Building Cultural Intelligence or Development Geography and Economic Theory

Building Cultural Intelligence (CQ): Nine Megaskills

Author: Richard Bucher

Building Cultural Intelligence(CQ): Nine Megaskills

Building Cultural Intelligence is a must read for any course that emphasizes cultural awareness and understanding, human interaction, and cultural communication among diverse populations. This practical, engaging, and interactive text promotes critical thinking and skills development.

Bucher presents cultural intelligence as a skill we can learn, develop, and manage. He focuses on nine specific megaskills readers can use at work, home, and abroad to promote cross-cultural understanding. Each chapter offers a number of diverse learning aids, including self-assessments. Each megaskill supplies building blocks through specific competencies. These nine megaskills are:

• Understanding cultural identity
• Checking cultural lenses
• Global conciousness
• Shifting perspectives
• Intercultural communication
• Managing cross-cultural conflict
• Multicultural teaming
• Managing bias
• Understanding the dynamics of power

Research and theory are discussed throughout, specifically with regard to culture and its impact on who we are, how we view ourselves and others, and how we relate in a variety of ways. The relevance to employment and career goals, focus on critically important skills, and inclusiveness are all strengths of this text that will give students the edge in any environment.

Table of Contents:

1. Cultural Intelligence (CQ): An Overview
2. CQ Megaskill: Understanding My Cultural Identity
3. CQ Megaskill: Checking Cultural Lenses
4. CQ Megaskill: Global Consciousness
5. CQ Megaskill: Shifting Perspectives
6. CQ Megaskill: Intercultural Communication
7. CQ Megaskill: Managing Cross-Cultural Conflict
8. CQ Megaskill: Multicultural Teaming
9. CQ Megaskill: Dealing with Bias
10. CQ Megaskill: Understanding the Dynamics of Power

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Development, Geography, and Economic Theory

Author: Paul Krugman

Why do certain ideas gain currency in economics while others fall by the wayside? Paul Krugman argues that the unwillingness of mainstream economists to think about what they could not formalize led them to ignore ideas that turn out, in retrospect, to have been very good ones.

Krugman examines the course of economic geography and development theory to shed light on the nature of economic inquiry. He traces how development theory lost its initial influence after it became clear that many of the theory's main insights could not be clearly modeled, and concludes with a commentary on areas where further inquiry looks most promising.

The Ohlin Lectures

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Consists of heavily revised versions of three lectures the author (economics, Stanford U.) delivered at the Stockholm School of Economics in 1992, concerning the fall and rise of development economics, the problems of economic geography, and models and metaphors. 5.5x8". Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)