Nama: Henri

adiHasi
buan(7221210011)
Class:BManaj emen
Stambuk: 2022
Fakult
asekonomi
Mat akuli
ah:BahasaInggr
isBisni
s

Quest
ions:

1.Whatiscrosscul t
uralunder st
anding?Giv e1(one)exampl
eindoingbusi
ness?
2.Howdoescr osscul t
ural underst
andingruni nbusi
ness?
3.Writ
e3( t
hree)phrasesi nwel comingof f
icevisi
tor
s?
4.Whattopicsneedt oav oidinsmall t
alks?Ment i
on2( t
wo)t
opicsandwhy?
5.Makeashor tconv ersati
on( smallt al
ks)whi chconsi
stsatleast10sentences.
Choose1( one)topicbelow:
a.Routi
neactivi
ti
es
b.Favori
teacti
vit
ies

Answer

1.)Cr oss-culturalunder standingist heabi li

tyt orecognize,appreciate,andef f
ecti
vely
nav igateculturaldi ff erencesandsi mi larit
iesbet weenpeopl efrom differentcul tur
es.It
i
nv olvesdev elopi nganawar enessandunder st andi
ngofdi f
ferentculturalper specti
ves,
norms,v alues,bel ief s,andbehav i
or s.Anexampl eofcr oss-cultur
alunder standingin
busi nessmi ghtbenegot i
atingabusi nessdealwi thacompanyi naf oreigncount r
y.To
besuccessf ulint hisendeav or,iti
simpor tantt ounderstandt heculturalnuancesoft he
count ryinquest i
on, suchast heircommuni cationst yl
e,decision-makingpr ocesses, and
busi nesspr actices.Thi smayi nvol
vedoi ngr esearchont hecount ry'
scul tur e,oreven
hi
ringal ocalconsul tantwhocanpr ov idei nsightandgui danceonnav igatingcul t
ural
di
ff erences.Bydemonst r
atinganunder standi ngandappr eciati
onoft heot hercul t
ure,
busi nessnegot iationsar emor el i
kelyt obesuccessf ul,asbot hpar ti
esar eabl eto
effectivel
ycommuni cateandbui l
dtrustwi thoneanot her.

2.)Cross-cul
turalunder st
andingisessenti
ali
nt hebusi
nesswor l
dbecausei thelps
peoplefrom differentculturalbackgr
oundscommunicat
eeffecti
vely
,buildtr
ust,and
form pr
oduct i
ver elat
ionships.Hereareafew waysthatcr
oss-cul
turalunder
standi
ng
runsinbusiness:

 Communi
cati
on:Eff
ecti
vecommuni cat
ioni
scrucialforanybusiness,andcross-
cul
tur
alunder
standi
ng helps peoplef r
om di ff
erent cul
turalbackgrounds
communi
cateeff
ecti
vel
y.Under
standingcult
uraldif
ferencesincommuni cati
on
 st
yles, such as direct or indi
rect communi
cat
ion, can hel
p av
oid
misunder
standi
ngsandbui
ldtr
ust
.

 Buil
dingrel
ati
onships:I
nmanycul tures,buil
dingrel
ati
onshi
psisanessent
ial
par
t
ofdoingbusiness.Cross-cul
tur
alunderstandinghel
pspeopleunder
standhowto
buil
dr el
ati
onshipsindi ffer
entcult
uresandcanhel pcreat
elong-l
asti
ngand
prof
itabl
ebusinesspartnershi
ps.

 Mar keti
ngandadv ert
isi
ng:Under standi
ngcul t
uraldi
ffer
encesiscruci
alwhen
creati
ngmar keti
ngandadv er
ti
singcampai gns.Companiesneedtounderstand
thecul t
uralval
ues,beli
efs,andpr efer
encesoft hei
rtargetaudi
encetocreate
effecti
vecampaigns.

 Negotiat
ion:Cross-
cult
uralunderst
andingiscruci
alinnegotiat
ions,asdiff
erent
cul
tureshav edif
fer
entnegotiat
ionstyl
es.Underst
andingtheculturalv
aluesand
norms of t he other party can hel p negoti
ate effecti
vely and av oid
misunderstandi
ngs.

 Hiri
ng and t eam bui l
ding:Compani es with a div
er se wor
kfor
ce need to
understandtheculturaldiff
erencesoft hei
remployeest ocr
eat
eapositi
veand
i
nclusiv
ewor kenv ir
onment .Cross-cul
turalunder
standingcanhelpbui
ldstrong
teamsandi mpr ov
eov erall
producti
vity
.
I
nconclusi
on,cr
oss-
cult
uralunderst
andi
ngiscri
ticali
nt hebusinessworl
d,andcompani
es
t
hati
nvesti
nitcanreapthebenefi
tsofincr
easedproductiv
ity
,profi
tabil
it
y,andsuccess.

3.
)- Welcometoourof
fi
ce!We'
redel
ightedt ohaveyouher
etoday
"
-"
It
'sgreatt
oseeyou!Wehopeyou'l
lfeelri
ghtathomeduri
ngyourv
isit
-"
Helloandwel
come!Thankyoufortakingtheti
metostopbyourof
fice"

4.
)Ingener
al,i
t'
sagoodi deat oavoi
dtopi
csthatar
etooper
sonal
,cont
rov
ersi
al,orpotent
ial
l
y
of
fensi
veinsmalltal
ksituati
ons,wheret
hegoalisusual
l
ytokeeptheconver
sationli
ghtand
pl
easant
.Herearet
wot opicst
oav oi
dinsmal
ltal
k:

 Religion:Rel igion isat opict hatcan easil

y become sensit
ive and contr
oversi
al.
Discussingr eligioninsmalltal
kcancreatediscomfort
,especi
all
yifthepeopleinvol
ved
havedi ff
erentr el
i
giousbeli
efs.Peoplemayf eeluncomfort
ableorof f
ended ifthei
r
rel
igiousbel iefsar echal
lengedorcr i
ti
ci
zed,soi t'
sbesttoav oi
dt hetopicincasual
conv ersati
ons.

 Personal Fi
nances: Moneyi
sanothersensiti
vet
opicthatcanmakepeopleuncomf or
tabl
e.
Discussingper sonalfi
nances,suchasi ncome,debt ,orinvest
ment
s,canbeseenas
i
ntrusiv
eori nappropr
iat
e.Additi
onal
ly
,f i
nanci
alstatuscanbeasensi t
ivesubject
,and
di
scussingi tcanmakepeopl efeeljudgedori nsecure.It
'sbestt
oav oi
dt histopi
c
 al
toget
her
,especi
all
ywi
thpeopl
eyoudon'
tknowwel
l
.

5.
)A.
Rout
ineact
ivi
ti
es

per
sonA:
Heyt
her
e!How'
syourdaygoi
ng?
Per
sonB:
Hi!I
t'
sgoi
ngpr
ett
ywel
l
.Justf
ini
shedupmymor
ningr
out
ine.
Per
sonA:
Ohni
ce!What
'sy
ourt
ypi
cal
mor
ningr
out
inel
i
ke?
Per
sonB:Wel
l
,Iusual
l
ywakeupar
ound6am andt
henIst
artbymaki
ngmybed.Then,
I
got
othebat
hroom andbr
ushmyt
eet
handwashmyf
ace.Af
tert
hat
,Il
i
ket
odosome
st
ret
chi
ngandaqui
ckwor
kout
.
Per
sonA:
Thatsoundsl
i
kear
eal
l
yheal
thyr
out
ine.Whatdoy
oudoaf
tery
ourwor
kout
?
Per
sonB:Af
termywor
kout
,I'
l
lusual
l
ytakeashowerandt
hengetdr
essedf
ort
heday
.
ThenI
'
llmakebr
eakf
astandsi
tdownt
oenj
oyi
twhi
l
ereadi
ngt
henews.
Per
sonA:
Doy
ouhav
easetbr
eakf
astt
haty
oumakeev
eryday
?
Per
sonB:Notexact
ly.Il
i
ket
omi
xitupbutsomeofmygo-
toopt
ionsar
eoat
mealwi
th
f
rui
t,eggswi
tht
oastandav
ocado,
orasmoot
hiebowl
.
Per
sonA:
Yum!Thatal
lsoundsr
eal
l
ydel
i
cious.Whatdoy
ouusual
l
ydoaf
terbr
eakf
ast
?
Per
sonB:Af
terbr
eakf
ast
,I'
l
lcheckmyschedul
efort
hedayandmakeat
o-dol
i
st.Then
I
'
llheadoutt
owor
korst
artonsomet
asksi
fI'
m wor
kingf
rom home.
Per
sonA:
Wel
l
,itsoundsl
i
key
ouhav
eapr
ett
ysol
i
drout
inedown.Thanksf
orshar
ing!
Per
sonB:
Ofcour
se,
happyt
ochatabouti
t!

Fav
B. ori
teact
ivi
ti
es

Sure,l et'
st al
kaboutf avor
iteact ivit
ies!What '
sy ourf avori
tet hi
ngt odoi ny ourfree
ti
me? Ienjoyr eadingbooksandgoi ngf orlongwal ks.How abouty ou?I'
m abi gfanof
playingv ideogamesandwat chingmov ies.It'
sagr eatwayt ounwi ndaf t
eral ong
day .
That '
scool !What '
sy ourf avoritev i
deogameormov ie?Rightnow,I '
mr eal
lyinto
playing" TheLegendofZel da:Br eathoft heWi ld"andwat chingtheMar velCinemat i
c
Univ ersemov iesi norder.Oh,I'
vehear dgreatthingsabout" Breathoft heWi ld"
!I'
m mor e
ofaf anofpuzzl egamesmy self,li
ke" Port
al"and" Myst .
"Thosear ebothgr eatgames!I
l
ov epuzzl egamest hatreallymakey outhink.
Def i
nit
ely!Andwheni tcomest omov ies,
I
'm abi gfanofcomedi esandr omant iccomedi es.Theyal waysputmei nagoodmood. I
totallygett hat.I'
m mor eofasci -fiandact i
onmov iekindofper son,butIdoenj oya
goodcomedyev erynowandt hen.It'
salway sgoodt omi xthingsupandt rysomet hing
newt oo,ri
ght ?Absolutely
!I'
m al way sont helookoutfornewgamest oplayormov i
est o
wat ch.Doy ouhav eanyr ecommendat i
ons?Well,haveyouhear dofthegame" Hades"or
themov ie"
TheMitchel
lsv
s.theMachi
nes"
?They
'r
ebot
hpr
ett
ypopul
arr
ightnow and
defi
nit
elywort
hchecki
ngout.