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training in the delivery field. The average age of the all-male
group is 39.
The effectiveness of the person in this new lead position is of
utmost importance for GDD’s future. GDD is also aware that
certain cultural differences will make developing the division
harder than usual. GDD needs a candidate who will know how to
work with the Yemen employees and at the same time has some
knowledge of the customs and language of the country. After
carefully reviewing résumés, the board selected six candidates for
the first round of interviews, after which the list of finalists was
narrowed to two. Both candidates seem to have the intellect and
experience to handle the job. One candidate is female and the
other male. The male candidate is 34 while the female is 36. Both
candidates are attractive and single.
Before the second-round interview, Rockfish has decided to ask
you to devise a set of questions that will help elicit information as
to how familiar the candidates are with handling the cultural
diversity issues the job will present.
In addition to using the course reading for the week you may want
to research some of the cultural bias issues unique to the Yemen
culture (Hint: consider women in the Arab workplace).