Challenges for Managers You 2.1: Planning for a Global Career Think of a country you would like to work in, do business in, or visit. Find out about its culture, using Hofstede’s dimensions as guidelines. You can use a variety of sources to accomplish this, particularly your school library, government offices, faculty members, or others who have global experience. You will want to answer the following questions: 1. Is the culture individualistic or collectivist? 2. Is the power distance high or low? 3. Is uncertainty avoidance high or low? 4. Is the country masculine or feminine in its orientation? 5. Is the time orientation short-term or long-term? 6. How did you arrive at your answers to the first five questions? 7. How will these characteristics affect business practices in the country you chose to investigate? Journal Entry #1 Questions – Challenges for Managers 8.Do the “Planning for a global career” You 2.1 exercise and report your findings. (answer all seven questions). Do not select the countries of Japan, Mexico or Saudi Arabia. 9.Think about an ethical dilemma that you have encountered in your life. Evaluate the decision you made in terms of consequential, rule-based and character theories (which theory best explains the way you view your dilemma?). 10.Chapter two addressed what the authors believe are the most important challenges currently facing business? Professor Grover added global warming. Name one additional challenge that you think should be included among the major challenges that business must be concerned about. Briefly explain why you chose the challenge that you did.