Posts Tagged ‘cultural’

How to Prevent Most Cross Cultural Miscommunication

Miscommunication between people happens all the time, especially when one of the parties is using a second language. We often end up hearing miscommunication stories in the form of a joke: “You wouldn’t believe what happened to me…” But we don’t always hear all of the stories, especially we cause the miscommunication with international clients. [...]

Managing Diversity Through Cultural Intelligence

Mike Vizard, Editorial Director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise makes a poignant remark about the importance of diversity in the IT department in his blog “Diversity in IT Has Become a Business Imperative”. I agree with his view that “the great issue of the day in technology is not the technology but rather the people within the [...]

Understanding Intercultural Communication

Intercultural communication takes place whenever two people of different culture communicate and their cultural differences influences the communication process. Culture and communication are inseparable as they are acquired simultaneously. Thus intercultural communication requires greater levels of communication skills. Approaches to the Study of Intercultural Communication There ar