Troy University Week 7 Cross Cultural Miscommunication Discussion
You will need
- Harvey, C. P., & Allard, M. J. (2015). Understanding and managing diversity: readings, cases, and exercises (sixth ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall
- Read the article “Understanding inter-cultural communication in today’s global environment” in Harvey & Allard’s textbook (p.210-216) and answer the following questions.
Briefly describe an example of an cross-cultural miscommunication that you have either participated in or observed in the workplace, at college, or in a public place.
- How did the communicators exhibit some of the dimensions described in this article?
- In retrospect, what could have been done differently to improve the communication in terms of the sender, choice of medium and the receiver?
