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The Significance of Intercultural Communication for Businesses and the Obstacles that
Managers should Overcome in Achieving Effective Intercultural Communication
This journal discuss about the significance of intercultural communication for business
and the obstacles that managers should overcome in achieving effective intercultural
communication. It is general knowledge that human beings cannot live without communication
and due to the influence of globalization; communication is no longer confined solely to a
community and nationwide level but also on an international scale. Thus, intercultural
communication is now more important than it ever was for enterprises. Yet the effective
intercultural communication needed for the aforementioned success is difficult to achieve. This
paper discussed about the obstacles that a manager should overcome in order to achieve
intercultural communication.
There are three effective intercultural communication for business was discussed. Which
is business expansion, elimination of conflicts and positive work atmosphere. In business
expansion, communication is crucial to all employees of the company including both the
manager and subordinates. Generally, the ability to communicate effectively is undeniably a
challenge in the global environment. Secondly, intercultural communication is particularly
important to avoid conflict caused by a diverse cultural working environment. Moreover,
managers can adopt the usage of cultural-related motivating languages to encourage employees
in order to build a positive working atmosphere.
Other than that, there are five obstacles that manager should overcome in achieving
intercultural communication also discussed in this journal. Which are values and beliefs,
apprehension, ignorance, ethnocentrism and stereotyping. Employees from different cultural
backgrounds who work together, the more different opinions there will be in the workplace.
Eventually, conflict could arise from employees who insist on their own views and do not accept
others’ opinions, which is to the detriment of the company. Thus, skills for effective intercultural
communication are needed by managers to communicate with and ensure the employees from
different cultural background scan understand each other and share a common vision and goals.
Finally, managers who possess negative bias fail to truly understand their employees from
different cultural backgrounds. Intercultural communication is exceedingly important for
businesses; however, it is not an easy matter to be achieved, particularly by management level
employees. Therefore, managers should be able to identify the obstacles that stand in the way of
achieving effective intercultural communication and put more effort into overcoming these
obstacles.

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The significance of intercultural communication for businesses and the obstacles that managers should overcome in achieving effective intercultural communication

  • 1. The Significance of Intercultural Communication for Businesses and the Obstacles that Managers should Overcome in Achieving Effective Intercultural Communication This journal discuss about the significance of intercultural communication for business and the obstacles that managers should overcome in achieving effective intercultural communication. It is general knowledge that human beings cannot live without communication and due to the influence of globalization; communication is no longer confined solely to a community and nationwide level but also on an international scale. Thus, intercultural communication is now more important than it ever was for enterprises. Yet the effective intercultural communication needed for the aforementioned success is difficult to achieve. This paper discussed about the obstacles that a manager should overcome in order to achieve intercultural communication. There are three effective intercultural communication for business was discussed. Which is business expansion, elimination of conflicts and positive work atmosphere. In business expansion, communication is crucial to all employees of the company including both the manager and subordinates. Generally, the ability to communicate effectively is undeniably a challenge in the global environment. Secondly, intercultural communication is particularly important to avoid conflict caused by a diverse cultural working environment. Moreover, managers can adopt the usage of cultural-related motivating languages to encourage employees in order to build a positive working atmosphere. Other than that, there are five obstacles that manager should overcome in achieving intercultural communication also discussed in this journal. Which are values and beliefs,
  • 2. apprehension, ignorance, ethnocentrism and stereotyping. Employees from different cultural backgrounds who work together, the more different opinions there will be in the workplace. Eventually, conflict could arise from employees who insist on their own views and do not accept others’ opinions, which is to the detriment of the company. Thus, skills for effective intercultural communication are needed by managers to communicate with and ensure the employees from different cultural background scan understand each other and share a common vision and goals. Finally, managers who possess negative bias fail to truly understand their employees from different cultural backgrounds. Intercultural communication is exceedingly important for businesses; however, it is not an easy matter to be achieved, particularly by management level employees. Therefore, managers should be able to identify the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving effective intercultural communication and put more effort into overcoming these obstacles.