Cultural Intelligence

Organizations that do business globally depend on employees’ ability to work and communicate well with colleagues and other business professionals from various cultures.

This requires employees at all levels in the organization to have high cultural intelligence and a keen understanding of cultural dimensions. Select a country that your company is currently doing business with or plans to do business with in the future or a country that interests you.

This week’s Apply assignment involves a case analysis of a business trip to China, so you may wish to choose China to gain more insight into the assignment. Review the Globe ranking in Ch. 4, “Communicating Across Cultures of Business Communication: Developing Leaders for a Networked World for the 8 cultural dimensions for the country you selected.   Respond to the following in a minimum of 275 words:

1.Describe the cultural dimensions of the country you selected.

2.What are the characteristics of cultural intelligence?

3.How can cultural intelligence impact your success in communicating with colleagues and professionals in other countries?