Cultural Miscommunication

Roots of Cultural Misunderstandings

Imagine: How these cultural views might affect how you do business? How you interact with your collegues? How you approach a project?

Since a multicultural workforce and business community are a reality, it is crucial to:

• Perceive and understand the nature of cultural differences
• Understand your own cultural assumptions and behaviors
• Understand others cultural assumptions and behaviors
• See how these differing assumptions can create multicultural conflicts that cost time, money and efficiency

Situations that Cause Cultural Misunderstandings:

Souce: Maximizing the Talents of Visible Minorities: An Employer’s Guide Chapter #4 p. 73

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