Both society and
business benefit from Multicultural teamwork skills
Multicultural teamwork topic is relatively new
and stimulating discussion, not only in Lithuania, but also in other countries,
which promotes democratic traditions. Multicultural environment consists of not
only different nationalities, but also languages, religions, cultures and so
on. Nowadays, multicultural teamwork has many positive sides, not just for
people, but also for business. We have relied on the youth thoughts to reveal
the theme. It is very important to know,
the view of the teenagers from our school about it. The main reason is that our
project is called „Role of youth in society“. In the words, the future of the
world depends on the young people. Therefore, our duty is to „send a message „
about the cooperation benefits of different cultures people and talk about it
publicly, that will continue to grow into and exist in the whole world.
Lithuania is a member of European Union, and
multicultural cooperation is essential to maintain a sense of community. Based
on today's statistics, in every year to Lithuania arrives more and more people
from other countries. There you can find not only many workers, but also many
young people who want to study here or to set up a business. Therefore, great
importance is the ability of managers to use all of the various elements of
group effectiveness, focusing cultural diversity of the team members, taking
from them a competitive advantage. On the other hand, learn to identify the (multicultural)
socio-cultural differences and manage them wisely, considering the national
culture as a source of new knowledge and as key to achieving competitive
superiority. Effective work of multicultural teams largely affects the overall
performance and success for companies or schools.
What is more, nowadays school participation in
various international projects is very popular. It appears, when one country
group communicates and works with other parties. This is relevant for modern society,
because in this way people learn more about other nation unique cultures,
languages and values. For example, now our school attends in some projects:
Erasmus +, Nordplus junior, Care of Europe, Ecotourism and so on. In this way,
teachers and school students are sending to other countries, to represent our
school and country. Moreover, between representatives of different countries
there you can find new ideas. Tolerance prevails in each project. Each person’s
opinion is heard, then accepts a single conclusion and finally tries to
implement the ideas in the world.
Furthermore, each country has a duty to adopt
of its visitors from abroad. Of course, we can ask, why it is so important, and
for whom? The main reasons are that the world needs to act as one, the total
family. Although, there are so many differences between many countries and it
is hard to find a main idea, but these unique differences can supplement us.
There will always be those problems, which will be difficult to overcome. It is
obvious that in intercultural communication raises various barriers- not
knowing one, or the other thing about the people, the culture; we can slip on a
flat surface. In order to prevent this, we have to work together, to be
interested to learn more, not only about what is going on in our city, but also in the wide world.
To sum up, we want to say that this essay was
not only about multiculturalism, but also generally about the cooperation
between various countries. As we mention, we have to work together, expand our
horizons and accept may be what is not normal for you. In this way, the
benefits will appear not only in the business, but also for each other’s.
