Essentials in Intercultural Management

Essentials in Intercultural Management

Type: Supported event

Date: 19-09-2014

Location: Amsterdam / the Netherlands

ESSENTIALS IN INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT

 

ITIM International Seminar

 

Goals

The “Essentials in Intercultural Management” seminar is a source of inspiration and imagination for professionals working in international business, institutions and organisations. This seminar trains you to work effectively and confidently despite differences in culture and experience. You will gain a deep understanding of what it means to work across borders in an ever-changing world and get introduced to the 6-D model of Hofstede, a practical and scientifically based tool for intercultural management.

 

Designed For

  • Employees who have work outside of their home country
  • Staff with daily contact with people from different cultures
  • Managers and employees who work in teams with foreign colleagues
  • Managers and employees who travel abroad extensively
  • Spouses accompanying personnel transferred to foreign countries

 

Objectives

  • Increase your knowledge of and insight into the importance of your own culture in determining your behaviour
  • Highlight the significance of other cultures’ modus operandi, assumptions, reactions, expectations and behaviour
  • Sensitise you to identify and deal with cultural challenges in your day-to-day work
  • Reinforce the training with multiple methods including cognitive learning, case studies and lively, intercultural discussions
  • Introduce you to a ‘tool’, Hofstede’s 6-D model, to optimise daily working practices in an intercultural context

 

After the Course you will

  • Anticipate and react appropriately to culturally sensitive situations
  • Understand the reasons behind potential conflicts in which culture is involved
  • Utilise the 6-D model by combining the dimensions to enhance your cultural competence
  • Be mindful of your own culture and the effect it has on your daily work practices and understanding

 

For the official invitation, please click here.

For further information, please contact Alette Vonk.