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Use the same or a similar questionnaire to interview a business person in the local
community, and then report on similarities and differences in presentation styles in
the different cultural contexts.
Examine the effects of using a questionnaire face-to-face vs. email vs. telephone.
What is gained and what is lost in each instance? See links to guidelines for
creating questionnaires for conducting market research below.
More on the Topic of Business Research and Questionnaires:
1.
Designing Surveys & Questionnaire Design, A Tutorial from StatPac.
http://www.statpac.com/surveys/
2.
Free Survey Template Library, from Survey
Console.
http://www.surveyconsole.com/console/showLibrary.do
3.
Market Research, Questionnaires, from
BizHelp.
http://www.bizhelp24.com/marketing/market-research
4.
More on the Topic of Business Presentations:
5.
Country-Specific Cultural Analysis Project,
Resources
http://aei.uoregon.edu/esp/esp_20.html
6.
Researching Companies and Creating Company
Profiles.
http://aei.uoregon.edu/esp/esp_12.html
Project 4.
THE CULTURE OF SELF-PRESENTATION AND
RÉSUMÉ WRITING
Learning Focus:
Reading, writing.
Technology Needed:
Web browser software.
Instructions:
The accepted way to apply for a job and compose an "effective" résumé varies
widely across national cultures and in different professional fields. What is considered
appropriate or inappropriate, and even legal or illegal, differs. This is certainly important
cultural information for the company as well as the job applicant. Variations include:
Content.
Level of assertiveness/modesty when describing accomplishments.
Formatting (now more standardized across cultures due to technology).
Thinking ahead
: What are the guidelines for self-presentation in your culture?
How do you "put your best foot forward" and make a good first impression in a résumé?
Task
: Write a résumé that targets a specific type of job or industry.
1.
Go to one of the web sites below that provide guidelines for writing a résumé.
What similarities do you find with regard to résumé guidelines in your culture?
What differences?
2.
Choose a résumé web site that best fits your needs and preferences. Follow the
steps they recommend in writing a résumé, using a template, if provided.
3.
Give your résumé to another person for feedback.
Résumé and Interviewing Resource Sites:
1.
CollegeGrad: Entry Level
Resumes.
http://www.collegegrad.com/resumes/index.shtml
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