Intercultural Communication
Intercultural Communication
March 17, 2014
MGMT 316
Colorado Technical University-Online
Instructor Alan Witty
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss and explain the hurdles that you come in contact with when deal with business ventures involving people from multiple countries. The communication can be difficult to understand and it is important to clarify and make it as easy as possible for everyone involved. Helping those of other countries meld and minle with one another can be difficult but once done, can produce a very effective, efficient and respectful business venture.
Part 1 When involved with a multicultural business transaction, it can be difficult to communicate not just with the words we use, but also our body language and cultural awareness can pose potential problems as well (Chaney & Martin, 2014). Understanding the other party’s culture to an extent can help a great amount. It shows respect and can allow for more effective business communication moving forward. Unfortunately, it is hard to know everything about every culture. So how do we do it and how can we create a comfortable environment for those coming to discuss our upcoming business ventures in China, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, and Israel? Using some of these suggestions can help us to understand how to communicate better and be involved in the process of providing a conducive environment to business negotiations. With everyone here at the meeting, they all seem to be mingling with only their respective cultures. In other words they are only communicating with those that are on their team from their country because they consider their ways to be the correct ways and have a hard time accepting other ways of doing things. This is a cultural phenomenon that happens and is called ethnocentrism. “Ethnocentrism is the belief that your own cultural background, including ways of analyzing problems, values, beliefs, language, and verbal and nonverbal communication,
March 17, 2014
MGMT 316
Colorado Technical University-Online
Instructor Alan Witty
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to discuss and explain the hurdles that you come in contact with when deal with business ventures involving people from multiple countries. The communication can be difficult to understand and it is important to clarify and make it as easy as possible for everyone involved. Helping those of other countries meld and minle with one another can be difficult but once done, can produce a very effective, efficient and respectful business venture.
Part 1 When involved with a multicultural business transaction, it can be difficult to communicate not just with the words we use, but also our body language and cultural awareness can pose potential problems as well (Chaney & Martin, 2014). Understanding the other party’s culture to an extent can help a great amount. It shows respect and can allow for more effective business communication moving forward. Unfortunately, it is hard to know everything about every culture. So how do we do it and how can we create a comfortable environment for those coming to discuss our upcoming business ventures in China, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, and Israel? Using some of these suggestions can help us to understand how to communicate better and be involved in the process of providing a conducive environment to business negotiations. With everyone here at the meeting, they all seem to be mingling with only their respective cultures. In other words they are only communicating with those that are on their team from their country because they consider their ways to be the correct ways and have a hard time accepting other ways of doing things. This is a cultural phenomenon that happens and is called ethnocentrism. “Ethnocentrism is the belief that your own cultural background, including ways of analyzing problems, values, beliefs, language, and verbal and nonverbal communication,