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Case summary The road to hell describe the two characters with have a different backgrounds, point of view, personalities and different culture between european and barracania to work together. John Baker is a chief engineer aged 45 years old and has served the Caribbean Bauxite co. british for 23 years meanwhile Matthew Rennalls was aged 40 years old and a talented engineer. Matthew Rendall regarded as someone who has a lot of experience and are knowledgeable about the affairs of the job and know how to react against with his environment it because he has a lot of experience working in a foreign country and know how to adapt the difference environment. Aware about the Matthew Rennalls expertise makes John Baker offered Matthew Renalls as the chief engeneering position. but the last meeting between them ended with disaster. Mathew Rennall decided to reject the offer and decided to resign. That Mathew Rennall's resignation makes John Baker surprised because with Matthew Rennall absence will greatly affect the organization. Matthew Rennalls is a young engineer who is very patriotic, high education, and have a sensitivity to issues of political and cultural, and John Baker knows Mathew Rennall's view on issues of culture, politics and race but still ignore that all and that causing Rennalls Matthew unsatisfied. John Baker has unconsciously offend Mathew Rennalls with highlighting issues of racism and this result makes Mathew Rennall decided to resign. This situation shows with not alert of differences in culture and background of diversity will cause

huge misunderstandings and conflict. John Baker's big mistake when making the comparison between Barracannians experience to the european experience makes Matthew rennall resign, though John Baker did not feel guilty with his speech. John Baker unconsciously offend rennall Mathew feeling, and all this is due to miscommunication between them and causing Mathew Rennalls lost his the best worker.