Socio-Intercultural Organizational Development

Abstract

This chapter analyzes socio-intercultural organizational development as a novel perspective in organizational sciences. The analysis departs from the assumption that an effective socio-intercultural management and organizational long-term development based on the collaboration among all the stakeholders must be based on the cultural basic assumptions, values, and beliefs of participants involved in intercultural communication and dialogue, committed, and acting on equal basis despite the cultural differences and the challenges derived. The method employed is the transdisciplinary reflective-analytical approach. The analysis concludes that the transdisciplinary and socio-intercultural perspective of organizational development and effective management competence is based on intercultural communication and dialogue.