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As a result of increasing organizational interculturalism, the challenge of communicating across cultures is one that teachers face on a daily basis. But how do we help ourselves when preparing for intercultural challenges? And what are the best methods of acquiring the skills required to be effective international managers?

Crossing Cultures offers teachers and trainers a unique set of proven methods for developing the skills required by both students and practitioners when striving to be effective members and managers in cross-cultural situations. Comprehensively structured to provide a framework for teaching, every chapter features its own teaching module embedded in robust discussion of its theoretical source, as well as a working definition and specific directions for practice. The ''master teachers'' who offer these modules highlight the potential difficulties, typical dialogues and the variations required for different audiences, while approaching the fundamentals of culture from multifarious disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, management, psychology and strategy.

First and foremost a book for teachers, Crossing Cultures is also a book for their students, bringing together the best authors in the field to illustrate what understanding and action is required to successfully cross cultures.

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Table of contents : Section 1. Not the Beginning 1. Culture, Passion, and Play, Richard A. Goodman, Margaret E. Phillips and Nakiye Avdan Boyacigiller:Section 2. Framing the Culture Concept: What is Culture / How can we Characterize it? 2. Are we the Same or are we Different? - A Social Psychological Perspective of Culture, Sharon G. Goto and Darius K. -S Chan: 3. What is Culture and Why Does it Matter? - Current Conceptualizations from Anthropology, Mary Yoko Brannen: 4. One's Many Cultures: A multiple Cultures Perspective, Sonja A. Sackmann and Margaret E. Phillips: 5. Learning about Our and Other Selves: Multiple Identities and Their Sources, Bernardo M. Ferdman: Section 3. Culture Scanning and Sense-Making: How do we 'Learn' and Characterize Culture? 6. Context / Culture Interaction: Teaching Thick Descriptions of Culture, Jill Kleinberg: 7. Cultural Scanning: An Integrated Cultural Frameworks Approach, Margaret E. Phillips and Nakiye Avdan Boyacigiller: 8. Teaching Cultural Sensemaking, Allan Bird and Joyce S. Osland: 9. Examining Culture Change Through 'Fiddler on the Roof', Jennifer Roney: Section 4. The Experience of Crossing Cultures 10. Using the Hero's Journey: A Framework for Making Sense of the Transformational Expatriate Experience, Joyce S. Osland: 11. Apples and Oranges: An Experimental Exercise in Crossing Cultures, Stephen Jenner: 12. Building Transpatriate Skills: The Star Trek Case, Gerard L. Rossy and Margaret E. Phillips: 13. Cultural Transitions: A Biophysical Model for Cultural Adaption, Susan Fukushima and Sui Wa Tang: Section 5. Going Deeper: Developing a Global Mindset 14. Turning Frogs into Interculturalists: A Student Centered Developmental Approach to Teaching Intercultural Competence, Janet M. Bennett: 15. Shaping the Global Mindset: Designing Educational Experiences for Effective Global Thinking and Action, Martha L. Maznevski and Henry W. Lane: 16. Limitations of the Culture Perspective in Teaching International Management: The Case of Transitional Economies, Tatiana Kostova: 17. Reflective Silence: Developing the Capacity for Meaningful Global Leadership, Nancy J. Adler: Section 6. The Cultural Context of Work: Collaborative Relationships Today 18. Building Multinational Teams: Learning to Manage the Challenges of Homogeneity and Heterogeneity, Christina Gibson: 19. Teaching Culture 'On the Fly' and 'Learning in Working' with Global Teams, Julia C. Gluesing: 20. Teaching Mindful Intercultural Conflict Management, Stella Ting-Toomey: 21 Effective Cross-Cultural Leadership: Tips and Techniques for Developing Capacity, Meena Surie Wilson:Section 7. The Cultural Context of Work: Impacts on Functional Performance 22. Global Ethics, Heidi Vernon: 23. Negotiating Culture, Robert Spich: 24 Conceptualizing and Designing a Course in International Human Resource Management, Colette Frayne: 25. Incorporating Culture in Joint Venture and Alliance Instruction: The Alliance Culture Exercise, J. Michael Geringer and Colette Frayne: 26. Teaching Culture in the Capstone Strategy Course, Allan Bird: Section 8. Not the End 27. As We Go Forward, Richard A. Goodman, Margaret E. Phillips and Nakiye Avdan Boyacigiller