Faculty and staff should RSVP by Wednesday, Dec. 8 to Barb Schmidtnecht , Ext. 1459. Go to top of page 2. Faculty and staff are welcome to attend. Go to top of page 3. Eleven graduate students in the International Business program will give a series of cultural enrichment PowerPoint presentations on Tuesday, Dec. 7 and Thursday, Dec. 9 from 6 - 9 p.m. in the World Room of the Hendrickson Center.
All sessions are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Dr. Jay Mutter at Ext. 1425. Students will present their research that compares and contrasts cultural differences between pairs of countries. Their primary focus is on developing a practical understanding of the influence of culture on behavior set to the context of international business. Additional emphasis is placed on increasing awareness of cultural differences and developing the skills that enhance communication with people from different cultures. Some of the countries surveyed are Japan and Indonesia, Malaysia and Netherlands, Spain and Ukraine, United States and Saudi Arabia, India and Indonesia, Ireland and Switzerland, France and Morocco, South Korea and Czech Republic, Cuba and Scotland, Australia and Brazil, and China and Thailand.