Question: You are the new team leader (based in US) for the new Macy's department store in Zurich, Switzerland. What could you do to help a multi-cultural team of Americans, Italians, Germans and Swiss to open and run the store in Zurich? Identify (please use five real world examples) and describe five cultural problems that the team might run into and provide solution for each of these problems.
(1) Research Macy's department store to understand what they do.
(2) Research Macy's corporate culture.
(3) Research the culture of your team members.
(4) Research Zurich, Switzerland.
(5) Identify five cultural problems you and your team might encounter and provide solutions for all the five cultural problems.
(6) Use five real life examples (this mean identifying five verifiable real person /real organization/real situation).
(7) Remember you are the team leader and you are based in US.