Imperatives of Intercultural communication

Running Head: REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 0
Working across cultures
Student Details
9/4/2019

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Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................... 2
Working across culture................................................................................................. 3
Imperatives of Intercultural communication....................................................................3
The nature of intercultural Communication........................................................................4
Major aspects of communication..................................................................................4
Contrasting cultural values............................................................................................ 5
Cultural shock............................................................................................................ 6
Stages of Cultural Shock............................................................................................ 6
Language and written communication pattern.....................................................................8
Oral and nonverbal communication.................................................................................. 8
Conclusion................................................................................................................ 9
Reference List.......................................................................................................... 10

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Introduction
The aim of the journal is to understand the different phases of learning curve in this
course. The major objectives of this journal are to analyze Intercultural communication
through different approaches. When I decided to pursue this program my aim was clear to
learn management skills and open different opportunities in my career. Although I personally
feel that this subject has personally helped me in growing and make decisions which can help
me in becoming a better decision-maker as culture understanding helps in making growth in
personal as well as professional development.
The culture plays a huge role in defining the communication between two people and
the major elements are body language, tone, and soft skills which differ from culture to
culture (Alleyne, 2016). In this report, I have discussed various element and models to
understand the various elements in Intercultural communication.

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Working across culture
Culture can be defined as arts and manifestations of human intelligence into the
practices which define human behavior and values (Annan-Prah, 2015). In history, the
human societies were distinguished on the basis of their kind of art dance ritual music
cooking style and clothing as well as shelter. With time and technology the cultures of human
have evolved but still they are distinguished on basis of the rituals, habits, and practices of the
particular community (Wroblewski, 2017). To understand how culture are observed and
implemented in organization.
To understand the intercultural approach, the various imperatives are discussed in the
session I personally have tried to understand the importance of different imperatives with
changing organization perspectives.
Imperatives of Intercultural communication
The major imperatives are named into six major imperatives:
 Self-awareness Imperative
As I come to understand how I fit or operate in the greater world and realize things
about my personal ways of making sense and interpreting the world. For example, I always
feel that females are more expressive than males. This has made me having more female
friends than male friends as it is easy to understand and express the intent of the
communication without any confusion and misunderstanding.
 Demographic Imperative
Changing domestic and international migration in different countries as well as birth
rates and patterns of inter-marriage—raising questions of status, class and religious gender-
related diversity, related customs and patterns, tradition, etc.
 Technological Imperative
With the increased use of communication technology also raises questions about
identity and access to these technologies, as well as making increasing amounts of
information about an increasing amount of topics and peoples available to everyone with
technological access.
 Economic Imperative