Intercultural Aspects Intercultural Aspects Cultural Types The several

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Intercultural Aspects

Intercultural Aspects

Intercultural Aspects

Intercultural Aspects

Cultural Types The several hundred national and regional cultures of the world can be

Cultural Types The several hundred national and regional cultures of the world can be roughly classified into three groups: 1. Task-oriented, highly organised planners (linear-active) 2. People-oriented, loquacious interrelators (multi-active) 3. Respect-oriented, introverted listeners (reactive). Richard Lewis (1999) Intercultural Aspects

Cultural Types: Characterisation 1. Linear-active people (“one-thing-at-a-time”) Most efficient when they can do one

Cultural Types: Characterisation 1. Linear-active people (“one-thing-at-a-time”) Most efficient when they can do one task at a time and concentrate on it entirely for the period they have scheduled for it. They don’t like starting anything else until they have completed the task in hand. Everything is planned in minute detail. Body language plays only a minor role in communication. Intercultural Aspects

2. Multi-active people (“jugglers”) Flexible and more fulfilled when they do several things or

2. Multi-active people (“jugglers”) Flexible and more fulfilled when they do several things or handle several tasks at once. No reason why various tasks cannot overlap. They are convinced that the best way they can invest their time is to ensure that they complete all their human transactions. Time is event- and personality-related; it is something subjective that humans can use and manipulate and that they should certainly not be dominated by. Body language plays a major role in communication Intercultural Aspects

3. Reactive people (“listeners”) prefer to listen with focused concentration in order to fully

3. Reactive people (“listeners”) prefer to listen with focused concentration in order to fully understand the speaker’s viewpoint; then to reflect silently, before reacting (often with additional questions to clarify still further) and before - finally - formulating their own thoughts, in a roundabout approach. Discussion arrives at a conclusion through a series of oneway monologues Subtile body language and incomplete utterances play a crucial role - there is little eye contact Intercultural Aspects

Intercultural Aspects

Intercultural Aspects

Intercultural Aspects

Intercultural Aspects

Intercultural Aspects

Intercultural Aspects