Case Analysis Managerial Communications

Davenport University Managerial Communications MGMT 535 Abstract Intercultural misunderstanding can turn into great obstacle in the way of effective communication between two different cultures. Both cultures involved have to make effort to learn more about the other cultures. This paper discusses the scenario of Margaret Owens who visited Japan to set new line of selling medicinal drugs and for that purpose she interviewed the Japanese, suitable for this post. Unfortunately she was unable to develop a successful communication with them due to cultural differences between the two. Case analysis for Margaret Owens has been presented here to let her adopt some imperative actions to make her plan successful. Background Information In communication one often experiences misunderstandings. When our thoughts and ideas are conveyed through verbal messages, there may be a possibility to be understood differently by others that results in misunderstanding. A number of reasons can be present behind this that may include speakers way of expressing or due to listeners inefficiency while listening or may be due to environment that distorted the message. Even though misunderstanding is common and expected in our daily life, it has been especially discussed in intercultural communication (Nye, 2006). When people of different countries