You are a senior manager in a medium-sized but highly profitable equipment manufacturing organization.  You and other senior leaders have decided to partner with an international company on several projects of mutual interest.

Your company is in Houston, Texas, in the United States. The international company is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Prior to sending your team to Saudi Arabia there are some aspects of the culture that everyone needs to know about.   Research the culture with particular focus on the business culture.  Specifically, what might the comparison and contrasts be in language, religion, forms of address, holidays, other time off, dress, and food.  Please include information on these topics on both cultures.

Present your topics, including pictures, in a PowerPoint  presentation  intended  for your company managers. Use the Speaker Notes area of PowerPoint for your narrative textual information, with restricted use of text on the slides to focus on trigger words of topic importance.  Review PowerPoint guidelines if you are not sure of the recommended way to set up the slides.  The Smarthinking resource is also available to assist in the basics of the PowerPoint tool.

Generally, the main topics or bullet points should appear on the slides with supporting visuals, while the Speaker Notes area is used to go into more depth regarding these main topics.

Please use APA reference and citation format for the sources that you use to support your explanation and argument. Place citations on the relevant slides with one or two slides at the end for your reference list.

Instructions:

• Present your ideas in a set of PowerPoint slides intended as a summary for your company managers.

What is the length?   The class lists at least 12-15 slides and does not include the title page or reference page.   So, the presentation would be a minimum of 14-16 slides.   REQUIRED: Use the Notes area of PowerPoint for the narrative textual information at least 50 words per slide.   Restricted use of text on the slides –see sample PowerPoint.

What is on each slide?

Key points and Teaching Notes (at least 50 words per slide)

1. Title page (1 slide)
2. Introduction – talks about key points in presentation (1 slide)

Compare and Contrast BOTH U.S. and Saudi Arabian Culture (Minimum of 8 slides)

3. Language
4. Religion
5. Forms of address
6. Holidays
7. Work Week
8. Other time off
9. Dress
10. Food

What Saudi Arabian business culture you will need to know about? (Minimum of 4 slides)

11. Discussion slide about strong partnership working as global company
12. Discussion slide about business Culture
13. Discussion slide about communication
14. Discussion slide about meetings
15. Conclusion – wrap up key points (1 slide)
16. References: (1 slide) At least 3-references

Title Page Slide (1 slide)

Introduction Slide (1 slide)

Compare and Contrast BOTH U.S. and Saudi Arabian Culture (Minimum of 8 slides)

• The following slides will discuss, compare and contrast
• BOTH U.S. and Saudi Arabian culture in the areas of language, religion, forms of address, holidays, other time off, dress and food.

What Saudi Arabian business culture you will need to know about?: (Minimum of 4 slides)

• Culture areas determined, how to build strong relationship, communication, addressing business culture, meetings, etc.

Conclusion Slide (1 slide)