Question: where is this building? |
Inter-cultural
consultancy, training, facilitation, blended learning
and coaching in support of teams working in cultural
settings are still young disciplines. Having its
roots in the early 1950s, both with the US Peace
Corps and later in the 1970s/80s with the work of
a number of US and European psychologists, researchers
and academics, who set about developing a framework
to understand and define cultural differences, much
progress has been made in developing a socio-anthropological
work in progress, into a significant factor to management
development |
| Not
surprisingly the last few years the discipline of
intercultural management and leadership has expanded
in line with global economic expansion and the ever
present push to develop competitive success in new
and complex markets |
| With
this have come many questions - here are some we
are frequently asked ... |
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| General
Questions |
| 1 |
What
is your definition of 'culture'? |
| 2 |
Why
are cultural differences relevant? |
| 3 |
What
is the difference between cross-cultural and intercultural
communication? |
| 4 |
What
does Trans-cultural Communication Competence (TCC) mean
and why is it important? |
| 5 |
I
have heard a lot about 'cultural dimensions', what are
they and what do they mean? |
| 6 |
How
do you introduce other cultures without stereotyping them?
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| 7 |
What
is the role of culture in management and leadership techniques
and how do you accommodate this concept in your training? |
| 8 |
Are
cultural differences really that important as part of
an M&A strategy? |
| 9 |
I
know about national culture, but what do you mean by organizational
culture? |
| 10 |
What are the key differences
between competences for leadership in our own country
and internationally? |
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| Questions
about 2Cinternational |
| 11 |
There seems to be much
new jargon in this relatively new field of intercultural
communication. How would you make the training more participant-friendly,
especially that the training and its content might be
a whole new concept for some of our employees? |
| 12 |
How can 2Cinternational
help in post merger integration? |
| 13 |
What makes 2Cinternational
different from other organizational or development consultancies? |
| 14 |
There really
isn't enough time for this sort of training is there?
We are just too busy right now. How can we justify it? |
| 15 |
We've been working in international
markets for years, how can you bring anything that we
don't already know? |
| 16 |
What can you do to make
the process of change for off-shore teams easier? |
| 17 |
How can you ensure that
the training delivered has been worthwhile? |
| 18 |
How can cultural training
improve the company's performance? |
| A |
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in Kualalumpur |
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| ANSWERS are UNDER CONSTRUCTION |
