Communication As A Globalized Environment

4.1 Describe the degree of global ‘interconnection’ after 1500 CE compared to before 1500. What

Cross-cultural communication involves an understanding of how people from different cultures speak, communicate, and perceive the world around them. This type of communication has become fundamental to companies as well as entrepreneurs looking to grow their business, in addition to being fundamental as the workplace has become more diverse. In this line is important to highligh the concept of high- and low-context culture.

My research is focused on the problems associated with cross-cultural communication and how awareness of culture, language, tradition, and business practices can increase the advantages to globalization. This report will be field specific in

In times of rapid economic development and internationalization of business, effective cross-cultural communication among managers remains a challenge. This thesis aims to research and analyze crosscultural communication in business context based on qualitative case study of a small Swedish company and its international business partners. Previous research has focused on differences and similarities in people‟s behaviour and ways

In this modern era, globalization has broadly speking throughout the world .All aspect of community life affected by globalization .Benefits of globalization accustomed by higher social status people such as young generations and people with high social status. However , people remote areas and older generation finds difficult to accept or even rejects globalization. Globalization occurs through a variety of channels but this essay focus on teachnology of communication. Global communication is the ability to provide and access information through mobile phones , internet, taxes and texts .The major development of communication is already felt by every community and it develops their life much more easier . Develop communication is not only about delivering message to the target receiver but it is also about communicating effectively . A professional communication plays an distinct role to convey sensible message . Failed communication might occur due to lack of qualified communication. Some of the failures may lead to misunderstanding or even conflicts . Although globalization is the process of international integration which has widely spread throughout the world and benefits , it does give a negative impact on the quality of our communication.

In my previous professional role, it was imperative that I obtained an effective level of intercultural communication competence. I managed U.S. employee communications for unplanned system issues which often had a downstream global impact within the organization. As a result, many of my communications were tailored for a global audience which consisted of the United States, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions. Prior to a sending an employee communication for a system issue, there was always a global business call with all stakeholders to discuss the details and determine which region would lead the communications. The region designated to lead the communication had a challenging task of tailoring the message

Communication – verbal and otherwise – remains an important dimension of international management, and there are different communication styles, how communication is processed and interpreted, and how culture and language influence communication and miscommunication (Luthans & Doh, 2012).

In Barnlund's essay "Communication in a Global Village" he says, "Tomorrow we can expect to spend most of our lives in the company of neighbors who will speak in a different tongue, seek different values, move at a different pace, and interact according to a different script (61). In Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" he gives the viewer a glimpse of a community in which this is already taking place. He shows the struggle of people from different cultures trying to live side by side and the way they coexist in a shared environment. Each group has it's own way of dealing with the struggle and due to the lack of understanding and communication there arises conflict.

The way the businesses have evolved during the last few decades is magnificent. The 21st-century globalization has led to countries working together closer than ever. Therefore, it has become imperative for businesses that operate on an international scale to sensitize themselves of the culture, customs, norms and linguistic practices of various countries they deal with in order to bridge differences.

A great deal of research and reporting has gone into the emerging international movement known as globalization and the business ramifications of globalization has been reviewed and analyzed as the main focus of globalization. But management's pivotal need to develop smart strategies for the cross-cultural relationships that are inevitable vis-à-vis globalization has perhaps not been sufficiently explored in the literature. This paper focuses on how corporations, businesses and other organizations are going about or should be going about the correct approach to cross-cultural understanding and cooperation when it comes to globalization. A portion of this paper also will serve as a design using best practices in terms of meeting the challenges that globalization presents vis-à-vis cultural diversity.

With the widening and deepening impact of transcontinental flows and patterns of social interaction, globalisation has allowed for intensified means of communication and connectedness around the world (Held and McGrew 2002). Robert McChesney and Arjun Appadurai propose valuable and different frameworks for the ways we can interpret the debates surrounding the emergence of globalisation. While McChesney introduces a political economy approach on the importance of neo-liberalism, Appadurai proposes a valuable critique on the distinctions between complex global cultural flows. Drawing on the work of Appadurai in particular, this essay will explore the relevance of numerous global media flows that can account for globalisation and the interregional interactions we are seeing today (Appadurai 2000). By constructing an argument based on Appadurai’s framework of ‘scapes’ and theories on tensions surrounding cultural homogenization, this essay will argue that globalisation of media is not adequately explained by theories of the economy and neo-liberalism alone. A much more refined analysis is required to evaluate the historical processes of structural and cultural change around the globe.

Interviews give us a glimpse into a person’s life, their beliefs, and experiences. This enables the researcher to acquire a first-hand insight into their topic of study in addition to information from various secondary research sources. The purpose of my primary research by means of an interview was to identify how the different means of instant communications such as emails, mobile phone calls, Skype video calls, text messages, fax, social media and the cloud affect international business.

"We didn 't all come over on the same ship, but we 're all in the same boat."- Bernard Baruch

Managing a global business with offices in several countries requires excellent cross cultural management skills. The technological development of laptops, mobile phones and internet accessibility has made it near impossible to only interact with people from one culture; in fact it allows many to do business in various areas of the globe, interact and communicate with managers and employees in international offices, and develop a relationship with others through several behavioural etiquette recommendations. The topic of culture has been widely discussed in a variety of instances, and the idea of developing a ‘cultural identity’ for either an individual or a business can be a scary thought, however if accurate research into other cultures and behaviours is completed, organisations and employees should be able to develop empathy and self-confidence. The term ‘culture’ has been defined time and time again and has been vastly overused; however a solid definition has been created by Geert Hofstede, “Culture is the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from others”. (Pieper, 1990) Working in teams of international origin can be rather difficult. The concept of a ‘team’ is usually defined as a number of people working together to achieve a common purpose and be jointly responsible for the work they do, including those working both inside and outside the organisation. (Browaeys et al 2011) Developing

Executing corporate opportunities in today’s business world has advanced immensely through our use of modern communication. Through telecommunication and the internet, major deals are now being completed with a single push of a button. Organizations of different cultures and countries, who may never have communicated otherwise, are now starting to do business together. With cellular and internet communication improving every day, inevitably so has business communication. As organizations expand their social contracts, they develop potential customers in other countries. “International business programs often begin with expansion into countries with many of the same cultural conditions, such as a Canadian firm selling products in the United