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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ916360
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Feb
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-1090-8811
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Making a World of Difference: Collaboration. Excellence for Intercultural Teams
Schneider, Luise; Romberg, Claudia
Performance Improvement, v50 n2 p44-48 Feb 2011
Cultural awareness training that emphasizes communication delivers only a partial solution to the challenges that intercultural work teams face. Improving collaboration requires a strong foundation of performance management before a work team can determine how they will cooperate to perform to excellence. Against the backdrop of the authors' experiences, the program Collaboration. Excellence offers a three-phase approach that performance improvement professionals can take to build effective intercultural work teams. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Quality of Life, Differences, Work Environment, Teamwork, Cultural Differences, Performance Factors, Personnel Management, Cooperation, Performance Technology, Adjustment (to Environment), Intercultural Communication, Performance Based Assessment, Systems Approach, Standards
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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