scholarly journals Relevance and meaningfulness: Student perspectives on the highly talented international business professional profile

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Petra Van Heugten ◽  
Marjolein Heijne-Penninga ◽  
Patricia Robbe ◽  
Debbie Jaarsma ◽  
Marca Wolfensberger
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Student Perspectives ◽  
Competency Framework ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Professional Profile ◽  
Professional Field ◽  
Competency Domains ◽  
Business Professional

Competencies deemed relevant and meaningful by international business professionals and implemented in IB education, still do not produce work-ready graduates. This may be because these competencies are not perceived as relevant or meaningful by students. This study was conducted to gain students’ perspectives on the relevance and meaningfulness of the HTIBP talent competency framework, and how they perceived working with it. Results show that the five competency domains of the HTIBP competency framework are perceived as relevant and meaningful by students, in alignment with the professional field, this was not the case for few associated items (behaviours) ‘showing entrepreneurship’ and ‘improving ideas from others’. The lack of clarity of these behaviours resulted in less experienced relevance and meaningfulness by students. Our findings will help educators to better facilitate students to understand the meaning and relevance of competencies. This may help to improve alignment with the professional field.  

When context trumps culture: Persuasion in international business disputes

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurit Zaidman ◽  
Rinat Itzhaki ◽  
Oded Shenkar
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
International Management ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Culturally Different ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Different Populations ◽  
Communication Differences

Persuasion plays an important role in international business interactions. Within this domain, it is often argued that persuasion is a form of communication and as such embedded in cultural norms. It is also argued that forms of persuasion differ across cultures. The data described in this study of persuasive tactics deployed by Israeli and Indian business professionals in their attempts to resolve disputes with their partners suggest otherwise. These data mainly comprise 142 coded letters, addressed to the correspondents’ business partner and to the mediator. The quantitative results of the study show similarities in the choice of persuasive tactics employed by Israeli and Indian correspondents, when writing to each other and when writing to the mediator. The quantitative and qualitative results show that these research subjects, from two culturally different populations, constructed their persuasion tactics and communication in a similar manner. Hence, despite the apparent cultural and communication differences between them, they both employed similar communication tactics. These intriguing data are explained in the light of the fact that both Indian and Israeli subjects were experiencing a situation which they subjectively perceived as one involving a threat of meaningful loss. These perceptions and emotional responses led the participants toward similar communication behavior. This study contributes to international management research, and particularly to intercultural communication research, by demonstrating that contextual conditions do cause culturally different populations to communicate similarly.

scholarly journals Judaism and Jewish Business Practices

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Samuel L. Dunn ◽  
Joshua D. Jensen
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Jewish Culture ◽  
Multiple Cultures ◽  
Basic Understanding ◽  
History Of ◽  
Business Professional

Today’s global business environment is extremely diverse. With the business tools and resources that are available today, organizations of any size can create a global footprint easier than ever before. Today’s business professionals must be educated and trained in how to effectively interact with multiple cultures in order to successfully navigate the global business environment. Knowledge, acceptance, and appreciation of various cultures along with a fervent understanding of business practices in various cultures is required of the 21st century global business professional. This paper focuses on Jewish culture and how it manifests itself through Jewish business practices. The purpose of this paper is to give the reader a basic understanding of the principal branches of Judaism, a history of Judaism, an explanation of Jewish beliefs, and an introduction to Jewish business practices in hopes that further study will be elicited.

scholarly journals An Examination of the Technology of Specialised Soft Skill Sets Deployed in Business Sectors from Four Different Regions of the Globe

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
Thi Thu Hang Truong ◽  
Ronald S. Laura ◽  
Kylie Shaw
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Business School ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
The World ◽  
Business Sectors

<p class="BodyA"><em>Our central objective in this paper is twofold: first, to examine the scholarly literature on the technological importance of soft skills in Business, and second, to review the major research studies on the views of employers and the industries they serve regarding the specific character and combination sets of key soft skills best suited for business professionals located in four distinct and economically vibrant major business regions of the world. The key findings have been distilled from the literature and analysed to identify patterns of congruence, with the aim of cataloguing reasonably discrete combinatory sets of soft skills ideally suited to the specific business priorities which characterise these four different regions. The concluding section of the paper will consider the extent to which these distinct skill sets can be pedagogically developed in such a way that they become deeply embedded as foundational in the creation of an international business school curriculum, featuring five discrete sets of soft skills, each of which is ideally constructed for one of the four different regions.</em><em></em></p>

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE IN THE BUSINESS SPECIALISTS’ PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

2016 ◽  
pp. 200-205
Author(s):  
T. Yu. Osadchaya
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Professional Performance ◽  
Intercultural Interaction ◽  
Modern Business

The paper discusses the importance of intercultural competence for future international business professionals. This competence becomes increasingly popular today because in terms of integration and globalization, it affects the person’s professional performance in the modern business environment. The paper explores the nature and content of the phenomenon of intercultural competence of a specialist in the field of Economics and Business, defines the role and importance of studying the main characteristics of the world business cultures for efficient intercultural interaction.

scholarly journals Reflexivity as a Vital Skill for Future Researchers and Professionals

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-26
Author(s):  
Anna Kimberley
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
International Business ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Story Writing

The emergence of a reflective paradigm in higher education in the last two decades, has been emphasised as a necessary skill both for future business professionals and researchers. The development of these skills should therefore be included in business school curricula. The ability to critically reflect has been identified as a crucial part of employability. This calls for developing pedagogical approaches that will stimulate students’ critical thinking skills, encourage self-review as well as convey practice realities. This paper presents an application of such pedagogical methods applied in a set of course activities aimed specifically at developing reflexivity and self-efficacy of undergraduate business students, within the context of a university of applied sciences. It also demonstrates that the pedagogical solutions applied not only resulted in the desired learning outcomes, but also produced additional benefits to the students. A pedagogical approach was created and incorporated into one semester International Business Communication course taught to undergraduate international business students. It aimed at developing critical thinking skills, and reflexivity. It was incorporated in three activities: (1) introducing the students to the concept of reflexivity (reflecting on reflection), (2) writing reflectively about own cultural identity (reflection in action), (3) story writing and storytelling (reflecting on action). The methodological approach used was qualitative interpretation, and the method applied was narrative analysis of the data generated by reflective narratives created by the students. The findings showed that reflexivity was identified as a new concept, both necessary and helpful in self-development. Reflecting on one’s own cultural identity created different types of awareness, which contributed to developing deeper knowledge about one’s own cultural identity. Reflecting on story writing and storytelling showed the following learning benefits: discovering creative potential, as well as developing confidence in dealing with new, unexpected, and challenging situations. Moreover, the following additional learning benefits were identified: enhanced openness towards the immediate environment, improved understanding of otherness, and the applicability of the above skills for business professionals and researchers.

Comparison of College Faculty and Business Professionals as Evaluators of Student Business Letters

2021 ◽  
pp. 232949062110081
Author(s):  
Donald N. Stengel ◽  
Jacquelin J. Curry
Keyword(s):  
Business Communication ◽  
College Faculty ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Communication Course ◽  
Local Business ◽  
Business Professional

This article reports on assessments of business letters assigned to students in a business communication course. Assessments were performed by faculty in other disciplines and local business professionals, with each sampled assignment evaluated by one faculty and one business professional. Overall, the assessments by the two groups were similar in terms of evaluation items related to quality of content and organization. However, faculty evaluators rated the letters lower on items related to mechanics, while business professional evaluators rated the letters lower on items related to professionalism. The paired assessments revealed only limited consistency between the two evaluator groups.

Adapting Librarians’ Professional Competences to Current Requirements through Initial Education and Lifelong Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Elena Tîrziman ◽  
Maria Micle
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Lifelong Education ◽  
National Agency ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Multicultural Environment ◽  
Professional Profile ◽  
Professional Field ◽  
Occupational Standards

The alert pace of technological, information and social development of contemporary society prevent academic programmes of initial education (bachelor, master) in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS) from supplying graduates with enough knowledge and competences to meet the employers’ requirements: this makes lifelong learning indispensable. The initial education and lifelong education options for graduate professional librarians in Romania as stipulated by the specific legislation are bachelor in LIS, bachelor in another professional field plus a master in LIS, bachelor in another field plus competence acquired otherwise than through formal education and assessed based on Occupational Standards as acknowledged by the National Agency for Qualifications. The beneficial effects of lifelong learning are blurred in Romania by the propagation of a traditional, outdated professional profile strongly marked by negative stereotyping and that still keep youth away from a career in the info-documentary field. To well adapt the profession of librarian to the requirements of our society (information technology and globalisation), lifelong learning programmes need to pay attention not only to specific professional competences but also to competences and activities related to institutional internationalisation and adaptation to the multicultural environment, educating the public in the spirit of information literacy, and revitalising the didactics and promotion of reading.

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