International Culture In Industry Training: A Corporate Myth Or A Necessity?

Many changes throughout the corporate arena, both in the immediate and recent past, are bringing to light an increased need for cultural cognition in the “new world”. A post-industrial society, or more accurately an information generation is only the beginning. The new “world-order”, economic powerhouses, ethnic conflicts and a daily explosion of both knowledge and technology mandate a new look at industry training. Global business entities can no longer afford to ignore cultural differences, in fact even national industries consider this critical, simply due to the make-up of their employees or even more importantly, their customers.