Intercultural competence

The benefits of multilingual language competency have an important influence on different spheres of life on personal, social and professional levels. Knowledge of foreign languages are beneficial every day, either you are communicating with foreign people for personal matters or dealing with professional business at work. Furthermore, multilingualism broadens career perspectives. Nevertheless, the main problem seems to be that people are unable to comprehend these facts, which shows the…

What Does a Liberal Education Mean? There are many differing opinions regarding the definition and value of a liberal education. Cronon (1998) refutes the notion that a liberal education “indoctrinates students in the values of political liberalism.” Olsen (2012) on the other hand, agrees with Rick Santorum’s opinion of colleges enforcing what he calls a “politically correct left doctrine”. Delbanco (2012) also disagrees with the indoctrination concept arguing that all institutions “have a…

outcomes (Grossberg, 1996). If students are trapped in the cultural web, it becomes difficult for them to be open for new ideas and thoughts, which is self-deprecating and dissatisfying to them. Therefore, to achieve a point where there is cultural competence, it is essential to have an understanding of the thought process and cultural dynamics of the…

Communicative leadership in an intercultural context: A case study of Volvo Group. Introduction Today, multinational corporations are looking for managers that are capable of managing a diverse workgroup and that are aware of the unique transnational business climate (Chong, 2014). However, selected managers have a tendency to not complete the international expansion due to difficulty of adapting to the new country (Jones et al., 2014). This proves the need for research on intercultural and…

Media Role in Cultural Education, Acculturation and Diffusion: An Ambivalence of Plausibility and Dysfunctional Trajectories longer shaped as it used to be by people‟s background and their socialization. They hold that factors such as class, gender, and ethnic group, influence people a great deal. In this case the media have taken upper hand, hence people are much freer to choose their own identity and life style from the myriads of what the media give. Accordingly, Baudrillard argues that it…

Introduction The growing diversity in a country poses a constant challenge to health care workers. The hodgepodge of peoples and culture creates a mosaic of cultural dynamics. These cultural dynamics could be a potential source of conflict between the patient and the healthcare providers like physical therapists (PTs), doctors, and nurses. The diversity between the healthcare provider and the patient could impact their decision-making, interaction, relationship, health outcomes and the quality…

(Branson/Martinez 191) This quote from Churches, Cultures and Leadership, by Branson and Martinez, really hits it on the head. The objective world, the subjective world and the social world all play an important part when it comes to effective intercultural communication. Again, this framework is essential when we approach the global church. This also brings to mind the multiplicity of relationships created within a blended family. When my ex-husband remarried, his wife brought her two…

Allison Weist Mandalyn Geddes Eng. 122: Module 5 Assignment December 1, 2014 Becoming More Globally Minded Through Service In order to provide students with successful advancement opportunities past secondary education, educators must first provide them with service opportunities focused on global mindedness during the high school years. Attitudes towards others start in the classroom; it is here that students develop a sense of self and others. The International Baccalaureate Programmes focus…

of the area, that is discussed in chapter two. Here I would like to present the most frequently used process-oriented definition by Jane Knight, (2004), “Internationalization of higher education is the process of integrating international and intercultural dimensions in to the functions of post-secondary education. Since then, number of initiatives and programs undertaken by government, institutions and organizations that facilitate the change in both scope and…

Internationalization of Higher Education (IHE) Knight (1997) defines the internationalization of higher education (IHE) as ‘the process of integrating an international/intercultural dimension into the teaching, research and service functions of the institution. In addition to these, de Wit (2002 adds, ‘international and local elements (intercultural)’. Similarly, Teichler (2004) argues that ‘internationalization’ is generally used to refer to a multitude of similar conditions and of border…