Reference no: EM132268878

Ellen Moore : Living and Working in Korea

This case explores variety of issues (gender, personality, cultural, communication) which may underlie conflict in international teams

Please think about the following questions and submit a write up (2p max, 12pt, 1.5line):

1. What are the problems and why do they exist?

2. What alternatives exist at this point?

3. In Andrew's position, what would you do?

4. What changes would you recommend making for future projects?

General guidelines on how to prepare a case

1. Read the first few paragraphs, then go through the case almost as fast as you can turn the pages, asking yourself "what's broadly is the case about and what types of information am I being given to analyze?"

2. Read the case very carefully, underlying key facts and writing marginal notes as you go. Then ask yourself: "what are the basic problems these managers have to resolve?"

3. Note key problems/issues on a pad of paper. They go through the case again

4. Sort out relevant considerations for each problem area and do appropriate analysis

5. Develop a set of recommendations, supported by your analysis of the case data

How you can get the most out of the process:

1. PREPARE. Not only is individual preparation for each case a great learning experience, it's the key to being an active participant in the case discussion

2. Discuss the cases with others beforehand. This will refine your reasoning. It's encouraged. However, you'll be cheating yourself if you don't prepare before such discussions

3. Participate. In class, actively express your views and challenge others. You may have been urged to be silent and learn from others. In case discussions, when you express your views you commit which, in turn, gets you involved. Talking forces you to decide; you can no longer hedge.

4. Share your related experiences. So called war stories heighten the relevance of the topic.

5. Constantly relate the topic and case at hand to your business no matter how remote the connection seems at first. Don't tune our because of a possible disconnect.

6. Mix it up. Use the discussion as an opportunity to discover intriguing people with different points of view.