U.S. corporation that manufactures rubber tires

Your team is a large U.S. corporation that manufactures rubber tires, and you want to begin manufacturing and distribution in another country. As a team, choose a country in which you would like to start a manufacturing plant. Each individual team member should pick out a role as chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, and treasurer. If there are more than 4 people on your team, double up on titles, but each team member should still submit an individual project. Chairman: Research and write on the following issues: •    Discuss the macro environment of the country. •    What is the company strategy there? •    What will be your structure and controls? •    How will you be socially and economically responsible? •    How would you implement your strategy? •    What would be the role of management? •    What is the mode of entry you are going to use, and why? •    You are also thinking of how you are going to implement the rewards program. •    What do you think would motivate the workers? •    How would you design the right culturally appropriate program? •    What kind of leadership would work in this country? Vice-chairman: Research and write on the following issues: •    What are the political, cultural, environmental, and economic risks of doing business there? •    If you do decide to do business there, how would you staff the operation? •    What kind of approach would you take? •    What type of concerns would you have? •    What do you need to consider when you recruit, evaluate, train, and deal with labor relations issues? •    How would you select the manager? •    What are some of the issues to consider regarding the expatriate? •    What if it does not work out? Secretary: Research and write on the following issues: •    What are some of the legal issues you would have to deal with as a company if you decide to expand there? •    What sort of international orientation would you consider? •    What are some of the opportunities and strengths of doing business there? •    What are some of the cross-cultural issues you are going to have to deal with? •    How are they different from in the United States? •    What are some of the protocols and etiquette issues you must incorporate into your business behavior? •    How are you going to deal with management issues such as assertiveness, conflict resolution, and team building? •    What should you practice to be successful? Treasurer: Research and write on the following issues: •    What competitive advantage does this country have? •    What are some of the foreign trade issues you will have to deal with? •    What are the determinants to foreign entry there, and how would you enter there? •    You will be embarking on the international negotiation. •    What are the 5 stages of negotiation, and how are you going to prepare for them? •    What cultural differences do you need to be sensitive to in the process? •    What would be some of the political, legal, economic, and ideological issues that may come up? •    How would you manage conflict if it should come up in the negotiations? •    What decision-making process would work better with the different cultures? •    Inductive or deductive reasoning? •    Is it a personal issue or a cultural issue?