Managing the overseas assignment

Series: Going International Series

Duration: 33

Genre: Educational

Creator: Copeland Griggs Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Intended to help families adjust to living abroad through exploration of cultural and business practices in various foreign countries. This program focuses on business practices in Japan, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, India, England, and Mexico as seen in vignettes and through interviews., Discusses potential pitfalls in business relations that occur within another cultural setting. Uses roleplaying to show how easily someone of another culture can be offended and the importance of listening and being sensitive to others. Examines the reactions of people from different cultures who are interacting and suggests ways of avoiding and correcting cultural errors or misunderstandings.

Complete Record: Intended to help families adjust to living abroad through exploration of cultural and business practices in various foreign countries. This program focuses on business practices in Japan, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, India, England, and Mexico as seen in vignettes and through interviews., Discusses potential pitfalls in business relations that occur within another cultural setting. Uses roleplaying to show how easily someone of another culture can be offended and the importance of listening and being sensitive to others. Examines the reactions of people from different cultures who are interacting and suggests ways of avoiding and correcting cultural errors or misunderstandings.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.