Skip to Main Content
Cultural Competence for Public Managers
book

Cultural Competence for Public Managers

by Espiridion Borrego, Richard Greggory Johnson lll
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
414 pages
13h 41m
English
Routledge
Content preview from Cultural Competence for Public Managers

Chapter 6

Cultural Competencies for Executives

Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace, respect for diversity.

John Hume

Nobel Peace Prize lecture, 2008

6.1 Introduction

The foundation cultural competencies are for cross-cultural individual interactions with other employees. The research on cultural competence also shows the importance of creating culturally competent organizations. The lessons from the research on federally mandated culturally competent delivery of services to immigrant and minority communities reveal the importance of structuring ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Cultural Agility: Building a Pipeline of Successful Global Professionals

Cultural Agility: Building a Pipeline of Successful Global Professionals

Paula Caligiuri
How to Be Exceptional: Drive Leadership Success By Magnifying Your Strengths

How to Be Exceptional: Drive Leadership Success By Magnifying Your Strengths

John Zenger, Joseph Folkman, Sherwin, Barbara Steel

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781439828076