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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ?RESS
Cambridge, NewYo¡k, Melboume, Madri4 Cape Tovi'n,
Singapor€, Sáo Paulq Delhi, Tokyo, Mexico City
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Fi¡st published 2011
Printed in th€ United Kingdom at tlle University Press, cambúdge
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Contents
Prep¿Íng to communic¿te across c!ltures
I Developing intercu tur¿l ski ls
A Describing corpomte cultures
B Deve oping f exib ethi¡klng to de¿ with difierent i¡tercu tula situ¿rions
2 M¿n¿ginq first meetings
A Skategies for m¿¡¿gi¡g firsi meetings
B BLriding re ationships
3 Communic¿ting effectively
A Communic¿ting clea¡ly good a¡d b¿d ¡ews
B N4anaging conve¡s¿tion sty es
4 Mafaging internatio¡al meetings
A Decision nraki¡g
B De¿ling with differcnt ¿¡d difficutny es of commLrnic¿rion
5 Becoming ¿ beüer listener
A Cl¿rifying meaninq
B Listening effective y
6 Prese¡ting across cultures
A CLrstomising your message for differcnt aLrdiences
B Managing questions effective y
7 Writinq er¡ails
A Communic¿ting cle¿rly ln em¿ils
B Communicating sensitive messages effectively
8 Negoti¿ting ¿cross culturés
A Setiing clear objectives for a neqoUation
B lnfluencing frategies for neqotiations
9 [,4¿naging conflict
A Underst¿nding and avoiding confllct
B De¿iing with conflict
I0 Working in an intemational tea m
A l¡troduci¡q yo!rself to yourte¿m
B Clving and responding iote¿m feedback
I I Manaqi¡q diveuity ¿nd crcativiw
A Cetting the best out of an intem¿tlona team
E Prob er¡-solving techniques
I2 Profjling your interc!ltuml competence
Self profillng of intercu t!r¿lcompetence ¿nd developnrent of a pefsonalacUon p an
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Aud¡o scripts
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Key ¿nd commentary
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Communicauon t¿sk-s
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Further reading
93
Acknowledgements
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nr.poring to communicole
qcfoss cullures
You don't ¡eed meto te lyou that bus ness is intem¿tlon¿. B!lwhat imp¿ct doesthe
g ob¡ isation of blsiness h¿ve on the waywe lse Eng Éh to commLrnlcate? We I, what
it means i5th¿t speaking qood Enqlish ls not qood enorgh any more. We h¿ve ¿lso
to understand ¿nd engage with the cha lenges ofwo¡king ¿cross culturcs. We have
to become mor€ ¿w¿re ofthe difierences between oulselves ¿nd peopl€ from other
.ultures. And we h¿ve to ad¡Pt, ¿nd communicate and lse Engl¡h in ¡ w¿yth¿t É
5e¡sitive to these dlffere¡ces-
qob D¡qnen, York Assaciates
Welcometo Commurlcailng Across Cultures, one of ¿ new s€ es olcoLrrses from cambídge
University P.ess deslgned to deve op excel ence in blsiness commLrnication in Engllsh. The
complete t aini¡q p¿ckage inc udes ihis book ¡nd an ALrdio cD, an accompany¡ng DVD wlth
worksheets and a dedicated website with fu ltrainels ¡otes lnc udlng extenslo¡ activiti€5 YoL
c¡n ¿.cess this materla at: w ^\ /.cambridq e.org ielt/ co m m Lr n ic¿tin! across.ultu res
The secrel ol communicoling successfully ocloss cullufes
whether vo! a rc receivinq cllents from ¿broad. visiting pole¡ll¿ overseas sL p pliefs wo rklng
ln lnternationa te¿ms, p €s€ntinq, ¡eqotiatinq or iLrst soci¿lisi¡g ¿fter a had dav\ work yo!
need to be able to do three thlngs to comm!nlcate effectively:
l You need to h¿ve ¿n lnderst¿nding ofyour own cutLrre ¿nd the t¿rget cutLr.e you are
dealinq with. This means rese¿rching and an¿lysing the ¡¿tion¿ , reg ona and corPoÉte
cu t!res ofthe peop e you are de¿llng with.
2 You need to be f exlb e in the w¿yyoLr communicate with people i¡om other cu t!res. fhis
means adapti¡q your styl€ ofcommu¡ic¿tion to fitthe s tLr¿tion.
3 Yo! need to develop ¿n ntern¿tionalstyle of communic¡tion th¿twll en¿beyoutoget
your mess¡se ¿cross etfective y in al bLrsiness ¿nd soci¿l siiLrauons.
E¿ch unit in the book begins with cle¿ry f¿ted aims to develop.elev¿nt skils which c¿n
improve you¡ peformance ¿twork. Ashort C¿ndo stateme¡t ¿tthe efd oleach unit
confirms whlch ¡ew skilsyou have learned ¿nd he ps you tr¿ckyour progres5-
As you workthrough the 12 !nlt5 ofth¡ co!rse, yoLr shou d a w¿ys be thinklnq howto ñ'r¿ke
the skils and techniques yo!r own. Worklns across cLrltures is ¿ rew¿rding ¿nd enjoyable
exDerlencerth s coLÉe ú desiqned to qive yoLr the mea¡s to m¿ke the most of that
I hope you enjoythe Connunicating Across Cutturcs expetiercel
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