Intercultural Action Plan. You have to present and justify your own Intercultural Action Plan consisting of a set of strategies for taking culture into account in your future role as a manger in an international/multicultural environment.
Format: Formal Essay
Plan: Introduction
Main Body
Conclusion
You are encouraged engage in self-reflection (and to use the first person pronoun ‘I’) and evoke your own experiences and aspirations. You may use bullet points.
Note: You have to use various theoretical frameworks of intercultural competence and/or cross-cultural management as a basis for your reflection. You should ensure that any sources of theory or data are correctly referenced in the text (e.g. Johnson, 2013) and with a full citation in a References section at the end. However, the overall focus of the IAP is on how you will apply the theory in everyday practice as a manager.
The attached list of questions is meant as a guide. It is designed to help you in the early stages of your planning. There is no need to cover all of the questions, and you are welcome to introduce further questions and issues of personal relevance to you. You are encouraged to find your own structure and progression of ideas, rather than working through the questions in order.
GUIDE QUESTIONS
1. How would you define intercultural competence for the global manager?
2. How does your cultural background influence the way you approach managing, working and communicating across cultures?
3. What intercultural competencies (knowledge, skills, attitudes) do you currently possess?
4. Do you personally have any stereotypes or prejudices about people from other cultures?
5. What concrete steps can you take to:
i. Avoid cultural stereotyping?
ii. See cultural differences in neutral terms?
iii. Go beyond the superficial differences between people and understand the motivational bases of individuals and groups from different cultures?
6. Analyse some experiences you had in the past where cultural differences may have caused misunderstanding between you and a colleague, classmate or other acquaintance.
7. What might you do in terms of communication to make future intercultural encounters run more smoothly?
8. What knowledge, skills and attitudes do you believe you need to acquire or further develop in order to succeed in a future managerial role?
9. What type of global assignment do you believe you are best suited for? Why?
10. For you personally, what are the pluses and minuses of working for a “foreign” company—that is, a company headquartered outside of your home country?
11. What would be your biggest hurdles or challenges of accepting such a job?
12. What might you do to overcome these hurdles?
13. Based on what has been discussed, outline a learning strategy to further develop your own particular intercultural competencies.
14. What are your greatest challenges in achieving this plan?
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