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>>> Johanna Bishop <
johannabishop@COMCAST.NET> 11/7/2007 8:19 AM >>>
Hi All- I'm jumping in a bit late in this communication string- so pardon me for asking (perhaps you've already shared...) where can one find any of the exercises you've mentioned? (BaFa and Cola). I'm teaching an undergrad course in Intercultural Communications and these exercises might be helpful. Thanks much- Johanna
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> Schon:
>
> I have used an older but fun exercise. It effectively demonstrates many
> dimensions of cultural difference (Hofstede would love it!). It's called
> BaFa BaFa. Although I've used it primarily at the MBA and Executive MBA
> levels, students of all levels love it. I've used it in the US and in
> Latin settings -- it works well in both.
>
> Jim Biteman
>
>
> > Schon,
> >
> > I use The International Cola Alliances. Taken from the exercise
> > itself, the objectives are:
> > * to introduce some of the complexities involved in doing
> > business across international borders
> > * to examine what happens when countries seek to do business with
> > one anoth er without the benefit of a common language and customs
> > Nancy
> >
> >
> >
> > At 01:51 PM 11/6/2007, you wrote:
> >>Dear Colleagues,
> >>
> >>I am looking for a cross-cultural team role play for a group of
> >>American MBA students. The topic for the class is effective
> >>cross-cultural team management. If you have any suggestions, please
> >>forward them to me at your earliest convenience. I will then
> >>summarize the responses and send them out to the list again in case
> >>this information is helpful to others.
> >>
> >>With many thanks in advance for your generous assistance.
> >>
> >>Schon Beechler
> >>Duke Corporate Education and University of Michigan
> >>
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