Friday, 24 April 2015

Exercise #5




Cultural Dimension
Character
Todd, Puro, Aisha or other
Outsourced Scene 
or Circumstance
Communication- direct/indirect
Todd and his manager 
Direct communication ( when the manager was talking with Todd to  convince him to go to India)
Planning – People / time
Todd and his manager
Time( The manager gives Todd specific time to finish his work)
Decision-making: rules / relations
Todd and his manager
Rules ( The manager force Todd to go to india)
Context – Inform
al / formal
Todd and his manager
Informal ( Todd calls his manager by his name)

3. When he gets on the train, he cannot find an empty seat. How is this problem
solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution?
He got a train by unregulated way .There is no place in train then a boy who sit next of Todd he stands and let Todd sat in his place then he sat on Todd leg. It might be a cultural solution because in the Indian culture they let the old people sit. 
4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first
encounter is with an iced drink. What happens? 
After trying the iced drink he started to fell sick.He buy the iced drink and he feels ill after eating it.

7. Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house.
What is the reason he gives Todd?
 Because the place of the hotel is very lonely. 
8. As soon as they meet, Aunti Ji starts asking very intimate questions that
Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?
 She asked him many question and it was personal questions.

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