Intercultural communication teamwork and leadership/Communicating across difference/The international assignment

Readings

Read Chapter 18.7 in Business Communication for Success.

This reading gives an overview of the challenges involved in taking on an international assignment. It also recommends preparatory steps and effective living and working strategies for more successful acculturation abroad.

Recommended: Do all the exercises at the end of the chapter. These exercises invite you to explore international job opportunities, ex-patriate support networks, and experiential accounts of international assignments. Based on your reading of the text, what would be hardest, and easiest, parts of an international assignment for you?