Intercultural Competency As An Essential Component Of Professional Competency Modelling

In a more and more culturally interconnected business world, it is necessary to conceptualize intercultural competency, to find out the practical methods of developing a professional competency model in the global economy and to theorize a comprehensive model that incorporates intercultural competency as an essential factor of professional competency improvement. In this article, intercultural competency is considered as an essential component in professional competency modelling. First, the concept of intercultural competency in today’s business environment is examined, and then the basics of professional model and intercultural competence model are discussed. After that, several professional models are scrutinized under the intercultural environment, and then attempts of adding intercultural components into the professional models are illustrated. Finally, it is concluded that it should be the tendency of professional competency development to integrate and synthesize intercultural competency into the existing model to produce a more comprehensive model that caters to today’s intercultural environment.