Intercultural Competence in Business

INTERCULTURAL
COMPETENCE IN
BUSINESS MAR013-1

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Cross-culture problem..................................................................................................................3
Intercultural theories....................................................................................................................5
Advice to Stefan...........................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Intercultural competence can be defined as range of competence which allows effective
functioning in multi or some intercultural environment. It also facilities for understanding of
people from various other cultures, satisfying relationship, building lasting and managing some
efficient operations. Intercultural skills perform their better in managing workforce, interacting,
marketing products with customer and other business partner. Effective communication that
could also lead to have across culture boundaries is being more important for international
changes. The aim of the report to explain about the cross culture and intercultural at workplace.
Furthermore, suggestion and advice for solving the issue at workplace with having some relevant
theories.
MAIN BODY
Stefan Philips is manager at US airline and transferred to Saudi Arabia for setting up new
office. But when he set up the new office he come to know that local employee are not much
capable for working with them at same place. The wrong things was Stefan that he need to make
their business more developed at that place where does he live and make their employee for
working with more efficiency. While in working at some other place that could also lead them in
working for more patience and gain the culture from other work place as Stefan working at
present area.
Cross-culture problem
Cross cultural communication means communication between people who have
differences in any one of the following styles such as age, working condition, gender, working
styles etc. As per case study of Stefan facing issues in working condition of employee that could
be harder for understand various type of what Arab countries acquired. Cross culture also seems
in the attempts which are made to exchange and mediate the culture difference by means of body
language and so on. It how people belonging to different culture communicates with each other
at their working place (Cheng, 2020). This communication also feels of trust and enables
operation, and they have their focus on providing the right response rather than providing the
right messages. It means that when two people work with different culture they not only have
different cuture backgrounds but also have heir system of turn and taking more about the various