Department of Foreign Languages
California State University, Sacramento

Transnational Competence for 21th Century Workers

1. Ability to imagine, analyze, and creatively address the potential of local economies/cultures
2. Knowledge of commercial/technological/cultural developments in a variety of locales
3. Awareness of key leaders (and ability to engage such leaders in useful dialogue)
4. Understanding of local customs and negotiating strategies
5. Technical skills in business, law, public affairs, and/or technology and awareness of their different nature in different cultural contexts
6. Facility in English and at least one other major language, and facility with computers.

Transnational Competence by Hawkins and Cummings (2000)