Cultural Diversity is Today’s Business Reality
Deborah Swallow | May 17th, 2009 in : cultural diversity, General, international business, working internationally
The economic climate and globalisation has made industries more competitive so it is vital for organisations to have the right international skill set. With the challenges of new markets, globally distributed remote teams, the enormous changes happening in the workplace where people of all different nationalities are thrown together and different communication styles across the globe, it’s a sure bet that CULTURAL DIVERSITY is today’s business reality. Our future clients and colleagues will be more likely to want to do business with us if we can demonstrate an authentic understanding for their culture, business needs and communications styles. You cannot afford to get things wrong! International managers armed only with easy-to-learn, fast-to-recall cultural dimensions and differences will find themselves stereotype rich and operationally poor in today’s business reality of complex cultural organisations and culturally diverse customers. Ensure a positive difference for your business performance ,as well as for the people within it, by learning how to embrace cultural diversity profitably!
Tags: communication styles, competitive environment, complex cultural organisations, cross-culture, cultural diversity, diverse customers, economic climate, global teams, globalisation, intercultural communication, international managers, international skill, new markets, organisations, remtoe teams, stereotype, virtual teams