Week 16 Question 3

In chapter 5 Diversity in Groups: The Strength of Different Perspectives, I feel the intercultural communication is not emphasis enough under the topic of language use. Language use is the first thing we notice about intercultural differences, however, language is not the only differences within intercultural context. There are things like use of time, space, general communication context aren’t discuss enough in this chapter. Sometimes different cultures can be people from different country or people with different religion. These are the factors are going to effect us greatly in an organization because we are interaction with people constantly. I feel like since it is a chapter about diversity, intercultural communication in the organizational world should be included and to be explain in depth. More importantly, United States is a multi-cultural country and it is hard to find an organization with only one dominant culture. To learn about intercultural communication is the first step for us to be intercultural competent.