International cultural competence in international business education : The need to respond
| Autor: | Irina Andreeva-Sussin, Ina Freeman |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Grassiot, Romain, Groupe Sup de Co La Rochelle, CEntre de REcherche en GEstion - EA 1722 (CEREGE), Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Poitiers (IAE Poitiers), Université de Poitiers-Université de Poitiers-Université de Poitiers-Université de La Rochelle (ULR) |
| Jazyk: | francouzština |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Sociology and Political Science
Intercultural competence Higher education Expatriate [SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education [SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/Education Geography Planning and Development International business Management Monitoring Policy and Law 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Globalization Sustainable development Political science 0502 economics and business Human resources International finance Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry 4. Education 05 social sciences Internal communications 06 humanities and the arts Public relations Tertiary Education 060301 applied ethics business 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability, 2010, 6, p. 355-370 |
| Popis: | International audience; With the ever-increasing global focus of international commerce, business schools are responding by including courses in various aspects of international business. Students are taught of the intricacies of international finance, human resources, management, marketing, and operations based on national and international practices. Students know the bodies that spearhead globalization including the International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, and the World Bank. But nation states have not vanished; instead cultures are today demanding more attention than any other time in the past century. Because of this, members of expatriate communities will tell you that successful business practices depend upon the development and deployment of skills that are not taught in many business schools. These skills include the mechanisms, competencies, and sensitivities needed to respond to polymorphism or heteroglossia as defined by Bakhtin (1981). Polymorphism is the study of the multiple co-existing realities that deny the existence of polar opposites. Instead, polymorphism looks to creating the spaces that foster communication. This is external, or between or among two or more individuals, as well as internal, or the dialogue one conducts with one's self. Culture impacts on both the external and the internal communication and is multifaceted; that is the communication uses all the senses of the body, not only vocal and aural. Initiating interest encourages the students' to continue toward the dynamic interaction that is required in an intercultural environment. That is, tertiary educational institutions foster the acknowledgement and exploration of national and global tendencies. Using this approach, students may be able to understand cultural dynamics and implement and enhance their learnings when facing an intercultural experience. Innovative methodologies are then discussed that have been used to facilitate the intercultural learnings of students. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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