Indeed, when public policy is deemed to be culturally insensitive or discriminatory, it is often met with widespread anger and roadblocks to eventual implementation. Understanding the nuances of cross-cultural relationships between the public sector and its citizens will help prevent problems like this. Problems of this type are also often experienced in the private sector, as firms attempt to build lasting cross-cultural relationships. In the private sector, however, the value of these relationships has made training for them an important goal. With my knowledge of organizational behavior, financial management, human resources management, communication, ethics, and cross cultural leadership, and its application to the private sector, I hope to expand my research into the private sector, investigating how prepared the private sector is to deal with these types of cross-cultural relationships and how the private sector can increase its preparedness.

Thus, my desire to enter the...

With a Bachelor of Business Administration and Marketing from the Arab Academy for Science & Technology in Alexandria, Egypt and a Master of Business Administration and Organizational leadership from Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, I am ready to expand my interest in international relations, cross-cultural relationships, and private business strategies to the public sector. Further, my practical experience in the British International Studies Association, American Management Association, and having served as an investment officer and buyer for international companies Citibank and Toys R' Us gives me a unique perspective from which to approach this problem. Thus, with a unique interest in business and international relations, as well as a great deal of experience in academia and the private sector, I am the perfect candidate for this university's doctoral program.