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Culture Report Project
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Purpose |
The purpose of this exercise is to provide you with an
opportunity to
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Investigate another culture in order to avoid cultural
errors during interaction,
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Demonstrate your ability to write a formal report for a
specific audience,
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Work collaboratively to create a cohesive and comprehensive
joint report,
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Demonstrate your ability to create a web site that contains
links and informative reports,
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Report the information you found in a boardroom-style
presentation.
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Tasks |
You will
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Select a culture that interests you,
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Research that culture,
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Write a formal report on that culture,
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Join your segment of the report with your team
mates for a combined, formal report with all listed elements,
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Develop a cohesive, boardroom presentation that
demonstrates teamwork and understanding of the material. |
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Requirements |
Your final project must contain all of the listed elements.
The Reports (individual and group) will be submitted as a
printed and bound document.
You will present at the designated time for your presentation. |
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Evaluation |
Your individual report is worth 100 points.
Your group report is worth 100 points.
Your individual web site is worth 50 points
Your group web site is worth 50 points.
Your presentation is worth 50 points.
See the rubric below. |
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Rubric for
Reports
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Content |
45-50 points |
35-44 points |
25-34 points |
0-34 points |
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Excellent content and audience/purpose
driven approach to meet the needs of the
audience and situation. |
Good content and connection to
audience/purpose, but lacking elements that
give your audience effective tools for the
meeting. |
Some good content but lacking audience or
purpose connection or important information
for effective communication in that culture. |
No, or few, aud/purp driven details. Weak
or inappropriate delivery. |
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Application |
18-20 points |
13-18 points |
8-12 points |
0-7 points |
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Appropriate use of text and lecture material
and a clear intuition of aud/purp driven
document. Document is usable and
interesting. |
Demonstrates good use of text and lecture
material with good execution. Document is
effective but lacking format or minor
informational points that might be
important. |
Demonstrates some concepts of text or
lecture in content, but missing important
elements of aud/purp. analysis or
formatting. |
Inappropriate format and content for aud/purp.
of document. |
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Mechanics |
16-20 points |
12-15 points |
6-11 points |
0-5 points |
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0-1 punctuation or grammar error per page. |
2 punctuation or grammar error per page. |
3 punctuation or grammar error per page. |
4 or more grammar errors per page. |
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Creativity & Prep. |
9-10 points |
5-8 points |
3-4 points |
0-2 point |
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Demonstrates creativity and forethought. No
typos or editing errors. |
Demonstrates some creativity and no editing
errors. |
Demonstrates some creativity and one editing
error per page. |
Demonstrates little or no creativity and
contains 2 or more editing errors per page. |
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Board Room Presentations
The
board room presentation is not a formal
presentation. You will be presenting seated around
a "board room" table.
You
will not be required to use PowerPoint; however, you
may want to bring some visual aids to enhance your
presentation of the Culture Report.
Some points to remember are
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Dress appropriately for your audience and
purpose,
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Be prepared to answer questions about the
material in and surrounding your Culture Report,
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Work well within your group, as you will be
graded on group interaction and transitions, and
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Use this opportunity to find a comfort level
with talking to and in front of this group.
(50
pts. possible) |
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Evaluation |
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Group Members:
Time: |
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Points Earned (10 each) |
Reasons |
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Personal Presentation
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General Overview
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Group Interaction
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Audience/Purpose Appropriate |
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Introduction and Conclusion
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Total Points |
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To sell your ideas to your peers, to your
management, to your customers, you must, and I stress MUST, be able to
communicate. One of the reasons Sir Isaac Newton was famous in physics
was because he could communicate.
~Danny
S.
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