Masterclass Intercultural Management in Africa

Masterclass Intercultural Management in Africa

Type: Seminar

Date: 20-10-2016

Location: Cape Town / South Africa

The Intercultural Competence training programme, provided to you by Itim International, will make you better equipped when faced with the challenges of intercultural business. It will enable you to work effectively and confidently in an ever-changing world. Whether internally in South Africa working with different ethnicities, or working with other African nationalities across borders, with this masterclass you will gain a deeper understanding and discover how to utilize cultural competence as strength when dealing with cultural diversity.

 

Learning objectives

Using a multi-method approach including case studies, exercises and lively intercultural discussions, this programme will:

- Introduce and deepen the Hofstede’s 6-D model, a scientifically based tool that will optimise both daily and strategic working practices in any intercultural context

- Increase your knowledge of and insight into the importance of your own culture in determining your behaviour and emphasize the significance of other cultures’ behaviours, assumptions, reactions, and expectations.

- Contextualise the dimensions with knowledge and scores of the different African peoples: The Afrikaners, English whites, Zulu, Xhosa and Indian in South Africa; other southern-African nations such as Angola, Mozambique and Zambia; and other African regions and countries: from Nigeria, to Tanzania and from Ethiopia to Senegal. If applicable, the scores will be compared with other countries in the world.

- Give you the opportunity to apply the Hofstede model to real-life cases of companies and teams, including specific examples from your organisation.

 

Audience

The course is meant for managers and employees who want to work more effectively in a global environment. Even professionals with a long standing experience in intercultural management are generally very pleased with the course, since it provides the framework, the tool, to use this experience strategically in decision making, leadership and design.

 

Your itim International Consultant: Alette Vonk

Itim International consultants facilitating the seminars have first-hand experience of living and working abroad. Continued learning and sharing of experiences means they are all equipped with global knowledge and local insights.

This time the course will be given by Alette Vonk. Coming from the Netherlands, she has lived and worked in the USA and in Africa for ten years (Cameroon, Benin, Ghana and Botswana). She is an OD- and intercultural management consultant. Alette combines practical wisdom and business experience with a passion for the creativity of cultural differences and this is the second time she will give this Masterclass in Cape Town.

 

Practical information

Date:               20 and 21 October 2016

Location:         Cape Town, South Africa (exact location will be communicated)

Price:              € 400 or 5925 ZAR

Registration:    Mail to [email protected] or register here: http://itim.org/training-programmes/intercultural-competence/

SANEC members are offered a 10% discount as a members-to-members deal

 

Programme

Day 1:

- Introduction to Culture: how do we and others perceive the world?

- Interactive explanation of the first two cultural dimension of Hofstede with emphasis on the different African people

- Interactive explanation of the cultural dimensions three to six with emphasis on the different African peoples

- Case study and application exercise.

 

Day 2:

- Intercultural team management and inclusion

- Explanation of the culture clusters: six cultural archetypes.

- Implications for the work strategies of the clusters you’re working with.

- Reflections and possible discussion on your own organization and reality.

 

Conclusion

Itim International has consultants all over the world, and the Hofstede 6-D model is used in Business schools and corporate companies worldwide. However, not many of the consultants are based on the African continent. Having the chance to follow this course now in Cape Town is a real opportunity. Write to [email protected] and join!

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