According to Ruth Stanat, author of Global Bold, more than 40 percent of companies that try to go international fail. The glaring reason for failure in the global market is cultural differences, misunderstandings, and insensitivity's. This series begins with an overview of cultural divides. The first course, Managing Cultural Divides, focuses on the need for cultural learning, trends in the global economy, challenges in global communication and negotiation, and combining the best of both worlds to create synergy. The second course in the series, Around the World in Eighty Cultures, focuses on the big cultural picture. You'll examine a variety of cultures in a broad sweep. You'll better understand what to expect from different peoples of the world, what they expect from you, and how to interact for effective interchanges. The series also provides you with four courses that divide the world into regions. These courses discuss cultural similarities along with targeting specific countries in the world market place.