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Intercultural Communication is the process of sending and receiving messages between people whose cultural backgrounds could lead them to interpret verbal and nonverbal signs differently.
Effective intercultural communication Opens up business opportunities round the world. It improves the contributions of employees in a diverse workforce.
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Treat people the way they expect to be treated, not the way you expect to be treated.
The diversity of todays workforce brings distinct advantages to businesses: 1. 2. A broader range of views and ideas A better understanding of diverse, fragmented markets 3. A broader pool of talent from which to recruit.
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Recognize the changing environment Adapt to the environment without compromising principles
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Topical:
Culture consists of everything on a list of topics, or categories, such as social organization, religion, or economy Culture is social heritage, or tradition, that is passed on to future generations Culture is shared, learned human behavior, a way of life Culture is ideals, values, or rules for living Culture is the way humans solve problems of adapting to the environment or living together Culture is a complex of ideas, or learned habits, that inhibit impulses and distinguish people from animals Culture consists of patterned and interrelated ideas, symbols, or behaviors Culture is based on arbitrarily assigned meanings that are shared by a society
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Structural: Symbolic:
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Principles
1. Culture is learned: Culture is transmitted through the process of learning and interacting with ones environment, rather through the genetic process. 2. Culture influences biological processes 3. Culture universals 4. Culture changes
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2 trends that have made intercultural business communication so important: A) Market globalization, that allows people from different cultures to interpret their verbal and non verbal signals . B) Advances in technology help companies cross national boundaries. Sheraton hotels Hawaii.
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ROADBLOCKS
Classification of barriers: Intrapersonal Interpersonal Organizational Roadblocks 1. Differences in perspective 2. Differences in knowledge levels 3. Lack of common language 4. Tendency to stereotype and jump to conclusions. 5. Strong emotions 6. Self centeredness
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7. Ethnocentrism: greatest single obstacle to understand culture. Literally means culture centered.
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Some pointers to good word usage Be positive Dictionary and Thesaurus A wide choice Who is your audience Social setting Jargon New words Sentence construction Understand word structure Enjoy the language
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Characteristics of culture
Culture guides individual and collective behavior. It influences: The decision making The style of management Relations and behavior patterns Cultures are integrated wholes: cultures are coherent and logical systems, the parts of which to a degree are interrelated.
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Language mirrors values Successful corporate culture manages to: integrate symbols (such as a corporate logo), legends (stories about past successes and failures), heroes (influential managers from the past) and shared experiences (such as working together on successful projects).
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Cross-cultural Values
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Freedom Independence SelfSelf-reliance Equality Individualism Competition Efficiency Time Directness Openness
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Belonging Group harmony Collectiveness Age/seniority Group consciousness Cooperation Quality Patience Indirectness GoGo-between
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Social Differences
Formal rules of etiquette are explicit and well defined but informal rules are learned through observation and imitation e.g. table manners. Attitude Towards Materialism People from US emphasize hard work, material success and efficiency more than many people in other countries do.
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