Culture in Asia
Part 1: In 150 words maximum, list your country’s (or regions) key cultural characteristics. Such
as language, religion, values, individualism vs. collectivism, power distance, masculinity vs.
femininity, uncertainty avoidance, pragmatic vs. normative, and indulgence vs. restraint.
Part 2: Come up with fifteen to twenty questions to learn about the culture and the best
practices for doing business in the culture. In designing the questions, please take into
consideration various elements of culture (e.g., values, language, religion, manners and
customs, aesthetics, material culture). You want to learn as much as possible with regard to
doing business in the “new” culture. For example, you could ask a question about the role of
social status/power differences or egalitarianism (i.e., power distance) in business
communication and transactions; you could ask a question about the preferred language in the
business context, and so on.