Group Work - A Country Guide
In these modules, you will work with a case:
A guide to understanding the UK and Germany/France/Spain/China (choose the country of your second foreign language)
Imagine, you work in the Export Department of Hallernes Smørrebrød, preparing the company's launch abroad. One day the Export Manager asks you to prepare a country guide for the UK and Germany/France/Spain/China to help the board making informed decisions for the launch.
The export manager also asks you to account for business culture and etiquette in the two countries.
1. Make a general introduction to the UK and your second foreign language country.
2. Make a comparison of the culture of Denmark and the two countries using Hofstede's country comparison tool. Use Geert Hofstede's homepage and to identify the major differences between Denmark and the UK and Denmark and your second foreign language country.
3. Account for proper business behaviour, i.e. business meeting etiquette and business communication. Please make use of the theories you focused on previously and information found on this website.
· Attitudes toward authority and decision making
· Establishing relationships
Make a video where you present your guide. End your video with a few words of advice when doing business in the UK and France/Germany/Spain/China. Make sure all group members participate actively in the presentation.
Upload the video on your group web site.