LEADER 04996nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910460350303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a94-6166-021-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079989 035 $a(EBL)1763004 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000483467 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11300083 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483467 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10573178 035 $a(PQKB)10651779 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1763004 035 $a(OCoLC)847479037 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29547 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1763004 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10452833 035 $a(OCoLC)715171929 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079989 100 $a20070718d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCompass for intercultural partnerships$b[electronic resource] $ea thought provoking book to deploy the integration of cultures as a source of welfare and tolerance in a glocalising world /$fBob Elsen ... [et al.] ; introduction by Koenraad Debackere 210 $aLeuven, Belgium $cLeuven University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (162 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-5867-607-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCompass for InterculturalPartnerships; Interculturalism needsa compass indeed ...; CONTENTS; The World in a Coconut A personal view to inspire; The world in a coconut; In diversity there is strength; And remember, no matter where you go, there you are; Cultural sensitivity; The coconut model; IN DIVERSITY THERE IS STRENGTH; Just a Tip; AND REMEMBER, NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE. (Confucius); Offspring of Time; Basic ingredients...; Culture; Interculturality; Dynamic or Dynamite?; Diversity of Cultural Identity and its Challenges; Now we really need a compass; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY 327 $aNo Pain No GainStages in the development for cultural sensitivity; 1. Denial; 2. Taking an interest; 3. Recognising and Acknowledging; 4. Creating a dialogue; 5. Internalising; Intercultural sensitivity training; Exploring; Key concepts:; Integrating; A Traditional Training; Living Stone Gateways: A Different Training; THE COCONUT MODEL; Layer 5. The coconut skin, or external appearances and visualreality.; Layer 4. The pith of the coconut, or systems and institutions; Layer 3. The shell of the coconut seed, a symbolic dividing line; Layer 2. The flesh of the seed or the foundations 327 $aLayer 1. The coconut milk or universal patternsLike Coconut?; Notes; Bibliography; Same World, Different Paths Walks through fields of theory; Same world, different pathsWalks through fields of theory; Contemplating Interculturalism; Interculturalism investigated; Applied interculturalism; 1. Contemplating interculturalism; What is culture?; Multiculturalism and cultural relativism; Terra incognita; Generation and decay; A dialectic reading of cultures; 2. Interculturalism investigated ; National cultures; Software of the mind; Practical lessons from Hofstede's theory; Culture and modernity 327 $aResearch into values and opinionsBack to the future; Sociology's blind spot; 3. Applied interculturalism; Ex-pats, planet & profit; Our friends in the South; Interculturalism for everyone; The coconut allegory; Notes; The Intercultural Momentum What the South says: a survey; The Intercultural Momentum What the South says: a survey; The aim: a poll based on discernment and experience; Before, during and after: dealing with time; Nothing personal, only business - or is it?; Negotiations and consensus; Differences in leadership; Opening to the other culture 327 $aWho thinks what? Types concerning perceptionImage and reality; Notes; The authors 330 $aAs globalisation makes the visual distinction between North and South, East and West disappear, one definitely needs a compass. It still points to magnetic North. For the moment.This book focuses on the added value created by interculturality which is the interaction, exchange and integration between people of different cultures. The reflexions are aimed at profit and non-profit organisations who have the ambition to be enriched and strengthened by their cultural diversity.This publication states and illustrates; personal views seek to inspire. The outlines in this book are now a guiding princ 606 $aCultural relations 606 $aPartnership 606 $aOrganizational behavior$xSocial aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCultural relations. 615 0$aPartnership. 615 0$aOrganizational behavior$xSocial aspects. 700 $aElsen$b Bob$0958675 701 $aDebackere$b Koenraad$0958676 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460350303321 996 $aCompass for intercultural partnerships$92172280 997 $aUNINA