CMN 2181 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Communication Accommodation Theory, Metamodeling, Guanxi

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2181
• Professor: Peruvemba Jaya

Document Summary

Understanding is the rst step towards acceptance. People around the world have accumulated a rich stock of cultural traditions and customs, but we are often not aware of the cultural rules governing our own behaviour. To understand another culture, we need to communicate with its people. Three competencies essential in the global workplace are:intercultural communication skills, problem solving ability and global leadership. Communicating with unfamiliar cultures does not simply mean nding a translator o facilitate the process. You need to know what to expect when someone engages in an interaction (ec: guanxi in business negotiation with chinese) Cross-cultural adaptation is a two way process. The tension between immigrants and host nationals often centres on the indue of ethnic cultural maintenance. True multicultural society is characterized by mutual acceptance and equal societal participation. Communication is sharing who we are what we know.