Figuring Foreigners Out, 20th Anniversary Edition: Understanding The World's Cultures
This is the 20th Anniversary edition of the classic, Figuring Foreigners Out.

Craig Storti is a renowned expert in intercultural communications whose approaches are highly practical and based on his decades of experience as an intercultural trainer throughout the world.



This hands-on resource can be used as a self-paced guide or in a facilitated (work or academic course) environment. The book enables readers to encounter and confront culture head on, to interact with and respond to it. In the process, culture will become something real and alive, something to deal with, not merely think about.



NEW TO THIS EDITION:

1. New introduction by the author highlighting changes in approaches since 1998!

2. A diagnostic quiz at beginning and end touching on all major elements discussed in the book. Before working through the exercises, readers get a score. They take the quiz again at the end of the book to see how much they've learned and where improvement is needed.

3. A new exercise to begin chapter 1 and a revised introduction

4. Revision of Exercise 5.1, The Cross-Cultural Perspective: Description or Interpretation

5. Addition of a new exercise in Chapter 5 based on Bennet's Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity and new chapter introduction

6. Revised continuums (with regional/country locations) to reflect research done since 1st edition.

7. Updates throughout to ensure content is up-to-date and reflects current standards
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Figuring Foreigners Out, 20th Anniversary Edition: Understanding The World's Cultures
This is the 20th Anniversary edition of the classic, Figuring Foreigners Out.

Craig Storti is a renowned expert in intercultural communications whose approaches are highly practical and based on his decades of experience as an intercultural trainer throughout the world.



This hands-on resource can be used as a self-paced guide or in a facilitated (work or academic course) environment. The book enables readers to encounter and confront culture head on, to interact with and respond to it. In the process, culture will become something real and alive, something to deal with, not merely think about.



NEW TO THIS EDITION:

1. New introduction by the author highlighting changes in approaches since 1998!

2. A diagnostic quiz at beginning and end touching on all major elements discussed in the book. Before working through the exercises, readers get a score. They take the quiz again at the end of the book to see how much they've learned and where improvement is needed.

3. A new exercise to begin chapter 1 and a revised introduction

4. Revision of Exercise 5.1, The Cross-Cultural Perspective: Description or Interpretation

5. Addition of a new exercise in Chapter 5 based on Bennet's Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity and new chapter introduction

6. Revised continuums (with regional/country locations) to reflect research done since 1st edition.

7. Updates throughout to ensure content is up-to-date and reflects current standards
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Figuring Foreigners Out, 20th Anniversary Edition: Understanding The World's Cultures

Figuring Foreigners Out, 20th Anniversary Edition: Understanding The World's Cultures

by Craig Storti
Figuring Foreigners Out, 20th Anniversary Edition: Understanding The World's Cultures

Figuring Foreigners Out, 20th Anniversary Edition: Understanding The World's Cultures

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This is the 20th Anniversary edition of the classic, Figuring Foreigners Out.

Craig Storti is a renowned expert in intercultural communications whose approaches are highly practical and based on his decades of experience as an intercultural trainer throughout the world.



This hands-on resource can be used as a self-paced guide or in a facilitated (work or academic course) environment. The book enables readers to encounter and confront culture head on, to interact with and respond to it. In the process, culture will become something real and alive, something to deal with, not merely think about.



NEW TO THIS EDITION:

1. New introduction by the author highlighting changes in approaches since 1998!

2. A diagnostic quiz at beginning and end touching on all major elements discussed in the book. Before working through the exercises, readers get a score. They take the quiz again at the end of the book to see how much they've learned and where improvement is needed.

3. A new exercise to begin chapter 1 and a revised introduction

4. Revision of Exercise 5.1, The Cross-Cultural Perspective: Description or Interpretation

5. Addition of a new exercise in Chapter 5 based on Bennet's Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity and new chapter introduction

6. Revised continuums (with regional/country locations) to reflect research done since 1st edition.

7. Updates throughout to ensure content is up-to-date and reflects current standards

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781473670334
Publisher: Hachette Mobius
Publication date: 10/10/2017
Edition description: Revised
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Craig Storti has over 30-years of experience as a trainer and consultant working with business people, diplomats, civil servants, and foreign aid workers to help them work and engage effectively with people from other cultures and diverse backgrounds. He is an advisor to Fortune 500 companies on international joint ventures and expat/repat issues, he leads cross-cultural workshops for international agencies and organizations on four continents, and assists numerous corporations and government agencies to better manage global teams and culturally diverse workforces. A popular speaker, Craig is represented by The Washington Speakers' Bureau. He has written for a number of national magazines and major newspapers, including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune. He has lived nearly a quarter of his life abroad-with extended stays in Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist cultures-he speaks French, Arabic, and Nepali. Craig is also Vice President of Intercultural Programs for the Toronto-based Human Resources firm proLearning innovations.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Preface to the Second Edition xiii

Self-Assessment: Pre-Test xvii

Introduction xxiii

Chapter 1 What Is Culture? 1

Exercise 1.1 Dinner with Some Brahmins 3

Exercise 1.2 Matching Values and Behavior 6

Exercise 1.3 How Does a Behavior Mean? 9

Exercise 1.4 What Culture Is Not 14

Exercise 1.5 Observation or Interpretation? 18

Chapter 2 Building Blocks of Culture 21

Exercise 2.1 Dialogues 23

Concept of Self: Building Block 1

Exercise 2.2 Dividing the Spoils 26

Exercise 2.3 Individualist-Collectivist 28

Exercise 2.4 Choices 31

Exercise 2.5 What Would You Do? 34

Personal Versus Societal Responsibility: Building Block 2

Exercise 2.6 An Accident 38

Exercise 2.7 Universalist-Particularist 40

Exercise 2.8 Choices 43

Exercise 2.9 What Would You Do? 46

Review Exercise-Building Blocks 1 and 2 50

Concept of Time: Building Block 3

Exercise 2.10 Service with a Smile 55

Exercise 2.11 Monochronic-Polychrome 57

Exercise 2.12 Choices 60

Exercise 2.13 What Would You Do? 63

Locus Of Control: Building Block 4

Exercise 2.14 Who's in Charge Here? 67

Exercise 2.15 Internal-External 69

Exercise 2.16 Choices 72

Exercise 2.17 What Would You Do? 75

Review Exercise-Building Blocks 3 and 4 79

Exercise 2.18 Dialogues Revisited 84

Chapter 3 Styles of Communication 87

Exercise 3.1 Dialogues 88

Verbal Communication

Exercise 3.2 Direct and Indirect Communication 91

Exercise 3.3 Comparing Communication Styles across Cultures 95

Exercise 3.4 Communication Techniques 100

Exercise 3.5 Switching Styles 105

Nonverbal Communication

Exercise 3.6 The Body Language Quiz 111

Exercise 3.7 Nonverbal Communication 114

Exercise 3.8 Dialogues Revisited 119

Chapter 4 Culture in the Workplace 123

Exercise 4.1 Dialogues 124

Exercise 4.2 Power Distance 127

Exercise 4.3 Comparing Workplace Norms across Cultures 130

Exercise 4.4 What Would You Do? 138

Exercise 4.5 Dialogues Revisited 144

Chapter 5 Developing Cultural Awareness 147

Exercise 5.1 The Stages of Cultural Competence 148

Exercise 5.2 The Stages of Cultural Sensitivity 152

Epilogue 157

Self-Assessment: Post-Test 159

Recommended Reading 165

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