Increasing Effectiveness In Cross Cultural Communication

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8. CROSS CULTURE COMMUNICATION
The term cross cultural communication can be defined as the process of communication happening between individuals coming from different cultural backgrounds and they need to make effort pass on messages to someone who is from a different culture.
8.1. CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION AS A SOURCE OF CONFLICT
In every cultural differences arising from a communication process, there must be cultural conflicts. Below are some reasons to show how are misunderstandings or conflicts are created:
• If there are people coming from different countries, ethnic groups or religions involved in an interaction, there are many conflicts that arises. For example a muslim consumes beef whereas the same animal is worshipped in the …show more content…

For example an African may have difficulty to communicate with an Indian.
8.2. INCREASING EFFECTIVENESS IN CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
As there are several cultures that differ a lot from each other, it is of upmost importance to find ways to cope with those differences. People living in different countries may speak a common language. For instance the way a French speaks French and a Mauritian speaking French, is totally different. Hence such differences must be tackled in a positive way in order to allow people like in the previous example to communicate.
First of all, to promote the smooth running of a communication process, both the one encoding or decoding the particular must understanding that they are from different cultural backgrounds. Though it is for sure that there will be ambiguity in a communication process happening between people of different cultures, this fact must be ignored as far as possible. It is also possible to communicate even without the need of analysing culture and its differences; considering the fact that we nowadays live in a world having different kinds of differing culture (also known as cultural diversity), is a step forward to encourage an effective cross cultural communication. We must learn how to communicate with someone from a different culture or having a different “mother …show more content…

The norms and of other cultures must be properly understood. In addition, a proper research must be done about the way people interact in other cultures, in other words the way they talk, their use of gestures, their language or their way of dressing. The media can also play a key role in reducing cultural barriers; it can produce advertising which encourages people of other cultures to maintain good relations and to live peacefully. Moreover, the societies can organize fun days or activities which will encourage those people to participate and to support each other. Furthermore, books revealing the different existing cultures can be published to make people aware of the above necessary

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