Activity 44: Final Project Checkpoint #3

Introduction

This activity helps you get started on your final project due week 6 where you will look at three countries or regions of the world to gain an understanding of the cultural value dimensions and behaviors that predominate there.

Periodically throughout this course, there will be a checkpoint designed to help you make some step-by-step progress toward your final paper. These checkpoints are worth 10 points and are great opportunities for you to receive feedback from your instructor about your ideas.

Activity Instructions

This checkpoint assignment helps you begin drafting your final project by presenting rationales from scholars and experts about why cultural intelligence is important to have in today’s world. For this assignment submit:

Five rationales from five different sources detailing why it is important to be culturally intelligent in today’s world. Provide citations for each source.

Three examples (stories) of situations that went awry or stalled because the people involved were unprepared for cultural differences. Provide citations for each source.

• These rationales and examples can be quotations that are cut and pasted into the paper you submit for this assignment. This is an opportunity to begin compiling your supporting material.
• Please review the following resources for this activity:

Week 6 Final Paper Instructions.

Textbook readings, any pertinent videos and the research you have collected to date to help you with this checkpoint assignment.

At the end of your submission, include a brief Design Statement explaining the process and tools you used to develop your work. Your statement should be about a paragraph or so, in your own words (rather than formally written), and unique to this assignment. Why are we asking for this? Find out more about Design Statements.