Intercultural Competences in Business

CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT
Cross-Cultural Management:
- Explains the behavior of people in organizations around the world and shows people how to
work in organizations with employee and client populations from many different countries
- Describes organizational behavior with countries and cultures
- Compares organizational behavior across countries and cultures
- Seeks to understand and improve the interaction of coworkers, managers, executives, clients,
suppliers, and alliance partners from countries and cultures around the world
- Parochialism: viewing the world solely through one’s own eyes and perspective
- Doesn’t recognize other people’s different ways of living and working
- Does not appreciate that such differences can offer significant opportunities or create
serios consequences…