Coursework: Cross Cultural, Diversity, Ethnocentrism, Intercultural, Intracultural, Multiculturalism

2a) Utilizing background readings and external sources, define the terms/concepts below in no more than three (1) sentences each. Do the terms/concepts below have the same meaning or do they differ? Do the terms and concepts add value in Business and Management. Explain your answers with support from literature and external resources (DO NOT cite from Wikipedia).
• Cross Cultural
• Diversity
• Ethnocentrism
• Intercultural
• Intracultural
• Multiculturalism
2b) What is culture shock? How do I know I someone else is experiencing culture shock? Should a manager be concerned about culture shock in an organization? Explain your responses with background reading and external resources.
3.What is cultural identity? Where do you fit in in terms of cultural identity? Does a manager need to know about cultural identity in an organization? Explain your responses with supportive resources. 
4.Describe a situation about yourself or someone you know who was uncomfortable around someone considered different? How did you or the someone you know handle the situation? Positive or negative, share with us the experience and find support in the literature for what you just described.
5.In the organization you selected in module 2, share with us how you would attract and hire employees for that organization at the mid to higher level management positions, i.e., those who would be in leadership positions. In what ways do those practices differ from how attracting and hiring personnel in the U.S? Please support your response with practices mentioned in the background reading/material and other external resources (if applicable).
6.On page 5 in the article “How to improve efficiency in your HR capital,” retrieved from http://www(dot)itim(dot)org/managing_people_across_cultures.pdf, discuss the context of what the author is conveying in the statement below, In what way does the statement apply to the organization you selected in its country of origin?
“Setting targets or delegating in countries other than your own, needs to be adapted to the culture in question, otherwise this quickly becomes a mess.”
7.Imagine that you are one of the top-level executives in the business you selected in module 2. You are informed that the organization’s financials must be presented to stakeholders and constituents at the U.S. location. The organization is augmenting you with their best Chief Financial Officer to assist you during the presentation. After you meet each other with glee, you realize there is a language barrier between the two of you. You wonder how the quarterly presentations will be successful when it is time for the CFO to present the financials during the presentation. Share with us how you will handle this situation. Explain your answer with supportive resources. 
8.Since the presentation went well in the scenario of the previous discussion, leaders of the organization in the country of origin and the U.S. have selected you to develop an educational training plan. The plan is to demonstrate management across cultures by having teleconferences, presentations, and workshops, which will involve interaction between personnel with a variety of cultural backgrounds. You have devised an agenda to advance education and training across the globe, but you want to start with the organization in the business’ country of origin utilizing a “train-the-trainer” approach. Please post a memo to the leader who has approving authority. Your memo should identify the plan’s purpose, provide a few bullets on the approach, the estimated costs, and personnel who should initially receive the training.