exercise 9

Outsourced Reflection - #9

Outsouced is a very good film for showing the differences in cultures. 

1.      Using the “W” Curve, write a reflection about Todd’s visit to India.

2.      The American and Indian Cultural Dimensions are very different.

3.      Give examples from the movie of Hofstede’s  Power Distance (High v Low) and Individualism v Collectivism

4.      Write at least 150 – 200 hundred words.

5.      Give examples of each of the mainpoints of the W-curve. Example: when Todd arrives in India..

cTodd experienced culture shock when he went to a new and different country . At first he was alright but as soon as he reached India he was culture shocked. First when his boss told him that he is leaving to india he was alright with it ,but when he saw India he was so culture shocked because he saw cows on the street and he saw people urinating on the street in front of people. Also, when he saw the street he felt so uncomfortable. Also, he felt uncomfortable when he saw the place they gonna work in and when he saw a cow in the place . In addition , he was shocked when he saw the indian employees different accent and when he they call thing in different name for example; when he knew that they call and eraser a rubber , which means in American a condom. After the holy festival he learned a bit about India and he started adapting the culture and he started learning a bit about India. Then after making his employees comfortable in there office , befriended them ,started dating with Asha ,and understanding them the indian culture  the MPI dropped to lower than six . More over, after adjusting to the place and dropping the MPI to lower than six his boss came to him and told him that he's gonna move him to china and he feld so bad after all the hard work . Then he didn't take the job and gave it to his friend Puuro . Then even though after moving to his country he felt again culture shock and he still got used to Indian culture. For example, he got used to wash himself by water in the bathroom rather than using toilet paper , putting a lot of sugar in the tea ,calling his mom ,and drinking by his right hand.