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Diversity And Inclusion In International Communications: Applications For Today’S Work World, Kimberley Barker Phd, Redhwan Al-Muntaser, Emily J. Boerman, Joshua Burd, Scott Burns, Stephanie Coleman, Christine R. Day, Ciara Grantham, Paul Katokwe, Heidi Philipsen-Meissner
Diversity And Inclusion In International Communications: Applications For Today’S Work World, Kimberley Barker Phd, Redhwan Al-Muntaser, Emily J. Boerman, Joshua Burd, Scott Burns, Stephanie Coleman, Christine R. Day, Ciara Grantham, Paul Katokwe, Heidi Philipsen-Meissner
Global Advances in Business Communication
Verna Myers (2016) advocated that “Diversity is being invited to the party, but inclusion is being asked to dance.” Cultural competence demands a strategic understanding of the importance of harnessing the power of diversity and inclusion in every action in organizations, communities, and nations throughout the world. Today’s work world cannot undervalue the importance of having diverse and inclusive representation in all areas of the organization, especially including international communication. By creating an environment that continually asks questions, values and embraces diversity - then collaborates and reconciles potential solutions to create positive outcomes - creates an inclusive environment in which …
Yappari, As I Thought: Listener Talk In Japanese Communication, Haru Yamada
Yappari, As I Thought: Listener Talk In Japanese Communication, Haru Yamada
Global Advances in Business Communication
Listener Talk, typical of Japanese communication, places the listener at the center of interaction. Listener Talk differs from many western styles of communication where the onus of the explicit form of communication Victor (1992) calls the Direct Plan is on the speaker. Listener Talk finds its roots in the others-centered focus of Buddhist and Taoist traditions and the values the communicators place on silence and implicit talk.
Drawing on data from both intracultural and cross-cultural bank meetings, I bring to fore a strategy I examined in my book, Different Games, Different Rules (1997), and two additional strategies for Listener Talk …
A Postmodern International Business Communication Model In Three-Dimensions, Jane Thompson Johansen
A Postmodern International Business Communication Model In Three-Dimensions, Jane Thompson Johansen
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Representational models of communication behavior have been created in the United States to describe specific communication problems since the early 1940’s when communication science was recognized as a separate social science. The three-dimensional model presented here describes the intricacies of 21st century international business communication. Its creation rests on three requirements demanded by current communication speed and technical communication capabilities. First, the model treats culture as a characteristic of communicators. Second, it discusses the dynamism or changes in communicators and the message itself. Third, it also describes the education of international communicators as they recontextualize their cultures to match each …