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Task 1 An individual PowerPoint presentation with narration and notes on each slide. You are part of a global consulting company that has offices in Japan, Brazil andGermany. The head office is in the UK and the predominant organisational culturestems from there. Explore and discuss how the national and organisational culture from the headoffice location affects how business is conducted when encountering theregional cultures that are present in each of its locations. Use the group dynamics to explore the four countries and draw upon the externalresources made available during the module and your own extended reading. Your findings should be presented as a PowerPoint presentation with narration usingno more than ten slides. Task 2 Write up your own reflection (or conclusions), based on the task 1 PowerPointpresentation, as to the key effects of regional cultural issues on the corporateorganisational culture of this multinational company as it conducts its businessinternationally.

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