Communication in its cultural context

Communication in its cultural context

This course aims to provide insight into the role of culture in international project/programme purpose. Learners first acquire a theoretical foundation for understanding the powerful but often misunderstood forces that drive a culture’s orientation to individualism, human relations, communication, time, action and environment. The course then offers practical guidance for international project/programme purpose etiquette, communication and negotiation and explores the challenges women face in a global setting. The cultural specificities for doing project/programme purpose in the United States, the European Union, Japan and China are analyzed in supplementary case studies. Finally, learners are given suggestions for avoiding pitfalls such as ethnocentrism and for leveraging improved awareness of foreign cultures into greater success international project/programme purpose.

Communication and Global Cultures - Communication in its cultural context

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Modules:

1. Introduction: Defining Culture in the Context of International project/programme purpose

2. Cultural Orientations and project/programme purpose Behavior: Individualism

3. Cultural Orientations and project/programme purpose Behavior: Human Relations

4. Cultural Orientations and project/programme purpose Behavior: Communication

5. Cultural Orientations and project/programme purpose Behavior: Use of Time

6. Cultural Orientations and project/programme purpose Behavior: Action and Space

7. International project/programme purpose Etiquette

8. Cross-Cultural project/programme purpose Communication

9. Cross-Cultural Negotiation and Deal-Making

10. Women in International project/programme purpose

12. Case Study: Doing project/programme purpose in the European Union

14. Case Study: Doing project/programme purpose in the United States of America

15. Troubleshooting and Review