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This book explains to those living and working in another country how to identify and develop their Cultural Intelligence, or CQ. Cultural intelligence is an outsider's natural ability to interpret and respond to unfamiliar cultural signals in an appropriate manner. CQ is distinguished by three core features: the head, or the ability to discover new information about a culture; the heart, or one's motivation and confidence in dealing with a culture; and the body, or the capability to adapt actions and behavior so that they are appropriate in a new culture. A manager with a high CQ can enter into new cultural settings-national, professional, organizational, regional-and immediately understand what is happening and why, confidently interact with people, and engage in the right actions. Filled with real-world examples and case studies, this book explains how to assess one's own skills and improve one's CQ.
"This is a very important book about a significant new concept,
'cultural intelligence' (CQ) that is sure to attract the attention
of both scholars and those who are involved in the practical
matters of global commerce and international affairs. The authors
have amassed a considerable array of academic theories and research
evidence to support their arguments for why it is essential to
understand CQ and how it can be developed and used in our
increasingly multi-cultural world. All of us who consider ourselves
'internationalists' need to read this book." --Lyman W. Porter,
University of California, Irvine
Cultural intelligence is defined as an individual's ability to function effectively in situations characterized by cultural diversity. With contributions from eminent scholars worldwide, the "Handbook of Cultural Intelligence" is a 'state-of-the-science' summary of the body of knowledge about cultural intelligence and its relevance for managing diversity both within and across cultures. Because cultural intelligence capabilities can be enhanced through education and experience, this handbook emphasizes individual capabilities - specific characteristics that allow people to function effectively in culturally diverse settings - rather than the approach used by more traditional books of describing and comparing cultures based on national cultural norms, beliefs, habits, and practices.The Handbook covers conceptional and definitional issues, assessment approaches, and application of cultural intelligence in the domains of international and cross-cultural management as well as management of domestic activity. It is an invaluable resource that will stimulate and guide future research on this important topic and its application across a broad range of disciplines, including management, organizational behavior, industrial and organizational psychology, intercultural communication, and more.
"This book is an immensely useful guide to the use of cultural
intelligence at work. Cultural intelligence is the individual's
capacity for successful work and social adaptation to new cultural
settings, and indeed to any unfamiliar social environment. Part I
details the various components of cultural intelligence. Part II
provides realistic, practical, culture-sensitive stories from
intercultural work settings. It describes how leading multicultural
organizations deal with cultural diversity, how to create high
performing international teams, how to improve job assignments to
other cultures, how to deal with a diverse work force, and how to
lead people in international organizations."--Harry C. Triandis,
University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign
"This is a very important book about a significant new concept,
'cultural intelligence' (CQ) that is sure to attract the attention
of both scholars and those who are involved in the practical
matters of global commerce and international affairs. The authors
have amassed a considerable array of academic theories and research
evidence to support their arguments for why it is essential to
understand CQ and how it can be developed and used in our
increasingly multi-cultural world. All of us who consider ourselves
'internationalists' need to read this book." --Lyman W. Porter,
University of California, Irvine
While major advances have been made in the area of cancer research over the last few decades, certain aspects of the avascular tumour growth processes remain poorly understood. The mathematical model discussed in this monograph therefore provides a more biologically realistic description of avascular tumour growth by taking into account stochastic cellular and extracellular tumour growth processes. The discussion is presented in two distinct parts- the first comprises the construction of a model for avascular tumour growth with random variation, while the second consists of refining the approach to develop a stochastically perturbed avascular tumour model. A numerical solution method was also developed to solve the model with stochastic perturbation, producing a reasonable set of solution results. The model results has shown a reasonably good fit for published experimental data. Convergence analysis of the model solution was also investigated. Mathematical modelling has helped develop a more reasonable approximation to the biological model, and should be especially useful to graduate students and researchers in Mathematics and Biological fields.
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