ST. PAUL’S UNIVERSITY NAIROBI CAMPUS DAY PROGRAM FACULTY OF BUSINESS, COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION COM 210: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION ASSIGNMENT : INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE ADM: BACS/NRB/3697/17 Intercultural competence Introduction Intercultural is something that occurs between people of different cultures including different religious groups or people of different national origins. Competence is the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people from different cultures and socio-economic backgrounds effectively. (Ashara Morris, 2014) Intercultural competence it is a symbolic, interpretive, transaction, contextual process in which people from different cultures create shared meanings that have the ability to develop targeted knowledge, skills and attitudes that lead to visible behavior and communication that are both effective and appr