Communicating Globally

Communicating Globally: Intercultural Communication and International Business uniquely integrates the theory and skills of intercultural communication with the practices of multinational organizations and international business. Authors Wallace V. Schmidt, Roger N. Conaway, Susan S. Easton, and William J. Wardrope provide students with a cultural general awareness of diverse world views, valuable insights on understanding and overcoming cultural differences, and a clear path to international business success.

Key Features

• Offers an interdisciplinary view: The authors draw on a variety of sources, including important intercultural and organizational theories in the intercultural communication and international business disciplines.
• Provides an innovative perspective: This book presents cutting-edge viewpoints on cosmopolitan communication, global leadership, cultural synergy, and the dynamic processes affecting international business.
• Presents an integrated, action-oriented framework: The integrated framework for understanding intercultural communication and international business focuses on essential principles and practices necessary for developing a cosmopolitan orientation.
• Introduces different ways of conducting business around the world: The text provides insights into "doing" business abroad by examining significant geographic regions and emphasizing cultural themes and patterns, business conduct and characteristics, and emerging trends.
• Includes a regional resource guide: The authors encourage readers to continue their own cross-cultural or international business research, personally transforming their understanding into individually instructive significance.

Intended Audience

This is an excellent text for advanced courses in intercultural communication, business communication, international business, and organizational communication as found in departments of communication and business.

Wallace V. Schmidt (Ph.D., New York University; M.A., University of Nebraska; B.A., Midland Lutheran College) routinely teachesa courses in organizational communication, intercultural communication, and communication theory, retinue of elective courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels (e.g., interviewing; persuasion; training & development. He is the 1992 recipient of the Walter E. Barden Distinguished Teaching Award, past president of the Florida Communication Association, and co-author of two successful textbooks: Results-Oriented Interviewing: Principles, Practices, and Procedures (Allyn & Bacon/Pearson Education) and Business and Professional Communication: Managing Information in an Information Age (South-Western/Thomson Learning).

Roger N. Conaway (Ph.D., Bowling Green State University; M.A., Stephen F. Austin State University) teaches organizational communication, advanced interpersonal communication, listening, and freedom of speech. His research interests include business communication, intercultural and organizational communication, and interviewing. He is the co-author of Results-Oriented Interviewing: Principles, Practices, Procedures (Allyn & Bacon/Pearson Education) and is Past President of the Association of Business Communication--Southwest Region..

Susan Easton (Ph.D., Florida State University; M.S., Syracuse University; B.A., State University of New York at Oswego) is an internationally known expert on group dynamics and work teams. Her research interests include virtual communication, geographically dispersed work teams, and systems thinking. Widely published in the area of online/distance learning, Dr. Easton has also consulted for such companies as Nike, General Electric, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Walt Disney Co., Lockheed Martin, University of Central Florida, and Hyatt Hotels. She regularly teaches courses in small groups and work teams, strategic change and communication, and organizational communication.