INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND CROSS CULTURAL LEARNING

• When international students are enrolled,  we  have wonderful opportunities to learn about cultural differences in leadership and group/organizational behavior. The meanings of various organizational phenomena (e.g., delegation, authority, trust, power, etc.) are learned in the context of our cultures.  Our culture "frames" everything we know about behavior. All of what we know about behavior, what it is and what it means,  is culturally bounded. 
  
• American students. Reach out to  international students.   English is their  second language and some have come half way around the world just to take this course with you. Imagine yourself studying the BBA or MBA in Bombay,  India or  Lanzhou, China and how nice it would be to have a few local friends who know their way around. Buy someone some KC Bar B Q.
  
• International students: You should have the  opportunity to get to know a group of American  students fairly well in this course. We do lots of things in groups.  Feel free to let me know how the course is working for you and how I and your fellow group mates can help can help.  Many of the concepts have subtleties about them that may be  hard to understand.  The course has a grade for participation.  I do take into account in my grading that you must communicate in a second language. Jump in—and don’t worry about saying everything perfectly—we’re all learning how to express ourselves effectively. And help us learn how your culture treats many of the ideas  in this course. 

  Try hard to write the clearest and best English you can.  Use the writing lab if you need it. See advice On Writing. )