Scenario - The Sandman Group The Sandman Group is a multinational pharmaceutical business, which provides needed medications to a variety of foreign markets around the globe. It has recently acquired a new customer that is based in Saudi Arabia. This area of the world is new to the company. Sandman plans to send ten representatives and managers to the Saudi region to better serve this new client's needs. The company feels confident in its products and its people and believes strongly they will be able to accommodate the needs of this client.The Sandman Group is determined to be successful in its business dealings with its newest Saudi customer. It has been working diligently with the ten representatives and managers it plans to send into the region. Sandman wants each one to be well versed in the culture of the region before they depart on their assignment. Which one of the following would not be of high concern for those individuals to learn before leaving the United States?

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Scenario - The Sandman Group The Sandman Group is a multinational pharmaceutical business, which provides needed medications to a variety of foreign markets around the globe.  It has recently acquired a new customer that is based in Saudi Arabia.  This area of the world is new to the company.  Sandman plans to send ten representatives and managers to the Saudi region to better serve this new client's needs.  The company feels confident in its products and its people and believes strongly they will be able to accommodate the needs of this client.The Sandman Group is determined to be successful in its business dealings with its newest Saudi customer.  It has been working diligently with the ten representatives and managers it plans to send into the region.  Sandman wants each one to be well versed in the culture of the region before they depart on their assignment.  Which one of the following would not be of high concern for those individuals to learn before leaving the United States?

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While it is important to be knowledgeable about the financial infrastructure of the region, this is not something that would be a top concern for the representatives and managers to learn before leaving the United States. More pertinent issues would be effective communication skills, understanding nonverbal language, knowledge of the value system, and ensuring that food is prepared in a halal way in order to show respect for the local culture and avoid unintentionally offending their new Saudi customer.

Scenario - the Sandman Group the Sandman Group Is a Multinational