1. What is meant by the phrase "communication rules govern."? Compare some of the different "rules" that govern your communication and the following contexts: 

a. A meeting with your professor to discuss grades and a meeting at a social event. 

b. Giving your professional opinion to the company president and to a coworker. 

c. Discussing a medical concern with a doctor and with a close friend. 

2. In almost any context, first-time meetings will involve initial conversational talk. The rules governing what are appropriate or inappropriate topics for these interactions vary across cultures. 

3. What cultural differences of values and behaviors are most important for a manager to be aware of? How could a business manager best handle cultural conflicts ?

 4. What are some of the ways that a cultures attitude toward education can become manifest in the classroom? in the workplace? Identify some of the outcomes of a cultures over emphasis and under emphasis on education.

5. Imagine you're a doctor and have just diagnosed one of your patients with a terminal illness. how would you present the news to a German American, a Mexican immigrant and someone from China?