Managing International Business

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MANAGING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
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4/22/2019

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Contents
Assessment A...................................................................................................................................3
Assessment B...................................................................................................................................5
Assessment C: Action plan.............................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................11
Appendix 1: Maslow’s motivational hierarchy.............................................................................13

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Assessment A
From the experience of individual group work, there were various challenges faced by me and at
the same time there were various positive aspects of the experience that have resulted in major
learning’s.
Before the experience, I was not sure if I would be able to complete the task on time, and what
who would be part of my group. As the experience begins, the team was formed, the members
were from different cultures and everyone was introduced to each other. After the team was
formed the work was assigned to each member of the team, a small argument initiated but it was
resolved with negotiation (Dosser & Nicol, 2016).
Major challenges from the experience included
 Communication – It was observed that the flow of communication in the team was not
effective which led mistake for a team member in its task. The information was not
reached to him effectively, which led to wrong interpretation and result in a major
mistake in the project. This aspect was majorly an issue due to cultural difference as well.
 Cultural issue – Since the people of the team were from different cultures, the issue arises
while understanding one another and coordinating among the team. The poor
coordination was major issues due to cultural perspective. This led to a difference in
thought process and presentation of the findings (Jing, 2016).
The major learning from the experience included
 Conflict resolution – It was found that the conflicts must be resolved with time using
various strategies like competing, collaborating, avoiding, accommodating, and

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compromising. This was helpful to maintain harmony among the group and avoidance of
accomplishment of task on time.
 Time management – This was major learning that will help the group to complete the
task on time. This included prioritizing the task as per their relevance so that the major
portion of the task is not ignored and due to schedule the project would be completed on
time.
 Presentation – The relevance of the presentation and the major presentation skills were
learned through this experience. It was understood that there is no use of knowledge, or
findings without effective presentation that will make the result clear (Manning & Curtis ,
2015).
In case this situation would occur again the different things I would use include:
 Cultural training – This would include a program in the beginning of the project in order
to understand the culture of all the team members and integrate the cultural diversity.
This would help in reducing the communication gap among the team member.
 Coordination – The coordination would be implemented through effective leadership
from the beginning through providing clearly defined job roles and reporting personnel.
This would help to integrate the work of everyone and enhance coordination among the
team.