• Global culture. While the U.S. has enjoyed decades of domestic economic prosperity, recent economic challenges remind us that our future economic success revolves around succeeding in the global economy. It is about who is empowered to leverage the power of culture to optimize an organizations bottom line. Cross-cultural differences are a significant impediment to successful international ventures and projects. In the discussion forum and in your research paper, you should focus on why it is critical that leaders have a strong understanding of the impact that culture has on organizations within and throughout a global environment.

Examples of acceptable topics within global culture include: (1) Comparative cultural business differences between the United Sates and a foreign country such as South Korea, Italy, Japan, or Singapore; and (2) Analysis of specific failures due to an inability of a firm to adapt to a new cultural environment such as Wal-Marts failure in Germany.