The Motivational Dimension – Successful Cross-Cultural Communication
Ways of Deciding: The Motivational Dimension
Every message is “encoded” and “decoded” around seven main areas of human experience. Let’s look at “The motivational dimension” which involves peoples decision making and what fuels it.
Decision making processes affect the actions which result from cross-cultural messages.
Asian peoples (primarily those influenced by Confucianism) will decide one day on a course of action or business focus and just as easily reverse himself the next day. Confucius said men should not live with single preconceived course of action. What seemed wise today may seem foolish tomorrow.
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