challenges of intercultural communication
- 2. -It is the study of communication across different cultures. -it is the wide range of communication process and problems that naturally appear within an organization on social context. WHAT IS INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION?
- 3. • Intercultural communication plays an important role in specifically in social sciences, and businesses. • RESEARCH - it is the major part of the development of intercultural communication. • Study of intercultural communication requires intercultural understanding. • The ability to understand and value differences. It also offers the ability to deal different cultures.
- 5. Private Function -Are functions that indicated communication through the communication behavior originating from an individual. 1.Express Social Identity - Used to express the behavior of social identity is expressed through the act of speaking both verbal and non-verbal of language behavior that is knowable and social identity.
- 6. - A process where various groups are combined in order to make a unified society. - 3.To the Knowledge - - Often interpersonal and intercultural communication increase knowledge together, to learn the culture of each. 2. DECLARES THE SOCIAL INTEGRATION
- 7. - A relation between social action and the system of which action is part. • Supervision • Connection Between Culture • Value Socialization • Entertainment SOCIAL FUNCTION
- 8. BARRIERS TO INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION 1. Anxiety- discomfort with communicating on individuals from other culture or co-culture. 2. Assuming Similarity instead of Dissimilarity- when people are acting in home manner in the different culture it might cause a lot of problems. 3. ETNOCENTRISM- negatively judging aspect of another culture by the standards of one's own culture.
- 9. 4. LANGUAGE PROBLEM -DIFFICULTY EXPRESSING MEANING OR UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF OTHERS 5 .NON-VERBAL MISINTERPRETATIONS - MISPREADS A PERSON'S BODY LANGUAGE -
- 10. •6. Stereotyping and Prejudics • Interfere with the rational assessment of individuals from one national culture and the products, perspectives and practices associated with them.
- 12. SIX FUNDAMENTAL PATTERNS OF DIFFERENCES - Different decision making styles - Different Attitudes towards Disclosure - Different approaches to Knowing - Different Communication Styles - Different attitudes towards conflict - Different approaches towards completing task
- 13. 1. Different decision making styles - The roles of individuals play in decision making vary widely from culture to culture. Be aware that individuals' expectations about their own rules in shaping a decision may be influenced by their cultural frame. - Ex. North Korean and south Korean.
- 14. 2. Different Attitudes towards Disclosure - In some cultures it is not appropriate to be frank about emotions, about the reasons behind a conflict or a misunderstanding, or about personal information. 3. Different approaches to Knowing - Notable differences occur among cultural groups when it comes to the ways people come to know things.
- 15. 4. Different Communication Styles – refer to the ways people express themselves and interpret messages based on cultural and personal preferences.These styles vary in directness, formality, context dependence, and emotional expressiveness.
- 16. 5. Different attitudes towards conflict – Refer to how individuals or cultures perceive and handle disagreements. Some view conflict as a natural and constructive part of communication, addressing issues directly, while others see it as disruptive and prefer to avoid or resolve it through indirect means, harmony, or mediation.
- 17. 6. Different approaches towards completing task - refer to how individuals or cultures prioritize and manage work. Some cultures focus on efficiency, deadlines, and individual responsibility, while others emphasize relationships, teamwork, and flexibility in achieving goals.
- 18. Guidelines for Multi-Cultural Collaboration, As we set to work on multicultural collaboration in our communities, we should keep the following guidelines in mind: •Learn from generalizations about other cultures, but don't use those generalizations to stereotype, or oversimplify your ideas about another person.
- 19. •Don't assume that there's only one write way (yours) to communicate. •Listen actively and empathetically. • Respect other's choices about whether they would like to engage in communication with you. Suspend judgment and try and look at the situation as an outsider. • Develop an understanding from the other person's point of view. •Be aware of current power imbalance.