Managing Intercultural Practice Oriented Student’s Projects: Evidence from Kenya, Germany, Ghana and the United States

Regina Brautlacht, Daniel Agyapong, Joseph Owino and Nils Rauhut

A chapter in Conference Proceedings 2016, 2017, pp 118-121 from Universities Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa International Conference

Abstract: Culture is at the core of any social, economic and business interactions and relationships. The way people perceive the culture of others influences their decision to collaborate socially, politically and economically with them. It is therefore, imperative students appreciate the dynamics of cross-cultural interactions and collaborations, since it exposes them to a wider view of the world. In doing this, it is important they (students) are allowed to explore as much as possible with little interference by their teachers. Using the project students went through real-life experience in a self-directed enquiry. In the process, they were taught to solve problems encountered during the learning process. The focus of the intercultural communication project was to understand how people from different cultures speak, interact and perceive others’ culture. It was found students innovate if allowed to explore a certain phenomenon on their own. Furthermore, face-to-face meetings can be arranged between people in the different countries can be arranged using these Web 2.0 tools. Based on the experience from the project, it was observed that the success of a collaborative international project depends on the understanding of the crosscultural dynamics of partners. For such collaborations, it is imperative to establish personal relationships, be flexible and adaptable to situations and change as well as being swift resolving potential conflict situation.

Keywords: Project Management; Collaboration; Competencies; Social Learning; Intercultural Communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
ISBN: 978-3-96043-042-1
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