Business Communications in Peru
Paper details:
Individually, you will select a country to research (other than the United States and different from your
classmates). In your research you should focus on the Business Communication topics addressed in the Bovee
and Thill textbook (see Chapter 3). You should include an overview of how business communication is handled
in that country, as well as a comparison of your selected country and the United States. Include items that might
be barriers to effective communication and mention how those barriers might be addressed (see Chapter 3 for
possible topics i.e. social differences, legal and ethical differences, contextual differences, nonverbal
differences, religion differences, age differences, gender differences, culture differences, etc.). Submit a formal
business report (as covered in the text – chapters 13-17) that is at least 5 pages of “content.” *Note: the Title
Page, Reference Page, Memorandum, and Executive Summary summarizing your research are in addition to the
actual report and are not part of the 5-page min. Also, only the min. will receive a min. grade. All items must be
in the same document (see the example in the text as it should look similar). This is NOT a history of the
country, but should focus on business communication in the selected country and compared to that of the U.S.
Make sure you cite your sources both within the paper and on a Reference page (utilizing APA format) and be
sure to use headings (both first and second level) for the report. This report should be professional in
appearance i.e. use color, bolding, different fonts, graphics, etc. In other words, the report design will look more
like the example in the text, not an APA formatted paper…be creative and think professional! For help with
topics, go back to Chapter 3 in the text. There are a number of intercultural differences mentioned for analysis/
comparison. *Order of items: 1) Title Page, 2) Memorandum, 3) Executive Summary, 4) Report (with
conclusion and recommendations, and 5) References.
Use pages 439-452 as a guide, prepared in Word, with a professionally formatted Title Page, Memorandum,
Executive Summary, and Reference Page. Since this report is brief, a Contents Page is not necessary. Single
space the memo and executive summary, however, I do ask that you please double space the report to make it
easier for me to read. This will also help with the min. page requirement as well. Be sure to use headings and
include at least one graph, table, diagram, or chart (showing info. such as a graph showing how the
country compares to others) in the report. You may include pictures and other visuals, but these will not
satisfy requirement; however, they will help enhance the professional appearance. Please use APA formatting
for citing references, both in-text and on the Reference page, but the rest of the report is not constricted by APA
format. In other words, be creative in the design of the report. Be sure to make the title page professional
looking. *Note: the business report shown in the text differs from that of proper APA formatting, so just keep
this in mind and do not let this confuse you. Just follow the report format in the text, but be sure to cite any intext citations and include the full references on the Reference Page, utilizing proper APA format. You should
cite/reference the text somewhere in the report and have a min. of (3) additional references cited/referenced, for
a total of 4 min.
• In text citation format examples in APA:
• Direct quotes – “Business communication is essential” (Bovee & Thill, 2021, p. 123).
• Paraphrasing – Business communication is important (Bovee & Thill, 2021).
classmates). In your research you should focus on the Business Communication topics addressed in the Bovee
and Thill textbook (see Chapter 3). You should include an overview of how business communication is handled
in that country, as well as a comparison of your selected country and the United States. Include items that might
be barriers to effective communication and mention how those barriers might be addressed (see Chapter 3 for
possible topics i.e. social differences, legal and ethical differences, contextual differences, nonverbal
differences, religion differences, age differences, gender differences, culture differences, etc.). Submit a formal
business report (as covered in the text – chapters 13-17) that is at least 5 pages of “content.” *Note: the Title
Page, Reference Page, Memorandum, and Executive Summary summarizing your research are in addition to the
actual report and are not part of the 5-page min. Also, only the min. will receive a min. grade. All items must be
in the same document (see the example in the text as it should look similar). This is NOT a history of the
country, but should focus on business communication in the selected country and compared to that of the U.S.
Make sure you cite your sources both within the paper and on a Reference page (utilizing APA format) and be
sure to use headings (both first and second level) for the report. This report should be professional in
appearance i.e. use color, bolding, different fonts, graphics, etc. In other words, the report design will look more
like the example in the text, not an APA formatted paper…be creative and think professional! For help with
topics, go back to Chapter 3 in the text. There are a number of intercultural differences mentioned for analysis/
comparison. *Order of items: 1) Title Page, 2) Memorandum, 3) Executive Summary, 4) Report (with
conclusion and recommendations, and 5) References.
Use pages 439-452 as a guide, prepared in Word, with a professionally formatted Title Page, Memorandum,
Executive Summary, and Reference Page. Since this report is brief, a Contents Page is not necessary. Single
space the memo and executive summary, however, I do ask that you please double space the report to make it
easier for me to read. This will also help with the min. page requirement as well. Be sure to use headings and
include at least one graph, table, diagram, or chart (showing info. such as a graph showing how the
country compares to others) in the report. You may include pictures and other visuals, but these will not
satisfy requirement; however, they will help enhance the professional appearance. Please use APA formatting
for citing references, both in-text and on the Reference page, but the rest of the report is not constricted by APA
format. In other words, be creative in the design of the report. Be sure to make the title page professional
looking. *Note: the business report shown in the text differs from that of proper APA formatting, so just keep
this in mind and do not let this confuse you. Just follow the report format in the text, but be sure to cite any intext citations and include the full references on the Reference Page, utilizing proper APA format. You should
cite/reference the text somewhere in the report and have a min. of (3) additional references cited/referenced, for
a total of 4 min.
• In text citation format examples in APA:
• Direct quotes – “Business communication is essential” (Bovee & Thill, 2021, p. 123).
• Paraphrasing – Business communication is important (Bovee & Thill, 2021).
