Activities week 2 • • Activity 4: 'The myth of national culture' - Counter argument to Hofstede’s work by Professor Brendan McSweeney at Royal Holloway, University of London URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_l84Dj2eXY Questions to consider: 1. Do you agree with Professor McSweeney’s view on national cultures? Why or why not? After viewing the survey result done by Hofstede on your home country, who do you think offers a more compelling argument on national cultures? Can a single culture be used to determine the actions of entire population? Activity 5: 'Riding the waves of culture’ - Talk given by FonsTrompenaars at TEDxAmsterdam URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmyfjKjcbm0 Questions to consider: 1. Consider your experience with cultural conflict or culture shock. What were the different viewpoints that you had to reconcile? And how did you overcome the differences? 2. What would be the benefits of connecting different viewpoints as Trompenaar suggests? Executive Summary Summarise your discussion of each e-learning activity. About 50 words per activity. E-learning Activities Week ??Activity ?? – Activity Title Insert here your discussion of the e-learning activity. Either answer the two questions at the top of every e-learning activity (summarise the activity and discuss an application or your experience of what the activity is about) OR answer the questions contained within the activity. Between 400 and 450 words in total. Week ?? – Activity ?? – Activity Title Insert here your discussion of the e-learning activity. Either answer the two questions at the top of every e-learning activity (summarise the activity and discuss an application or your experience of what the activity is about OR answer the questions contained within the activity. Between 400 and 450 words in total Conclusion Summarise and draw conclusions from your two e-learning activities. About 50 words per activity. References Use Harvard style referencing. Less than five references per activity. Don’t forget to include the URL from the activity as one of your references.