Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered
from reading the chapter, along with information from your own work experience. Please do not
copy and paste.
1. Please watch the video on Cross-Cultural Communication. How do you think that the average
American would be viewed when visiting one of the countries represented in the video? Would acting
like an American in a foreign country affect the ability to conduct business? Please explain.
2. Please read the following article: http://tinyurl.com/mt-expat. Did anything in the article surprise
you? What are some specific steps that you can take to better prepare an employee for an expatriate
assignment?
3. Do you believe that most American business executives hold an ethnocentric, polycentric, or
geocentric point-of-view? Please explain why you think this is true.