This assessment provides a grounding in the intercultural frameworks relevant to international business environment. Mainly it will involve frameworks related to communication, homogeneity versus diversity, tradition and change, dimensions of culture and so on.

Demonstrate your understanding of different cultural dimensions of regularity and variability and present a framework to investigate the impact of culture on international business.

Three papers that will form the starting point:

Shenkar, O., Tallman, S.B., Wang, H. and Wu, J., 2020. National culture and international business: A path forward. Journal of International Business Studies, pp.1-18.

Paiuc, D., 2021. The impact of cultural intelligence on multinational leadership: a semantic review. Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, 9(1), pp.81-93.

Szkudlarek, B., Osland, J.S., Nardon, L. and Zander, L., 2020. Communication and culture in international business-Moving the field forward. Journal of World Business, 55(6), p.101126.

2) Evaluate different strategies used in international business context in managing cross cultural situations in the workplace.

Three papers that will form the starting point:

Sharma, P., Leung, T.Y., Kingshott, R.P., Davcik, N.S. and Cardinali, S., 2020. Managing uncertainty during a global pandemic: An international business perspective. Journal of business research, 116, pp.188-192.

Caputo, A., Ayoko, O.B., Amoo, N. and Menke, C., 2019. The relationship between cultural values, cultural intelligence and negotiation styles. Journal of business research, 99, pp.23-36.

Gonalves, G., Reis, M., Sousa, C., Santos, J., Orgambdez-Ramos, A. and Scott, P., 2016. Cultural intelligence and conflict management styles. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 24(4), pp.725-742.