Choose one or two students from your class to discuss their experience traveling internationally. The students may use the following questions to guide their ten-minute presentation:
• What country did you visit, and what was the reason for your trip?
• What surprised you most about the people? What were the most obvious differences you noticed from your own culture?
• How do you interpret the cultural values of the region? Review the following dimensions discussed in this chapter: individualism, time orientation, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, formality, materialism, and context sensitivity.
• What observations did you make about the people’s feelings about space and group-oriented behavior?
• What advice would you give to someone planning to do business in the region?