Brief Introduction
There is a common notion worldwide among business people that business is business wherever they are. But it would be more right to say that business is different wherever they are. In today¡¦s world global competition is too great; hence people or managers should learn about the specific cultural differences in which ever country they do business. A fundamental part of any global manager¡¦s reality is the intercultural nature of his or her interactions. Interactions with people from various cultures pose an even bigger probability for misrepresentation or confusion . It is very important to understand the mindset of the overseas people and company.
In today's international environment corporations and organizations work across borders, both national borders and ethnic, religious, organizational, functional borders. As a result international managers constantly face a variety of "cultural challenges".
Cross-Cultural Communications
Cross-cultural communication looks at how people from the different parts of the globe and cultural backgrounds communicate with each other. The main idea behind training the staff is to enable effective communication between people across cultures and also to produce some guidelines with which the staff can better communicate with each other. Cross-culture communication is a combination of many fields which include anthropology, cultural studies, psychology and communication. It is also frequently referred to as ¡§Intercultural Communication . These fields should be specifically applied to managerial communication and hence make managers more efficient and skilled which will help them to succeed in today¡¦s global environment.
The main theories of Management Gurus like Hall and Hall, Gee ...