***I do not plan on attending a local performance so a play would be just fine…

This week you will be completing an “Outline and Critical Analysis” of a play as illustrated at the end of chapter six in your text. It is best if you can find a local performance to attend, but if that is not possible, choose a significant play that has been filmed that is available through Youtube or Netflix or some other like source. Do not watch a film adaptation of a play. Watch a filmed performance of a play. You want the actual text of the play performed, not an abridged and rearranged version.

For a few examples, please navigate to the Additional Resources section of this course.

As with any art critique, you need to find a subject worth the critique. Do not go to see something or choose to watch something likely to be staged or performed poorly. Choose something that will redeem your time. If you aren’t sure, contact your professor.

For Week 6, you will be required to view a play and analyze it. If you are unable to attend a live performance, you will need to watch a filmed performance of a play, not a film adaptation of a play. Here is an example:

• Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard

Other plays which have been filmed are George Benard Shaw’s Pygmalion, Tom Stoppard’s Rosencranz and Guildenstern are Dead, and Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People.

You may also use your local library, Netflix, and other sources.

Business Negotiations

Oranges Between the USA and Japan

The USA and Japan were in negotiations for a period of ten years, (1977 – 1988) over oranges. The Americans had certain goals that they wanted to accomplish in these negotiations. These goals included; exporting of American oranges in the Japanese market, demand that Japan liberalizes its market, and to eliminate the trade barriers in Japan. The Japanese also had their own goals that they wanted to accomplish in the negotiation process. These included; maintaining its positive image outside Japan, avoiding intervention from GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs), and to avoid sanctions from abroad.

Initially, the Japanese refused to negotiate right away, and started negotiating only when Americans threatened them that they would take the issue to GATT panel.Using Hofstede’s Model of Cultural Dimensions from our textbook, compare and contrast the cultural differences that might influence both parties.

• Based on the cultural differences, develop a culturally responsive negotiation strategy for American negotiators to deal with Japanese negotiators.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

60% of your grade will be content. To get full credit on the case brief, you must use the case questions themselves as headings. In addition, you must fully answer these questions. It is not enough to state the law. You must also provide the facts that the court relied upon when reaching a decision where appropriate.

Below is an example of how this can be done:

1. Wal-Mart Stores v. Cassias (Ch 1, p 17)
   1. What was the legal issue of the case?
      1. The legal issue of this case was ….
   2. What did the court decide?
      1. The court decided to X

Failure to do this will result in 10 points being deducted from your grade. Please let me know if you have any questions with this.

INSTRUCTIONS: Please RESPOND to this answer from the Point of view as a student. Use credible sources and respond as if you are a member of a marketing agency. Tell this student what your agency would think of each of these answers:

Leadership is all about responsibility. Responsible leadership ensures the effectiveness of strategic management process. It provides the base line for strategic thinking and by providing vision it directs the organization towards strategy formulation. Leader is a person who possesses a clear vision in his/ her mind and also has the power to manage a team of people that can help to translate vision into reality. Leader is someone who can identify the need of situation and understand what is required now and in future. It is the duty of the leader to provide the instructions or directions to meet the requirements of situation. The most important role of leadership is to determine the goals and formulation of strategies related to those goals.

Leadership plays a vital role in the formulation and implementation of strategies. It is considered as a link that relates the strategic management process with the organization’s vision. It starts up the strategic thinking by providing vision then it establishes a culture in which everyone knows what to do, what are the values of the firm. Basically values provide the direction. It is the duty of leadership to introduce the values or a corporate culture. It is the vision of leader that provides base line for strategy formulation and its commitment ensure the implementation of strategy. Strategies can’t be implemented without the involvement of every one. Change should be communicated to everyone and should contribute their effort to efficiently implement the strategies. Only good leadership can inspire and motivate the people to bring change (Azhar, et al., n.d.).

My company, Institute, leaders have very clear vision and mission as to where they want to see the company in five years. They communicate this through company intranet, town hall meetings, and other social gatherings. They make sure all staff is aware of the company mission and vision which doesn’t get lost in day to day work. Also, in meetings, they constantly remind everyone by setting up goals, aspirations as to where they like to be and how they will get there. Another great quality of the leaders is that they will give detailed explanation on how each group will help company to get there.

To become a CEO requires education, experience. Gender, nationality, race etc. also will make a difference on resume. It also requires tolerance of ambiguity to perceive the situations as promising rather than threatening. In some respects, personality traits are also important. Now a day, international skills also will put person in top of the pool (Carpenter & Sanders, p. 38, 2008). In Institute, most of the leaders have international experience which is very much needed in today’s global economy. They all have graduate or doctorate level education and comprehensive experience in their fields. They all have very good soft skills but at the same time, risk takers with precautions and acknowledge hard work. One example of that is last year all the employees were given extra bonus due to great company performance which they could have easily spent somewhere else specially in these economic times.