| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 291 pages) |
| Contents |
Discover work styles : building interpersonal relationships through visual and tangible approaches -- Understand core beliefs : creating visuals helps in understanding values and biases -- Establish trust : sharing stories using rich and lean media -- Assess information : learning from multisensory collective wisdom -- Decode communication styles : exchanging constructive feedback through critique -- Design shared goals : innovating together through creative projects |
| Summary |
"Intercultural Collaborations by Design introduces a framework for collaborating across cultures and learning to use multicultural perspectives to address pressing global issues. This handbook helps people work, learn, and teach across cultures. Through the activities highlighted in this book, virtual and intercultural teams will find a practical route for initiating and sustaining productive work across disciplinary and social barriers. Teams can craft a plan to achieve their goals by selecting the activities that best meet their needs and interests. First-person anecdotes from the authors demonstrate how the activities encourage teams to embrace diverse perspectives in order to create innovative solutions. With over 30 hands-on activities, this book will be of great interest to diverse teams from a variety of disciplines who want to enhance intercultural learning and co-working. Whether in the classroom or workplace, the activities are appropriate for a variety of collaboration contexts, without a need for background in art or design"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Kelly M. Murdoch-Kitt is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan's Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. She believes in integrating visual communication, interaction design, and service design with global and social responsibility. Denielle J. Emans is an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts Qatar. She is passionate about collaboration, storytelling, and empowering teams to build strong relationships to fuel creative action. Their ongoing research, which supports diverse international teams in addressing sustainability topics, has been recognized by the Design Incubation Teaching Awards. They have co-authored chapters in theRoutledge Handbook of Sustainable Design, the Handbook of Sustainability and Social Science Research, and the forthcoming Collaboration in Design Education |
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Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 25, 2020) |
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Diversity in the workplace.
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Teams in the workplace.
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Multiculturalism.
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Intercultural communication.
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multiculturalism.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Communication -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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Diversity in the workplace
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Intercultural communication
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Multiculturalism
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Teams in the workplace
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Emans, Denielle J., author.
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| LC no. |
2019038813 |
| ISBN |
9780429268823 |
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0429268823 |
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9781000761962 |
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1000761967 |
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9781000761641 |
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1000761649 |
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9781000761801 |
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1000761800 |
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