Entrepreneurship
B. Expatriate Interview
The following assignment is to be completed by self-selected groups of two persons (called dyads or pairs). You may choose your partner for this assignment. We specifically designed this assignment to be performed in a pair and only in exceptionally rare cases will we approve other work arrangements (i.e., individual or a three-person group project). If you cannot find a partner and need assistance, please contact your program manager.
Your task is to interview an organization member (profit/non-profit; private/public are all acceptable organisations) who has worked overseas. Their nationality is not important, but it is important that they have lived and worked for a while (at least six months) in a country other than their own. This also includes foreign nationals who are currently working in Singapore. The purpose of the assignment is to provide you with personal exposure to expatriate issues and, more broadly, to the issues facing people who work and live in a culture different than the one they grew in. In preparing the interview and the report, pay attention to the following points:
1) First, identify an expatriate you would like to interview. Decide on a general direction and time needed (a reasonable length would be half an hour to an hour long; you may go longer if they have the time).
2) Establish contact and gain permission for interview. We expect most interviews to be face-to-face. In exceptional cases, we will consider allowing interview in other formats.
3) List the topics that you would want to address. We recommend you read the material on expatriates (Textbook and other sources) before you finalize your topic list.
4) Compose questions to address each of the topics you have chosen. Structure a general interview plan (e.g., the order of questions) before commencing the interview (see sample questions below).
5) At the interview: you may ask your interviewee‘s permission to be recorded—that will help you being
The following assignment is to be completed by self-selected groups of two persons (called dyads or pairs). You may choose your partner for this assignment. We specifically designed this assignment to be performed in a pair and only in exceptionally rare cases will we approve other work arrangements (i.e., individual or a three-person group project). If you cannot find a partner and need assistance, please contact your program manager.
Your task is to interview an organization member (profit/non-profit; private/public are all acceptable organisations) who has worked overseas. Their nationality is not important, but it is important that they have lived and worked for a while (at least six months) in a country other than their own. This also includes foreign nationals who are currently working in Singapore. The purpose of the assignment is to provide you with personal exposure to expatriate issues and, more broadly, to the issues facing people who work and live in a culture different than the one they grew in. In preparing the interview and the report, pay attention to the following points:
1) First, identify an expatriate you would like to interview. Decide on a general direction and time needed (a reasonable length would be half an hour to an hour long; you may go longer if they have the time).
2) Establish contact and gain permission for interview. We expect most interviews to be face-to-face. In exceptional cases, we will consider allowing interview in other formats.
3) List the topics that you would want to address. We recommend you read the material on expatriates (Textbook and other sources) before you finalize your topic list.
4) Compose questions to address each of the topics you have chosen. Structure a general interview plan (e.g., the order of questions) before commencing the interview (see sample questions below).
5) At the interview: you may ask your interviewee‘s permission to be recorded—that will help you being