As a result of increasing organizational interculturalism, the challenge of communicating across cultures is one that teachers face on a daily basis. But how do we help ourselves when preparing for intercultural challenges? And what are the best methods of acquiring the skills required to be effective international managers? "Crossing Cultures "offers teachers and trainers a unique set of proven methods for developing the skills required by both students and practitioners when striving to be effective members and managers in cross-cultural situations. Comprehensively structured to provide a framework for teaching, every chapter features its own teaching module embedded in robust discussion of its theoretical source, as well as a working definition and specific directions for practice. The 'master teachers' who offer these modules highlight the potential difficulties, typical dialogues and the variations required for different audiences, while approaching the fundamentals of culture from multifarious disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, management, psychology and strategy. First and foremost a book for teachers, "Crossing Cultures" is also a book for their students, bringing together the best authors in the field to illustrate what understanding and action is required to successfully cross cultures.

Section 1. Not the Beginning 1. Culture, Passion, and Play Section 2. Framing the Culture Concept: What is Culture / How can we Characterize it? 2. Are we the Same or are we Different? - A Social Psychological Perspective of Culture 3. What is Culture and Why Does it Matter? - Current Conceptualizations from Anthropology 4. One's Many Cultures: A multiple Cultures Perspective 5. Learning about Our and Other Selves: Multiple Identities and Their Sources Section 3. Culture Scanning and Sense-Making: How do we 'Learn' and Characterize Culture? 6. Context / Culture Interaction: Teaching Thick Descriptions of Culture 7. Cultural Scanning: An Integrated Cultural Frameworks Approach 8. Teaching Cultural Sensemaking 9. Examining Culture Change Through 'Fiddler on the Roof' Section 4. The Experience of Crossing Cultures 10. Using the Hero's Journey: A Framework for Making Sense of the Transformational Expatriate Experience 11. Apples and Oranges: An Experimental Exercise in Crossing Cultures 12. Building Transpatriate Skills: The Star Trek Case 13. Cultural Transitions: A Biophysical Model for Cultural Adaption, Section 5. Going Deeper: Developing a Global Mindset 14. Turning Frogs into Interculturalists: A Student Centered Developmental Approach to Teaching Intercultural Competence 15. Shaping the Global Mindset: Designing Educational Experiences for Effective Global Thinking and Action 16. Limitations of the Culture Perspective in Teaching International Management: The Case of Transitional Economies 17. Reflective Silence: Developing the Capacity for Meaningful Global Leadership Section 6. The Cultural Context of Work: Collaborative Relationships Today 18. Building Multinational Teams: Learning to Manage the Challenges of Homogeneity and Heterogeneity 19. Teaching Culture 'On the Fly' and 'Learning in Working' with Global Teams 20. Teaching Mindful Intercultural Conflict Management 21 Effective Cross-Cultural Leadership: Tips and Techniques for Developing Capacity Section 7. The Cultural Context of Work: Impacts on Functional Performance 22. Global Ethics 23. Negotiating Culture 24 Conceptualizing and Designing a Course in International Human Resource Management 25. Incorporating Culture in Joint Venture and Alliance Instruction: The Alliance Culture Exercise 26. Teaching Culture in the Capstone Strategy Course Section 8. Not the End 27. As We Go Forward