Exercise #5
Outsourced Scene
or Circumstance
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Character
Todd, Puro, Aisha or other
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Cultural Dimension
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Direct (communication when the manager was talking with Todd
to convince him to go to India)
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Todd and his manager
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Communication-
direct/indirect
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Time,( The manger gave Todd a short
time to accomplish his mission)
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Todd and his manger
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Planning – People / time
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Rules ( The manager force Todd to
go to india)
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Todd and his manager
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Decision-making: rules /
relations
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Informal ( Todd calls his manager
by his name)
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Todd and his manager
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Context – Informal / formal
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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?
There is a boy was
sitting in the train and he let Todd sit and the boy sit 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?
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.