http://christinarogge.com/2009/05/30/intercultural-competences-are-essential-for-international-success/ 羅慧娜 business in an Asian context Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://christinarogge.com/2009/05/30/intercultural-competences-are-essential-for-international-success/comment-page-1/#comment-41 David Sun, 31 May 2009 10:48:28 +0000 http://christinarogge.com/?p=23#comment-41 I would agree that inter-cultural communication is needed. Although I have to say that a lot of times all it takes is just really listen and ask the detail questions without feeling stupid. Typically I am not exactly a fan of hiring consultants to teach you to do the things you already know within the company but just not open-minded enough to utilize. The reason I say this is because the companies I have worked for tend to pay lip service for inter-cultural understanding. It's a very wide-spread concept for a multinational company to treat its offices overseas as a colony rather than a partner. This applies to all companies regardless which country the HQ is based per my observation. So I would think that the so called the senior staff of the companies need to get off their high horses and really utilize their human resource instead of playing a power game with the budget and consultants. I would agree that inter-cultural communication is needed. Although I have to say that a lot of times all it takes is just really listen and ask the detail questions without feeling stupid. Typically I am not exactly a fan of hiring consultants to teach you to do the things you already know within the company but just not open-minded enough to utilize. The reason I say this is because the companies I have worked for tend to pay lip service for inter-cultural understanding. It's a very wide-spread concept for a multinational company to treat its offices overseas as a colony rather than a partner. This applies to all companies regardless which country the HQ is based per my observation. So I would think that the so called the senior staff of the companies need to get off their high horses and really utilize their human resource instead of playing a power game with the budget and consultants.

]]> http://christinarogge.com/2009/05/30/intercultural-competences-are-essential-for-international-success/comment-page-1/#comment-4 David Sun, 31 May 2009 06:48:28 +0000 http://christinarogge.com/?p=23#comment-4 I would agree that inter-cultural communication is needed. Although I have to say that a lot of times all it takes is just really listen and ask the detail questions without feeling stupid. Typically I am not exactly a fan of hiring consultants to teach you to do the things you already know within the company but just not open-minded enough to utilize. The reason I say this is because the companies I have worked for tend to pay lip service for inter-cultural understanding. It's a very wide-spread concept for a multinational company to treat its offices overseas as a colony rather than a partner. This applies to all companies regardless which country the HQ is based per my observation. So I would think that the so called the senior staff of the companies need to get off their high horses and really utilize their human resource instead of playing a power game with the budget and consultants. I would agree that inter-cultural communication is needed. Although I have to say that a lot of times all it takes is just really listen and ask the detail questions without feeling stupid. Typically I am not exactly a fan of hiring consultants to teach you to do the things you already know within the company but just not open-minded enough to utilize. The reason I say this is because the companies I have worked for tend to pay lip service for inter-cultural understanding. It's a very wide-spread concept for a multinational company to treat its offices overseas as a colony rather than a partner. This applies to all companies regardless which country the HQ is based per my observation. So I would think that the so called the senior staff of the companies need to get off their high horses and really utilize their human resource instead of playing a power game with the budget and consultants.

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