GLOBAL BUSINESS CULTURAL ANALYSIS INSTRUCTIONS

GLOBAL BUSINESS CULTURAL ANALYSIS INSTRUCTIONS The purpose of this research project is for you to write a professional, graduate-level research paper in" rel="nofollow">in current APA format. Competency in" rel="nofollow">in current APA format is required of all busin" rel="nofollow">iness graduates of Liberty University, as set forth by policy of both the graduate faculty and the admin" rel="nofollow">inistration. You will research and write a paper analyzin" rel="nofollow">ing the cultural perspectives of doin" rel="nofollow">ing busin" rel="nofollow">iness in" rel="nofollow">in another nation. You will select a nation to study, and have approximately 8 modules/weeks to research and write the paper. Your in" rel="nofollow">instructor will provide a list of approved nations by the second day of the course. Select a nation, then begin" rel="nofollow">in workin" rel="nofollow">ing on the project. After readin" rel="nofollow">ing your paper, the reader should be able to comprehensively answer the followin" rel="nofollow">ing research questions. Thus, the research questions form the major aspects (APA Level 1 headin" rel="nofollow">ings) of your outlin" rel="nofollow">ine. • What are the major elements and dimensions of culture in" rel="nofollow">in this region? (See Chapter 2 of the textbook for a list of the required dimensions.) • How are these elements and dimensions in" rel="nofollow">integrated by locals conductin" rel="nofollow">ing busin" rel="nofollow">iness in" rel="nofollow">in the nation? • How do both of the above items compare with US culture and busin" rel="nofollow">iness? • What are the implications for US busin" rel="nofollow">inesses that wish to conduct busin" rel="nofollow">iness in" rel="nofollow">in that region? Important Poin" rel="nofollow">ints to Consider This paper must be written in" rel="nofollow">in strict conformance to current APA format, and contain" rel="nofollow">in a min" rel="nofollow">inimum of 24 pages of content (excludin" rel="nofollow">ing the title page, abstract, and references) utilizin" rel="nofollow">ing at least 24 references from reputable professional and/or scholarly journals and/or in" rel="nofollow">informational venues that deal with the content of the course (i.e., not blogs, Wikipedia, newspapers, etc.). 1. Use the followin" rel="nofollow">ing as the exact title of your paper, Global Busin" rel="nofollow">iness Cultural Analysis: (in" rel="nofollow">insert nation selected) 2. The paper must be submitted as a Microsoft Word file through the SafeAssign lin" rel="nofollow">ink in" rel="nofollow">in Module/Week 8. 3. Three SafeAssign draft lin" rel="nofollow">inks will be provided in" rel="nofollow">in the Assignments folder of Module/Week 5 for you to use to improve your origin" rel="nofollow">inality score prior to your fin" rel="nofollow">inal submission. 4. Three levels of current APA headin" rel="nofollow">ings 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 paraphrasin" rel="nofollow">ing. Paraphrasin" rel="nofollow">ing is when you take a source or someone else’s idea and say it in" rel="nofollow">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" rel="nofollow">in block quotation format. Give detailed in" rel="nofollow">information of where you acquired the quote. For the purpose of this academic paper, adhere to the followin" rel="nofollow">ing rules when quotin" rel="nofollow">ing or usin" rel="nofollow">ing 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" rel="nofollow">in the whole document for quotin" rel="nofollow">ing or paraphrasin" rel="nofollow">ing. • Quotes must contain" rel="nofollow">in the section (if provided) and paragraph or page numbers of the quote and this in" rel="nofollow">information must be placed in" rel="nofollow">in the reference. • In all in" rel="nofollow">instances, use current APA guidelin" rel="nofollow">ines for citations and references. Email your in" rel="nofollow">instructor with any questions regardin" rel="nofollow">ing the Global Busin" rel="nofollow">iness Cultural Analysis. Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday of Module/Week 8.