| COURSE DESCRIPTION: |
The focus of this seminar is to promote cultural awareness, of one’s own culture
and others, and then develop an understanding of how culture impacts
communication. Tools will be provided for predicting and adapting communication
styles to ameliorate cultural misunderstandings, as well as knowledge of how to
interpret communication from a foreign source.
This knowledge assists companies in
developing and managing fluid multinational teams and using culture to gain a
competitive edge when doing business internationally.
Lectures, case studies, simulation
exercises and facilitated discussion will be used to advance knowledge in the
areas of: cultural components of communication, barriers to cross-cultural
communication, communication models in theory and practice and developing
cultural competency.
The seminar will culminate in a
presentation where each participant has the opportunity to prove their
comprehension of the course material and demonstrate how they might apply this
knowledge in a management environment.
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