Thailand Select an overseas country of your choosing and assume that you are employed in the human resources department for a large company. The company has just reached an agreement to open a new sales office in this foreign country in order to better serve customers in that market.  Although support personnel will be hired locally, three sales representatives from headquarters will be transferred to this office for a period of two years in order to get it “up and running.” The national sales manager has asked you to prepare a report outlining the intercultural communication issues that these sales reps likely will face.  Your team will be required to research the business communication in this country and write a report to your Board of Directors that addresses the following that may play a role in impacting the success of these sales representatives in establishing an office in the country.  1. Prevailing norms of communication  2. Nonverbal communication  3. High context and low context communication Look at Fayol’s Principles of Management within the context of the country/company you have selected. Discuss whether his principles are still relevant in the contemporary workforce. In what ways do you see them as remaining important? Which of these principles are less applicable today? Why?

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Select an overseas country of your choosing and assume that you are employed in the human resources department for a large company. The company has just reached an agreement to open a new sales office in this foreign country in order to better serve customers in that market. 
Although support personnel will be hired locally, three sales representatives from headquarters will be transferred to this office for a period of two years in order to get it “up and running.” The national sales manager has asked you to prepare a report outlining the intercultural communication issues that these sales reps likely will face. 
Your team will be required to research the business communication in this country and write a report to your Board of Directors that addresses the following that may play a role in impacting the success of these sales representatives in establishing an office in the country. 
1. Prevailing norms of communication 
2. Nonverbal communication 
3. High context and low context communication
Look at Fayol’s Principles of Management within the context of the country/company you have selected. Discuss whether his principles are still relevant in the contemporary workforce. In what ways do you see them as remaining important? Which of these principles are less applicable today? Why?

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