Educating the Business Graduate of the 21st Century: Communication for a Globalized World

This article examines current business communication education in higher education, particularly in regard to English as a global language. The discussion is situated at the intersection of business communication, intercultural communication, and internationalization of higher education, and the art...

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Main Author: Briguglio, Carmela
Format: Journal Article
Published: International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27769
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description This article examines current business communication education in higher education, particularly in regard to English as a global language. The discussion is situated at the intersection of business communication, intercultural communication, and internationalization of higher education, and the article draws on research from all three fields. The article questions why not enough use is being made of existing cultural diversity in university classrooms, and it suggests a variety of pedagogical strategies which will enable teachers to build on the cultural and linguistic strengths of their students to develop intercultural communication competence. These new directions for intercultural business communication will equip business graduates to operate successfully in a globalized world.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-277692018-09-07T02:05:06Z Educating the Business Graduate of the 21st Century: Communication for a Globalized World Briguglio, Carmela intercultural education business communication education globalization pedagogy This article examines current business communication education in higher education, particularly in regard to English as a global language. The discussion is situated at the intersection of business communication, intercultural communication, and internationalization of higher education, and the article draws on research from all three fields. The article questions why not enough use is being made of existing cultural diversity in university classrooms, and it suggests a variety of pedagogical strategies which will enable teachers to build on the cultural and linguistic strengths of their students to develop intercultural communication competence. These new directions for intercultural business communication will equip business graduates to operate successfully in a globalized world. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27769 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.en_US International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning fulltext
spellingShingle intercultural education
business communication education
globalization pedagogy
Briguglio, Carmela
Educating the Business Graduate of the 21st Century: Communication for a Globalized World
title Educating the Business Graduate of the 21st Century: Communication for a Globalized World
title_full Educating the Business Graduate of the 21st Century: Communication for a Globalized World
title_fullStr Educating the Business Graduate of the 21st Century: Communication for a Globalized World
title_full_unstemmed Educating the Business Graduate of the 21st Century: Communication for a Globalized World
title_short Educating the Business Graduate of the 21st Century: Communication for a Globalized World
title_sort educating the business graduate of the 21st century: communication for a globalized world
topic intercultural education
business communication education
globalization pedagogy
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27769