Closing the Book of Culture

The title „Closing the book of Culture” implies the end of a process; the process of reading the book of culture and to behave and act on the basis of the contents of the book. The contents are either fully understood and the book can be shelved to be reopened occasionally for purposes such as educational ones, for example, or, alternatively, the paradigm contained in the book has been transcended and the contents have become partly or fully obsolete.
The present exposé can be considered as a process of returning for a moment to the old paradigm in order to connect it to the new, supposedly more advanced one.

Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)

• The completion of the intercultural edifice
• Design of a scientifically-based diversity-integrative transcultural profiler
  • The state of the intercultural art and science: On human relativity in intercultural research
  • Enhancing the intercultural art and science: Sources, models and the achievement of supreme cultural intelligence
• Summary of Inter-/Transcultural Management Instruments
• Bilingual English-German terminology of complementary intercultural and transcultural management

Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)

This work aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of cultural diversity and its implications for global business, diplomacy, and strategy. It seeks to bridge the gap between traditional intercultural research and a more advanced, transcultural perspective, culminating in a model for achieving supreme cultural intelligence.

• The completion of the intercultural edifice and its implications for understanding cultural unity
• The development of a scientifically-based transcultural profiler for integrating diversity
• The evolution of intercultural research and its relevance in a globalized world
• The sources, models, and strategies for achieving supreme cultural intelligence
• The application of inter-/transcultural management instruments in diverse contexts

Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)

The first chapter explores the concept of "closing the book of culture," suggesting a transition from a diversity-focused paradigm to a more unified understanding of human culture. It examines the history of intercultural research and its emergence as a response to the needs of global business, diplomacy, and strategy.

The second chapter presents a scientifically-based diversity-integrative transcultural profiler. It delves into the state of the intercultural art and science, exploring the concept of human relativity in intercultural research. It then moves on to discuss the sources, models, and strategies for achieving supreme cultural intelligence, highlighting the key elements of a successful transcultural approach.

Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)

This work explores key concepts such as intercultural research, transcultural management, cultural intelligence, diversity integration, human relativity, global business, diplomacy, and strategy. It examines the evolution of cultural understanding from a diversity-focused paradigm to a more unified and integrated perspective.

Details

• Course: Interkulturelles Management
• Author: D.E.A./UNIV. PARIS I Gebhard Deissler (Author)
• Publication Year: 2012
• Pages: 243
• Catalog Number: V193778
• ISBN (eBook): 9783656191056
• ISBN (Book): 9783656565932
• Language: English
• Tags: intercultural managment transcultural management research international diversity management multicultural management intercultural-transcultural profiler transcultural management framework global management research