I feel the 2020 work skill that is most relevant to me is cross-cultural competency. According to Wikipedia, cross-cultural competence refers to the knowledge, skills, and affect/motivation that enable individuals to adapt effectively in cross-cultural environments. I believe that this is among the most important skills that every person should possess in order to be successful in international working environment.
The world is becoming more and more connected through technologies and people now have many chances to work abroad, with people from all walks of life, different cultures, and different language. Therefore, cross-cultural competency is so important to me. It can be considered as a skill set that can define success for future workforce.
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It is a goal that I need to achieve. And the only way to achieve it is by never stop learning. It is the momentum that drives me to learn a lot about the cultures of many countries, many regions in the world. It is very interesting because I am going to broaden my mind to a new level. I will learn many things such as one country’s tradition, customs and practices, business etiquette and possibly, its language as well. I will be much easier to understand and work with someone from different culture if I have learned about the culture of their country. Additionally, I will also need to improve my expertise, my qualification so as to work well in any working …show more content…
Vietnam, my country, is very open to the outside world nowadays. It has been trading with almost every country in the world and is developing quickly. However, it is still a poor country and therefore I want to contribute my abilities to my country’s development. Vietnam has joined in the WTO, Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) and many other free trade agreements in South East Asia and other parts of the world. Therefore, when I return to work in Vietnam, it is almost certain that I will be working with not only Vietnamese people but also foreigners from all around the world who are working in Vietnam and those who are investing in and trading with partners in Vietnam. I believe that my cross-cultural competency will build my success at home.
There are some other 2020 skills that are also necessary for a person to be successful in life such as novel & adaptive thinking, sense-making, social intelligence, computational thinking. But to me, they are all not as important as cross-cultural competency. For example, new-media literacy is a good skill but I don’t think it is really important for me because I have a basic knowledge about blogging, making videos and I don’t find any interest in further studying about
The initiation of intercultural effectiveness can be derived from behaviour impacted by its cultural differences and “cultural self-awareness includes recognition of one’s own cultural influences upon values, beliefs, and judgements, as well as the influences derived from the professional’s work culture” (Winkelman, 2005, p. 9)
There are many competencies required to be successful while working in a culturally diverse workplace. Effective communication, mindfulness, uncertainty reduction, and emotion regulation are the four main areas in which could truly help promote more success in the workplace. These will be the main competencies discussed.
A cross-cultural training will help employees learn and understand the custom and beliefs of another culture. Encourages employees to appreciate and see the benefit another can bring into the workplace. The cross-cultural training helps leaders develop global skills for dealing with people or business partner from another culture. The training will not only ensure diversity, but prepares the organization’s leaders for the global market.
The skills that I am referring to are Oral and Written Communication, Interpersonal, and Teamwork skill. These sets of skills have been identified US dept of Labor and other universities and learning Centers as the essential skills every person needs.
In addition, research for this project enabled me to identify five essential elements for acquiring cross cultural competency which I will use as guidelines in conflict resolution in my future occupation:
...e American way of life. Manufacturing skills should be taught in the classroom to prepare children early in life for the globalized world. Foreign languages should be taught alongside English to lay the groundwork for today’s society. Your skills make you marketable but knowing more than one language is icing on the cake. It’s that edge that international companies look for in current and future employees.
Skills given above are what students should develop and invest during the process of studying for a degree. Obviously, these skills called transferable skills are both relevant to employment and study. 'These skills are interpersonal as well as intellectual, and include the skill to learn from experience as well as reading, the ability to manage yourself, basic skills in numeracy, literacy and IT, interpersonal group-working and communication skills in analyzing and solving problems' (Cameron, 2008:19). So whether students could gain transferable skills in the university has become a major factor of developing a career after their graduation.
According to the World Health Organization, they have identified five basic areas of Life Skills that are relevant across culture (UNICEF, 2002). These are decision-making, problem solving, creative and critical thinking, communication and interpersonal relations.
In the past few decades, the world has experienced heightened globalisation. During this period, organisations have prioritised setting up leaders capable of dealing with the ever-increasing involvedness of running their global operations. Overseeing global talent along with career paths is consequently a decisive challenge in lots of multinational organisations. Individuals as well as organisations perceive International assignments as a constructive way of developing global occupational competencies (Brewster & Suutari, 2005).
The skill that I am the best at or at least would give myself the highest score in would be showing empathy. I am not sure why I am skilled in this it just seems to come naturally to me. I have always found myself to be a very empathetic person who is able to understand the thoughts, feelings, beliefs and, attitudes of others almost as well as my own. One way that I have shown empathy is by being open to learning about the experiences of others including other cultures, races and religions. Learning about struggles of others and the impact their struggles have on the world as a whole has increased my ability to show empathy. I think that my empathetic nature has both helped me and hurt me in my life. It has helped me as a counselor, as
Adaptability: I find adaptability to be one of my talent. I am able to adapt to any given situation or environment faster than my peers. This is mainly due to the fact that all throughout my life, my family and I have been moving: Nigeria, Ghana, US, and currently Belgium by myself. This led me, at a young age, to learn to quickly adapt to my surroundings in order to continue on with my life or else I would be stuck in a situation with no escape. Studying to Belgium also proved to be useful in improving my adaptability skills. The school system was completely different from what I ever experience especially with studying in the US for the majority of my life. If I didn’t have the adaptability skill and was unable to adapt to the school system,
There are numerous critical life skills needed to be successful in life; Skills that without can leave you hopeless. There are many reasons why these skills are absolutely critical for success in life. I have chosen 5 critical skills to talk about in this section; those are: Communication skills, organization skills, Time management Skills, Confidence, Leadership Skills and learning skills.
With the rapid growth in globalization there are a number of firms who have taken their businesses abroad. Their challenge, cross cultural management and communication. An effective communication strategy begins first with understanding who the sender of the message is and who the receiver of the message is. Many companies have realized this and offer training in the different cultures to help better facilitate communication between leaders (Cross-Cultural Communication, mindtools.com). Without this basic understand between sender and receiver it can be very difficult for companies of multicultural to even begin to communicate. The second important understanding is that leaders must demand a cultural tolerance of acceptable behavior between cultures to facilitate effective communication (Cross-Cultural Communication, mindtools.com).
Abstract: Globalization has made intercultural communication inevitable. Communicating with other cultures characterizes today’s business, classroom, and community. Technology, especially the internet, has increased the probability that whatever is documented online will be read by someone from another culture. Intercultural communication is of importance in any career field, thus the art of knowing how to communicate with other cultures should be a workplace skill that is emphasized. This is a conceptual paper whose purpose is twofold.
Sonderberg, A-M & N Holden. (2002), Rethinking cross cultural management in a globalizing business world' International Journal of Cross Culture Management 2(1): 103-121