Cultural Competence

Abstract

Cultural competence may also be associated with diversity from organizational communication perspective, a diverse culture. Diversity must be prevalent and valued before one may be considered culturally competent / diversity competent organization. Developing cultural competence requires examining biases and prejudices, developing cross –cultural skills, searching for role models, and spending as much time as possible with other people who share a passion for cultural competence. Diversity training university International (DTUI) isolated four cognitive components: a. Awareness b. Attitude c. Knowledge and d. skills. Intercultural competence is the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people of other cultures. A cross cultural competence (3c) has generated confusing and contradictory definition because it has been studied by a wide variety of academic approaches and professional fields. Cross-cultural competence does not operate in a vacuum, however, one theoretical construct posits that 3c, language proficiency, regional knowledge are distinct skills that are inextricably linked but to varying degrees on the context in which they are employed.