Ohlt Intercultural Business Communication by Robert Gibson

Ohlt Intercultural Business Communication by Robert Gibson

Why does communication between people from different cultures sometimes go wrong? Can we teach business people to anticipate and overcome these problems? In this book, Robert Gibson addresses these questions. He analyses the main features of intercultural communication and looks at ways of helping prepare business people to function and communicate effectively while working in new, unfamiliar cultures.

Robert Gibson is an interculturalist with over 30 years' experience of intercultural competence development in business and education.

A former Vice-President of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR Europa) and a founder and Member of the Advisory Board of SIETAR Deutschland he was head of intercultural training at Siemens AG for 18 years during which time he designed and implemented an award-winning Diversity and Inclusion initiative for over 230, 000 employees worldwide.

He has run projects in Germany, Austria, Poland and Hungary for the Council of Europe and UNESCO. Originally a school teacher in England he has lectured at the University of Munich, Ingolstadt School of Management, University of the Arts in Berlin and the Business School of the University of Bologna, teaching Intercultural Management on Global MBA and MA programs as well as advising on vocational education to the Bavarian Ministry of Education.

His publications include Gibson (2002) Intercultural Business Communication and over 70 articles on Intercultural Communication for the magazine Business Spotlight. He grew up in London and studied at the Universities of Oxford and Exeter in the UK before moving to Germany in 1985. He is currently based in Munich and works as a freelance consultant, facilitator and trainer.,
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ISBN 13	9780194421805
ISBN 10	0194421805
Title	Ohlt Intercultural Business Communication
Author	Gibson Robert
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2002-04-25
Number of pages	128
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