Virtual Teams: Learning Intercultural Business Communication by Doing

Abstract

While it is one thing to read about communication and work styles in other countries, experiencing it and working within it while also having to meet expected requirements of your own culture is something different altogether. Engaging students in team projects across borders using digital communication channels enables them to move beyond a textbook understanding of working interculturally in modern day work environments. This paper provides an overview and methodology of experiential international communication learning exercises involving virtual teams, as well as offers suggestions on how to set up similar international classroom learning experiences