Assignment:
You are attending a sexual harassment training seminar for local managers in your company’s branch office in a Middle Eastern, predominately Muslim, country. You were flown over with the trainers to observe their techniques and become familiar with the training materials because you, as a new human resource staff member, would be expected to give this course. The course has been a success for managers in the United States. The same materials have been perfected and are being used in the United States. The instructors call on local Muslim managers (men and women) to role play and openly share stories about sexual harassment that involved them or that they had heard about. Near the end of the half-day session, several of the host country employees uncharacteristically walk out. The trainers are dazed and become upset.
Q1. What do you think went wrong?
Q2. What would you do in this case if you were one of the trainers?
Q3. Read the epilogue following, then return and answer this question: “Assume the trainers have been briefed on the research you just read. Who should do what, if anything, with the Muslim managers after this cultural mishap? Why?”
Your answer must be typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format and also include references.