GLOBAL BUSINESS CULTURAL ANALYSIS INSTRUCTIONS
The purpose of this research project is for you to write a
professional, graduate-level research paper in current APA format. Competency
in current APA format is required of all business graduates of Liberty
University, as set forth by policy of both the graduate faculty and the
administration.
You will research and write a paper analyzing the cultural
perspectives of doing business in another nation. You will select a nation to
study, and have approximately 8 modules/weeks to research and write the paper.
Your instructor will provide a list of approved nations by the second day of
the course. Select a nation, then begin working on the project.
After reading your paper, the reader should be able to
comprehensively answer the following research questions. Thus, the research
questions form the major aspects (APA Level 1 headings) of your outline.
• What are
the major elements and dimensions of culture in this region? (See Chapter 2 of
the textbook for a list of the required dimensions.)
• How are
these elements and dimensions integrated by locals conducting business in the
nation?
• How do
both of the above items compare with US culture and business?
• What are
the implications for US businesses that wish to conduct business in that
region?
Important Points to Consider
This paper must be written in strict conformance to current
APA format, and contain a minimum of 24 pages of content (excluding the title
page, abstract, and references) utilizing at least 24 references from reputable
professional and/or scholarly journals and/or informational venues that deal
with the content of the course (i.e., not blogs, Wikipedia, newspapers, etc.).
1. Use the
following as the exact title of your paper, Global Business Cultural Analysis:
(insert nation selected)
2. The paper
must be submitted as a Microsoft Word file through the SafeAssign link in
Module/Week 8.
3. Three
SafeAssign draft links will be provided in the Assignments folder of
Module/Week 5 for you to use to improve your originality score prior to your
final submission.
4. Three
levels of current APA headings must be used throughout the paper, as this is a
graduate-level research paper.
Some students do not fully understand the difference between
plagiarism and paraphrasing. Paraphrasing is when you take a source or someone
else’s idea and say it in your own words. When you paraphrase, you must still
give the author’s name, date, title of the source, the scholarly journal from
where it came, and the exact website address or book from where it came.
However, when you directly quote a source, it must have quotation marks around
the quote, or (if 40 words or more) it must be set in block quotation format.
Give detailed information of where you acquired the quote.
For the purpose of this academic paper, adhere to the
following rules when quoting or using a source:
• Do not
directly quote more than 120 words from any 1 source.
• If the
source is 2,000 words or less, do not directly quote more than 50 words from
it.
• Do not
use the same source more than a total of 3 times within the whole document for
quoting or paraphrasing.
• Quotes
must contain the section (if provided) and paragraph or page numbers of the
quote and this information must be placed in the reference.
• In all
instances, use current APA guidelines for citations and references.
Email your instructor with any questions regarding the
Global Business Cultural Analysis.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday of
Module/Week 8.
