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TAX AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT

Discussion

In this Unit, you will evaluate and address culture anddiversity in the workplace. Before continuing on to answer thequestions, review the following PREZI™ presentation: “Understandingthe Cultural Dimensions of an Organization.”

Read the article “Getting a Read on Corporate Culture”

Read the information on IFRS.

Additionally, your internship/externship employer should haveprovided you with an employee manual that outlines theorganizational policies and procedures. An important part of anyemployee manual is the organization’s policy statement on cultureand diversity. If your internship/externship employer does not havea policy statement with regard to culture and diversity, you willneed to analyze the organization's position on culture anddiversity based on your experiences and observations.

Answer the following questions about your experiences andobservations at your internship/externship organization with regardto cultural literacy in personal and professional environments:

What are some basic dimensions that describe the culturalorientation of your externship employer organization?

What are some of the major characteristics of diversity in yourexternship employer organization?

What privacy issues impact stakeholders in your externshipemployer organization?

Based on your observations, are there motivational differencesbetween employees across cultures in your externship employerorganization?

Be sure to discuss the following topics within your answerpost:

Apply cultural literacy in personal and professionalenvironments.

Respect for other cultures

Communicate and adopt across cultures

Impact of actions on you and others

Aware of the value of and limitations

Sources:

The Society for Experiential Learning and Development (2012).Understanding the cultural dimensions of an organization [PreziPresentation]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.seld.us/understanding-the-cultural-dimensions-of-an-organization/

Career Arc Group (2012). Getting a read on corporate culture.Retrieved fromhttp://www.internships.com/student/resources/workplace/the-first-few-days/getting-a-read-on-corporate-culture

QUESTION 1 In response to a suggestion made by Juan, Melanie says, "I agree with Juan's suggestion about how we should proceed. Thanks for keeping us on track, Juan." Melanie made which type of contribution?

a. task

b. climate

c. dynamic

d. egocentric

e. procedural

QUESTION 2

In which of the following ways is a team distinct from a group?

a.

Teams have different and complementary resources and a strong sense of collective identity.
b.

Teams have greater thoroughness and work faster.
c.

Teams work faster and do not develop groupthink.
d.

Teams consist of individuals who are interdependent yet have degrees of similarity among members.
e.

Teams have smaller sizes and tend to be more thorough.

In this assignment you will apply consumer choice theory andmarginal analysis to business problems.

Consider each of the following products and services:

a pair of tickets to a sporting or cultural event that youenjoy

a can of common table salt

a college class

In a two-page essay:

Explain how your own current household budget, tastes andpreferences, and future expectations determine how much of each ofthese products you purchase in a year. Describe the benefits(utility) you get from each product and service.

Suppose the price of the tickets were cut in half. How wouldyour consumption of cultural or sporting goods change? Why?

Suppose your household budget was suddenly doubled because youreceived a 100% raise. How would your consumption of each of thesegoods and services change? Explain your answer in terms of utilityand marginal analysis.

What is the law of diminishing marginal utility? How does thislaw affect the ability of table salt companies to stimulate demandfor their product?

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