solved Directions:Â Preparation: It is necessary to read the articles listed

Directions: 
Preparation: It is necessary to read the articles listed above as well as those in your classroom materials. This assignment cannot be completed without reviewing required learning materials, in particular the articles on cultural values and Geert Hofstede’s website.
Orientation/perspective: Continuing on with our scenario, you are a newly-hired manager not yet placed into a permanent assignment. Since Week 1, you and Chinn have been talking about your vision for VMI’s future as given in last week’s assignments. Ultimately, you are convinced that the future VMI needs to be cognizant of the changing workplace while embarking upon VMI’s further international expansion, all under the umbrella of developing a learning organization culture to support this.
1. By THURSDAY, complete the following:
The below points are not distinct questions to be answered. Gather your thoughts about the points into a conversation with your reader (Chinn) that convinces him of their importance. Your report should incorporate key concerns and knowledge from our readings this week while also tying in your knowledge gained from past weeks (all cited). In order to accomplish this, your report must be focused on VMI’s situation, the type of work the company performs, and how to carry forward the company’s excellence and familial culture. Do not include ideas that do not apply to VMI’s situation.

Chinn      has a sense of cultural differences between his own heritage and that of      VMI. Explain to him your understanding of these differences and how these      may be underlying his observations.
Share      with him your knowledge of workplace stress: its effects upon employees,      the idea of work and family life balance, differing cultural and      generational views on this, and ways that organizations address it.
Enlighten      him as to the difference of an engaged versus happy employee, with that      difference expressed in effects upon specific types of performance and      commitment. (As we have had readings explaining engagement every week, you      need to express your own understanding of this and not paraphrase an      article).
Your      explanations should indicate that you understand typical pitfalls,      misunderstandings, and misperceptions in cross-cultural communications and      age-cohort attitudes.
Include      specific and clear recommendations to address the above at VMI.
You      must use course material to support your report and APA in-text citations      with a reference list.

2. THROUGHOUT the week, complete the following:

Respond      to FOUR of your classmates over THREE OR MORE      DAYS throughout the week and until MONDAY at 11:59 PM      eastern time. Remember that you are trying to develop the best answers to      the questions. Your classmates are doing the same, so read the posts      carefully looking for the best ideas being presented. The goal is that by      the end of the week, the class will come to some consensus as to the best      answers giving you the chance to submit the best ideas in the final post.
You      must use course material to support your responses and APA      in-text citations with a reference list.
Participation      is worth 2.5 points each week (20% of the final grade). Participation must      be reflected in the final post so grades will be affected by the content      portion of the post if participation is not shown. Therefore, it is      important to get in the class often and with the idea of improving your      initial post with the discussion so that the final grade will be the      best you can deliver.

3. By MONDAY, complete the FINAL POST:

Attach      it as your final post in the classroom by MONDAY 11:59 PM ET. This      post will be a 2-page, single-spaced report (no more than 750      words) for President Chinn that will address the new, modern      workplace and how the content you address is important.
The      final post must reflect the brainstorming activities and should      be different than the Saturday initial post.
The      final post must include a variety of sources from the class material and      scenario or case study facts where appropriate.
You      must use course material to support your report and APA in-text citations      with a reference list.

Managing Stress and Emotions

Week Four is meant to be an integrating activity since it pulls together on our many learnings. You will study more about cultural intelligence but will also focus on stress, and how both can influence your relationships and even the jobs you choose.
I also wanted to mention about access to some course materials. Open Educational Resources (OERs) are materials that UMGC and many, many other educational institutions use. They are public domain materials (in digital or other forms) that permit access and use with no or limited restrictions, at no cost. Those with limited restrictions allow access only a certain number of times and one of these resources is Forbes. So, if you are taking two or three classes and each of them has a couple of Forbes articles, at some point you may get a pop-up that prohibits any more viewing. We have a work-around for this! Open a new browser and an incognito window. See the following link to learn how to do this. https://www.computerworld.com/article/3356840/how-to-go-incognito-in-chrome-firefox-safari-and-edge.html