Prompted by technology in the 21 st century, economic pressures are shrinking space, time, the variety of life styles, and cultural variation into a networked global society. Demands of globalization today continue to increase pressure on educators and educational leaders to change curriculum and learning in order to educate our children to become global citizens who preserve the variety and vitality of life. Leaders of educational multimedia design and applications have a special role in... Read Full Story
By summarizing the components of culture we can clearly see its definition points from an anthropologist that describes culture as “that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”. As to fully understand them, would mean more studies in intercultural communication are needed, as it is vital in an international business. Interpersonal communication patterns in different culture are... Read Full Story
A biennial conference on the intercultural communication between China and the world opened here on Friday.
Titled “Intercultural Communication between China and the World: Interpersonal, Organizational and Mediated Perspectives,” the 8th China Association for Intercultural Communication (CAFIC) Intercultural Conference aims to enhance the mutual understanding between China and the world as well as the teaching and [...]
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From Michael Mark, Creative Director/CEO at NYCA .
10 Tips for creating a culture that fosters the corporate spirit of harmonious chaos, inspires great work and a better world. Any successful business owner will tell you that staff will make or break a company. Turnover is not only expensive, but also can be devastating to morale and work quality, taking away from other resources to find, train and indoctrinate new employees.
In order to succeed, business owners have to focus a large... Read Full Story
An international book festival in Dubai is facing the possibility of a mass walkout in its inaugural year with authors queuing up to protest against the censorship of a book that discusses homosexuality. The Canadian novelist and former Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood sparked the controversy by pulling out of the Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature after a fellow writer was blacklisted for offending “cultural sensitivities”. The book at the centre of the latest storm is... Read Full Story
The general importance of foreign language skills is well known nowadays. With the ongoing globalization any kind of interactions between human beings of different cultures is increasing.
Consequently, people put more and more effort into the process of learning foreign languages. Different fields such as education, business, culture, politics, health care system and scientific research are affected by the significance of foreign languages.
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The homogenous team is a thing of the past in most international organisations and companies. More and more teams are made up of people with different nationalities and therefore different cultures, languages, ideas, behaviours and ways of doing things. Some would argue that the ‘international language of business’ negates any communication issues within such a cross-cultural team; however those with hands-on experience of such teams would disagree. When people of different cultural... Read Full Story
"On the Necessity of Cliché and Barack Obama’s Rhetoric" On February 19, 2008, New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks, under the title “When the Magic Fades”, opined: “Up until now The Chosen One’s speeches had seemed to them less like stretches of words and more like soul sensations that transcended time and space. But those in the grips of Obama Comedown Syndrome began to wonder if His stuff actually made sense. For example, His Hopeness tells rallies that we are the change we... Read Full Story
In honour of the Kazakhstan football team’s visit to Wembley on Saturday the 11th October 2008, we thought we would run a Kazakh special. >> Match Facts: World Cup qualifier, Group Six, England v Kazakhstan Venue: Wembley Stadium Date: Saturday, 11 October Kick-off: 1715 BST UK TV Coverage: ITV 1 and BBC Radio 5 Live >> Did you know? * The first manned orbital flight by Yuri Gagarin took off from launch facility Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan * Kazakhstan is the world’s ninth biggest... Read Full Story
“The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.” Woodrow Wilson With the march of globalisation and internationalisation growing louder and stronger, few successful businesses can now escape the need to work across cultures. Even if businesses or organisations are not working abroad or with foreign entities, it would be a challenge to identify any that have a mono-cultural workforce. Even in the South West, businesses ranging from manufacturers to farms to care homes are... Read Full Story
