Intercultural competence

Diversity Leadership In my experience, being a diversity conscious leader is important to professional and organizational success as diversity is really about empowering people. Diversity tends to rely on capitalizing ones strengths and utilizing them to their full potential. To be a diversity conscious leader you have to understand the basics of diversity consciousness and what a diversity conscious leader is. A diversity conscious leader is and exhibits values, confidence, flexibility, and…

The first time I saw the video of Dr. Harlow 's monkey studies (Harlow, 1958) in Developmental Psychology class, I couldn’t help but burst into tears. It occurred to me that for children, mothers are not just food providers, but also protectors and encouragers. Then I started to consider the influence of mother-child emotional bond on children’s psychological well-being. While the monkey mother and children in Harlow’s study established a positive bond between each other, this is not always the…

Peer leaders, or mentors, in higher education was chosen by the author due to past experience working with the first-year students. The author has served as a Peer Mentor for two years, a Peer Academic Advisor in Residence in a hall with multiple living learning communities, and an Resident Assistant working in an “Exploring” Living-Learning Community. Working closely with first-year students over the course of three years has allowed the author to see the benefits of having peer mentors aiding…

Intercultural business communications EMUNI University International business and company strategy Culture and Global Marketing: Culture is the way that we do things. Culture could relate to a country, a community, or an organization and it includes all that we have learned in relation to values and norms, customs and traditions, beliefs and religions. Also, we…

week’s assignment the thing that I found the most interesting was learning about the history of race. I am a history buff and love learning about it, which is why I received my bachelor’s in History. The things I focused on the most from this week’s assignment was the history of race that we study on the PBS website, I did some further research into and found some interesting articles to further my knowledge. I believe there is so much that plays a role in race, from the first thought of race to…

I love reading novels that show dynamic characters’ grow through obstacles and triumphs through support from others to become well-rounded individuals. I love these types of novels because they relate to my experiences in life. My family moved to the United States when I was two-years-old. Being a child whose parents spent most of their lives in Haiti, I watched them struggle to survive in the society of the United States. Observing my parents struggle when I was child created a drive to quickly…

Another translation scholar, Peter Newmark, defines culture as “the way of life and its manifestationsthat are peculiar to a community that uses a particular language as its means of expression” (1988:94). Consequently, each community has its own particular cultural patterns. The translator’s role becomes clearly a transcultural mediator between communities. Newmark sustains (1988:95) that language is not a component of culture, whereas Hans Vermeer remarks (2000:222) that language is part of a…

With the development of society and technology, more and more students around the world are able to study abroad. As a result, the students who come from different countries can bring different cultures together and then the educational institutions should take advantage of them. But there are different cultures which can bring some mistakes or problems to education, and they can’t fix these problems by themselves. So that it can be a good problem for us to talk about. The cultural diversity…

Through this class I have learned so much more than excepted not only about the world but about my thoughts as well. I have come to develop my own ways of thinking. Before taking this class I would commonly just listen to the media and take their side on everything. Now I have learned to look at issues from my own perspective. This means conducting my own research and developing my own thoughts on the matter. Along with learning this I have grown extensive knowledge of social issues that I can…

moral and spiritual” development will help nurture a sense of identity, belonging and self-esteem (Lovat, Clement, Dally & Toomey, 2010, p. 726). This is recognised within the Australian Curriculum, with capabilities promoting personal and social competence (ACARA, 2016). Brain research similarly supports cognizance as interconnected with emotions, with strong student-teacher relationships positively correlated with increased motivation for learning (Bagdi & Vacca, 2005). Thus, an in-depth…