With the rise of technological advances in communication, it is now easier than ever to interact with someone on the other side of the world in a matter of seconds. For organizations looking to expand worldwide, these advances can be a tremendous asset. However, they can also create cultural misunderstandings and barriers between organizations attempting to communicate with other organizations, clients, customers, or the general public. If these cultural barriers are not handled swiftly and appropriately, tensions can escalate and cause significant issues beyond the professional world that affect innocent lives.
Write a short paper discussing cultural misunderstandings and barriers caused by technological advances.
Submit this assignment as a Word document. Your short paper must be between 500 and 750 words. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Criteria | Exemplary (100%) | Proficient (85%) | Needs Improvement (55%) | Not Evident (0%) | Value |
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Cultural Misunderstandings and Barriers | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Describes at least two cultural misunderstandings or barriers that could be caused by using modern technology to communicate with people from different geographical regions or cultures | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include describing in further detail the cultural misunderstandings or barriers that could be caused by using modern technology to communicate with people from international cultures | Does not attempt criterion | 29 |
Negative Implications | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explains how the identified cultural misunderstandings and barriers caused by using modern technology tools can negatively affect the relationship between the people and the organizations involved | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include explaining in further detail how the identified cultural misunderstandings and barriers caused by using modern technology tools can negatively affect the relationship between the people and the organizations involved | Does not attempt criterion | 27 |
Future Solutions | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Explains how cultural misunderstandings or barriers could be overcome or prevented when using technology to communicate with international cultures in the future, including why it is important to be aware of cultural misunderstandings or barriers when using technology to communicate with international cultures | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include explaining more thoroughly how cultural misunderstandings or barriers could be overcome or prevented when using technology to communicate with international cultures in the future, or further explaining why it is important to be aware of cultural misunderstandings or barriers when using technology to communicate with international cultures | Does not attempt criterion | 29 |
Articulation of Response | Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner | Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose | Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability | Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas | 10 |
Citations and Attributions | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors | Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors | Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution | 5 |
Total: | 100% |