Answer To: Topic: How to overcome language barrier at work place? Subject Title Managing in Global Context...
Soumi answered on Apr 10 2021
Running Head: HOW TO OVERCOME LANGUAGE BARRIER AT WORKPLACE 1
HOW TO OVERCOME LANGUAGE BARRIER AT WORKPLACE 2
HOW TO OVERCOME LANGUAGE BARRIER AT WORKPLACE
Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Article 1 3
Article 2 4
Article 3 5
Article 4 6
Article 5 7
References 9
Introduction
Communication is the basic requirement for the transfer of information between the speaker and the receiver. Language is one of the key factor, on which communication depends and due to dynamic cultural diversity, numerous languages are prevalent on this earth. Communication is the major requirement in order to achieve success in business and dynamic languages can act as a communication barrier at the work place. Further, overcoming the barrier to have an effective communication requires strategic approach as mentioned in the reviews.
Article 1
Yanaprasart, P. (2016). Managing Language Diversity in the Workplace: Between ‘One Language Fits All' and ‘Multilingual Model in Action'. Universal Journal of Management, 4(3), 91-107.
Yanaprasart (2016) has presented a very wide analysis of the languages used at the professional level in multinational companies. This study is based on the concept that due to increasing overseas development of Multinational Corporations (MNCs), international staff is being hired by them and as a result, language becomes a barrier. This study is based on two levels ‘macro’, ‘meso’ and ‘micro’. Companies with different linguistic languages in Switzerland have been compared at ‘macro’ level, while emphasis is given on dynamic discourses with in a single company.
Further, at ‘micro’ level focus is based on the practices that are being described by social actors. Their hypothesis was focused around the perceptions made by the individuals at given political, economic, sociocultural or linguistic context and the effect of language on the policies and decision-making. It was a mix methodological approach, in which data was collected from variable sources such as bank, restaurants, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications and the data collected was in oral and written form.
Moreover, there was a three step analysis procedure and it was found that language was not observed as a barrier in firms like banks however, big companies such as pharmaceuticals have to invest in translation segment as according to them ‘ besides money, it gives them a sense of inclusion with the native culture’. Finally they concluded that the concept of one language fits all is not for the MNCs instead multilingual model is required in a multilingual inclusiveness culture that strengthens and empowers the plurilingual speaker in the MNCs, which further helps to identify and explore innovative opportunities and helps to build a competitive advantage for companies.
Article 2
Jenifer, R. D., & Raman, G. P. (2015). Cross-cultural communication barriers in the workplace. International Journal of Management, 6(1), 348-351.
This paper focuses towards the presence of variable cultures, which leads to origin of dynamic languages and presents a cross-cultural communication or multilingual barrier at the work place. Jenifer and Raman (2015) mentioned cultural variability as an invisible factor that acts as barriers in international business. Further, understanding of multicultural approach is the major key towards understanding multilingual concept at the work place and the firms that fail to understand this multicultural concept, fails to expand their business overseas.
They have mentioned five major cross-cultural barriers and they are—
Misunderstanding – Variation...