Development of cross-cultural communication skills of engineering students
2011
Mezote, A., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia)
Besides specific profession-related skills, it is also necessary for an engineering specialist to have good cross-cultural communication skills in order to ensure successful business co-operation with international partners, which is of extreme importance in any field of professional activity of a particular engineering specialist due to the global tendencies in today’s business. The enquiries among the graduates from the Faculty of Engineering prove it to be true, stating that the English language skills, as well as the ability to communicate well cross-culturally on an international level has helped them manage their own businesses and/or work for certain employers more effectively than they could have worked in case the mentioned skills were not present. Therefore, a task for the educators at the university arises to motivate the students for acquisition of the language and cross-cultural communication skills in the process of studies as well as in extra-curriculum activities, by means of paying attention to the major cultural peculiarities of nations which manifest themselves in completely different styles of management, way of developing engineering products and supervision of engineering processes in business, as well as general attitude towards achievement of business goals.
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