– Taught IB and Masters IB
– Saved a cat from a tree
– Barracks for a very good (subjectively) football team
– Nathan thinks he is awesome so you should too
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Week 2 Lecture
• Define culture. What are cultural values, beliefs and
norms? Provide examples.
• What are Hofstede’s five (5) cultural dimensions?
Provide examples to demonstrate.
• What are Trompanaar’s cultural dimensions?
Provide examples to demonstrate.
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Assignment 1
• International Negotiation
• Due week 6 on the Friday 5pm - Moodle
• Worth 30%
• 2,000 – 2,500 words
• 15 Journal Articles
(you can’t hand it in without 15 journal articles)
• APA Referencing
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Assignment 2
• Group Assignment
• Weekly Presentation
• Week 3 - 11
• Worth 30%
• 30 minute presentation 10 minute question time
• 2 page write up (roughly) and slides
> This is worth 10% of the mark – please make it good
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Week 2 Lecture
• 5 groups
– Group A: Individualism v Collectivism
– Group B: Power Distance
– Group C: Uncertainty Avoidance
– Group D: Masculinity v Femininity
– Group E: Long v Short Term Orientation
• Explain to the class (talking, role-play, interpretive dance)
• What it is
• Give me country examples
• How might it affect business
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Cultural Iceberg
• 10% of culture is visible from
the surface – just like an iceberg
• Get in groups and draw a
cultural iceberg – what you can
see on the surface and
what is below
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Group Activity
• Select a culture you are familiar with (try not to
choose Australia)
• Provide a description and explanation of how it
addresses the following cultural universals:
– Economic System
– Marriage and Family System
– Education System
– Social Controls System (Social Class)
– Supernatural Belief System
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Week 3 Lecture
• Explain how culture affects the communication process. In
your answer you should identify each step of the
communication process and the impact of culture on each
step.
• Using Hall (1976), as reference, analyse the difference
between explicit and implicit communication.
• Identify and describe three (3) verbal communication styles.
• What is non-verbal communication and describe four (4) types
of non-verbal communication.
• How does one effectively communication across cultures?
