Cultural Awareness for Global Business

Overview

Our Cultural Awareness for Global Business program is designed to help professionals thrive and operate effectively in culturally diverse teams. During the five-week program, you’ll learn to solve problems and avoid needless, counterproductive misunderstandings when working with people from different cultural backgrounds. You’ll also improve your intercultural and global leadership skills—and enhance your ability to succeed in today’s multicultural business world.

Participant Takeaways

• Learn about the concept of culture and its relationship to language and communication.
• See why and how the cultures in our professional environments differ from each other.
• Discover how and why cultural differences impact the global economy.
• Find out how to successfully conduct business in a multicultural setting.
• Learn to avoid common communication problems that are caused by culturally-shaped differences in expected etiquette and non-verbal communication practices.

For more information, please visit the MIT Professional Education course listing here.