The global diversity management challenge's importance in our time requires a scientific approach to be dealt with effectively that does not preclude human creativity and ethics either.
Contents
Part 1. Foundation of a Global Diversity Management Science
1. The completion of the intercultural edifice
2. Design of a scientifically-based diversity-integrative transcultural profiler
2.1 The state of the intercultural art and science: On human relativity in intercultural research
2.2 Enhancing the intercultural art and science: Sources, models and the achievement of supreme cultural intelligence
3. Summary of Inter-/Transcultural Management Instruments
Part 2. Grundlagen einer globalen Diversitätsmanagementwissenschaft
1. Formulierung eines Kultur-Management Gesetzes
2. Der Diagnostiker-Profiler: Das 3-D-12-Oktaven-Dome Transcultural Management Mode
3. Die Optimierung des Modells
Part 3. The Need of Acquiring Full Human Diversity Awareness and the Imperative of Managing It
1. Finding the Space Age Intercultural Formula. Managing the Human Matrix in the Intercultural Interfacing Process
2. Identity and Relationship as the Basis of Culture and Civilisation
3. The Identity War: Diversity, Reciprocity and the Ethics of Peaceful
4. Coexistence
5. The Cosmic Dimension
6. Child of the Universe. Oneness
7. A Glance at German Lands
8. Cultural Healing of Germany
9. Identity, Culture and Freedom
10. The Relationship between Culture Area and Geopolitical Space
11. The Subquantic - Supercosmic Continuum
12. Orient and Occident. East-West Synergy
13. The Ultimate Game. Quantum Culture
14. Cosmics
15. The Conquest & Ownership of and Leadership from the Innermost Center
16. The Topography of a Universal Eco-Culture
17. The Metamorphosis of the Islamist Labyrinth
18. Metropolism, Cosmopolitanism, Cosmism
19. Global Culture Systems Analysis: Sustainability and Accountability
20. The Ultimate Panacea for Culture Clash. Managing the Clash of Civilizations
21. A Changing Optic. UT UNUM SINT
22. Transcultural Intelligence – TCQ
23. Third Millennium: Managing Fundamentalism, Liberalism and Reason
24. Divine Cybernetics
25. Cultural Engineering. Beyond Relativism
26. The Creative Culture Circle
27. Black Forest Cherry Cake
28. Cosmic Man
29. Transcultural Policy
30. Cultural Fundamentalism
31. Third Millennium Axiology
Part 4. Transcultural Management Dictionary: English and German
Objective and Core Themes
The work aims to move beyond standard intercultural approaches by integrating a transcultural dimension, which seeks to reconcile the divisive nature of culture through an awareness of human unity. By applying principles from hard sciences, such as quantum physics and neurophysiology, to the management of human diversity, the author proposes a "transcultural intelligence" that allows individuals to transcend limited cultural conditioning and navigate diverse global environments effectively.
- The paradigm shift from static, comparative cross-cultural models to dynamic, integrative transcultural frameworks.
- The neurophysiological and quantum physical basis for a "noetic" level of consciousness that integrates human diversity.
- The role of self-awareness and ethical commitment in managing cultural processes.
- Practical management tools, such as the "Transcultural Profiler," to map and navigate human diversity in a global context.
- The synthesis of East-West philosophies and religious insights into a unified, sustainable management approach for the third millennium.
Excerpt from the Book
The completion of the intercultural edifice
When one leaves the land of diversity-based duality knowledgeably one enters the “promised land” of human unity. In hindsight the former can be seen in the latter’s likeness. Both are part of a complete map of culture.
The title „The completion of the intercultural edifice” 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. When we look back at the brief history of culture, interculturalism and associated intercultural research that has been inaugurated in the late 20th century, we note that it responds to perceived needs in the world of globalizing business, diplomacy and strategy. Among the first intercultural scholars in the modern sense therefore were theoreticians who were more or less involved in these domains and institutional or organizational environments. One thinks of the American anthropologist Hall and the Dutchmen Hofstede and Trompenaars.
Summary of Chapters
1. The completion of the intercultural edifice: Discusses the necessity of evolving from current limited intercultural paradigms toward a more holistic, unified understanding of human diversity.
2. Design of a scientifically-based diversity-integrative transcultural profiler: Explains the conceptualization of a tool designed to map the psychological infrastructure of global managers within a broader transcultural context.
3. Summary of Inter-/Transcultural Management Instruments: Provides a synthesis of established models, such as those by Schein and Adler, contextualized within the author's transcultural framework.
Keywords
Transcultural management, global diversity, noetic intelligence, quantum culture, cultural conditioning, neurophysiology, human unity, cultural synergy, management instruments, transcultural profiler, consciousness, global governance, identity management, ethics, sustainability.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the core focus of the work?
The work focuses on transitioning from conventional, divisive intercultural management to a holistic, transcultural paradigm that integrates cultural diversity into a unified human experience.
What are the primary thematic areas?
The themes include the evolution of culture management, the application of hard science metaphors (quantum physics, neurophysiology) to human consciousness, and the synthesis of Western management theory with Eastern and ancient wisdom.
What is the ultimate goal of the research?
The goal is to provide a "master key" or transcultural intelligence that allows global managers to transcend cultural conflict and foster synergetic global cooperation.
Which scientific methodologies are utilized?
The author uses a transdisciplinary approach, drawing on neurophysiological axioms, quantum physics metaphors (wave-particle duality), and comparative philosophy/religion to build a scientific foundation for transcultural management.
What is covered in the main section of the book?
The main body details the "Transcultural Profiler," examines the cosmic and noetic dimensions of consciousness, and applies these insights to contemporary challenges like the clash of civilizations and the management of corporate identities.
What defines the work's characteristic keywords?
The keywords revolve around integration, transcendence, and consciousness, reflecting the shift from managing difference (intercultural) to recognizing unity (transcultural).
What is the specific contribution of the Transcultural Profiler?
It provides a diagnostic and management instrument that maps 12 levels of consciousness—from physical interfaces to cosmic connection—to allow managers to align their strategies with the totality of human experience.
How does the author interpret the "clash of civilizations"?
The author argues that this clash is a symptom of limited, ego-driven, and dualistic perceptions, which can only be healed by developing a superordinate transcultural awareness at the individual level.
- Quote paper
- D.E.A./UNIV. PARIS I Gebhard Deissler (Author), 2012, Global Diversity Management Science, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/194334
