Intercultural Relationships

and Conflict
Week 5 Tutorial
Lecture Recap: Key ideas
Managing Relationships: Negotiating
Dialectics
Managing Conflict and Differences
[CBSCM- Culture-based Situational
Conflict Model]
CQ: Cultural intelligence
Layers of IC relationships
Multicultural Ethics
Ethical absolutism
Ethical relativism
Ethical universalism


Tutorial Activity 1: Over to You
(15 minutes)
Application of concepts: My IC Relationships
Share:
1. What factors influenced you to have IC
relationships?
2. Discuss your one of your own IC relationships in
terms of the unique IC dialectics.
3. Discuss if the categories are useful How?

Managing Relationships: Negotiating Dialectics

Dialectics are inherent contradictions in all relationships; that is,
we cannot avoid them, as they are just part of life
(Oetzel, 2009, p.160)
The Challenge is managing the tension between the opposing
ends
There are 6 Unique dialectic challenges in Intercultural
Relationships

Identity vulnerability, Security
Privilege, Disadvantage
History Present
Revelation Non-revelation
Separation Integration
Conventionality Uniqueness


Intercultural Relationships and Conflict
Activity 2: Group work
Mapping the individual cultural value in teamwork
Activity 2
The IC Game: The Five Tricks Card Game

Your tutor will read out the Tournament
Rules and give your team specific
instructions

The winner will be declared
Champion of IC Awareness
Debrief and Recognition
And the winner is
What negotiating style did you use?
Dominating?
Integrating?
Compromising?
Obliging?
Avoiding?
WHY?
Case Study
Read the case study (on your own) and make notes.

Then work in groups to compare notes and identify issues in
intercultural communication terms.

Link each issue to relevant intercultural communication
theory and prepare a response to report back to the whole
class.

Prepare a group response under the following headings:

1. Key issues link to theory
2. Evaluate & compare alternative solutions practical terms
3. Recommend solution link to theory

Groups report back to the whole class.

Deadline: Week 10
Weighting: 30%
Time: 2o minutes
Scope: Apply the knowledge learned to intercultural communication
in everyday life situations with a particular emphasis on ethnicity,
race, gender and national identity.
Task: (refer to assessment brief for full tasks)
1. The purpose of this assignment is to allow you to demonstrate
your ability to research and critically analyse a significant
intercultural communication issue that has featured in New
Zealand news outlets (radio, television and internet sources)
during 2013. Ideally, the issue will have generated public
controversy and debate.

Group proposal due no later than Monday 1 September, 12 noon.

Assignment 2: Group Research Presentation
Proposal should include

list of members with job description of each (for assignment)

a description of the issue chosen

a statement why its significant in terms of intercultural
communication in Aotearoa/New Zealand

A list of relevant intercultural communication theories that
you intend to use to analyse the issue