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Imagine you are working at ________ (identify a hypothetical business, organization, or institution). You're a junior manager overseeing five people, two of whom identify with distinctly different cultures: ________ and ________. Recent conflicts have emerged between them concerning _________________ (for example, meeting deadlines, communicating clearly with each other, etc.). Their differences in perspective have caused ______________ (problem), which you must resolve in order to improve productivity and morale in your department.
Fill in the blanks using your personal experience or cultural interests. This can be fictional or based on a similar experience. (For example, this could read like: "Imagine you are working a fast food restaurant. You're a junior manager overseeing five people, two of whom identify with distinctly different cultures: Irish and Chinese. Get the idea?)
Reflect on this hypothetical situation and consider strategies for resolving the situation.
Write in the next paragraph a pretend e-mail of approximately 150 words to a hypothetical supervisor. [Please note that you will not actually be writing or sending an email. Instead, you will type this simulated email in your Word document that will be submitted as your assignment. This means you will have one Word document using the West Writing Template that will contain a) the completed paragraph above that details the hypothetical conflict and b) your simulated email to a supervisor explaining your strategy for resolving it.
Include in this simulated email the following information:
- the nature of the problem
- the conflict of cultural values and practices that are posing a problem
- your proposed solution for helping the two work together more effectively
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