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Communicating Across Cultures

   

Added on  2020-03-07

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Running head: COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURESCommunicating Across CulturesName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
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1COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURESExecutive Summary This report details the communication across the cultures within a global context. Thecultural beliefs and values of any individual also help in determining their style ofcommunication. Communications strategies could change according to the culturaldifferences as well. This report includes detail information regarding the cultural diversityand how communication strategies are impacted by those. In addition to that, the report alsoprovides detailed information regarding working across the cultures and the organizationalbehavior. It also discusses the interpersonal communication and the necessary skills for crosscultural communication.
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2COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURESTable of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................3Diversity and Communication in Business................................................................................4Work, Cultures and Organizational Behavior............................................................................7Intercultural communication......................................................................................................9Skills for Working Abroad.......................................................................................................10Conclusion................................................................................................................................12Reference list............................................................................................................................13
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3COMMUNICATING ACROSS CULTURESIntroductionAny culture is a set of assumptions which influences the individual in shaping theirperceptions of the entire world. Within the workplace, any activity is considered by variousmeasures such as the time spend by the employees, how efficiently and effectively the workhas been carried out, the individual job satisfaction and several others (Thill and Bovée2013). It can be indicated that, for carrying out all these measures, communication is the mostsignificant tool or the activity, especially in the contemporary service based organizations.According to Atkinson (2017) in such a world full of team oriented organizations, forcompeting with the other contemporary organizations, any company requires to preserve theexpertise, creativity of their existing employees through interpersonal communication. Therehave been considerable evidences of both the organizational effectiveness and individualsuccess within the organizations which were closely related to the communicatingcapabilities of the employees. The results of recent surveys also support this claim saying thatthe communication capabilities help the individuals for attaining their preferred socialoutcomes. As stated by Valero-Garces (2014), within the small organizations, themanagement tends to control their employees and give them directions in a person orientedmethod while they adjust their orders and individual feedback proficiently for each of theemployees. Therefore it can be said that, within the organization, the communication can alsobe described as ‘collective and interactive process of generating and interpreting messages’.It is essential to have effective workplace communication to coordinate the workplaceactivities along with for coordinating the fundamental activities within the organization aswell. However, over the years, the communication within the workplace has been changedgradually. Initially there have been language barriers for the minority groups and the peoplewho are not familiar with the mostly spoken language. However, over the years, the global
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