Business Life & Skills, Ethnic & Race Relations, Anthropology, Media & Communications, Human Resources
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Overview
Communicating across Cultures is a vocational guide that offers us the skills to recognize, understand, and overcome communication difficulties among cultures, whether they are based on nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, education, social class, and level of (dis)-ability on a daily basis. The author's theoretical and practical discussions, enhanced with many figures and examples, help us to recognize the various values, attitudes, expectations, concerns, and pattern behaviors that we all encounter in the workplace. Communicating across Cultures is an essential tool in any personnel training program.Editorials
Booknews
Though its orientation is British (Guirdham is affiliated with Westminster U., UK, formerly as head of the School of Business), this guide can nevertheless be useful for an American audience, in particular for managers and professionals who need to communicate well in this era of business globalization and increasing diversity in the workforce. Coverage includes how cultures differ, universals versus cultural specifics in communication, barriers to communicating across cultures, intercultural communication theories, and skills for working with diversity and for working abroad. The appendix contains extracts from the USA State Department's Human Rights Reports 1996 regarding discrimination policies and practices in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. Ichor is an imprint of Purdue U. Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
September 1, 1999
Publisher
West Lafayette, Ind. : Ichor Business Books, 1999.
Pages
316
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781557531667