Fundamentals in Intercultural Management - Creating cultural competence and increasing global competence

Location of seminar: Munich

• employees who work outside of their home country
• managers and employees who work in teams with foreign colleagues
• managers and employees who travel abroad extensively
• managers with strategic responsibilities for foreign operations

Objectives

The programme is designed to

• increase your knowledge and insight for the importance of your own culture in determining your behavior
• highlight the significance of cultural differences between your own country and other countries in terms of its impact on management issues
• increase your effectiveness when working in or with a foreign culture
• enable you to analyse cultural observations properly
• enable you to apply a 'tool' (5-D model of G. Hofstede) to analyse and optimize daily work practices in an intercultural context

Programme outline

1st day 09:00 - 17:00
Welcome and Introductions
Simulation
About similarities and differences and their consequences
Concrete applications of the 5-D Culture Model of G. Hofstede
Case study "How To Make It Happen"

2nd day 09:00 - 17:00
The Intercultural Readiness Check - A self assemssment tool assessing vital intercultural competences of individuals
Communication across borders - Email as a tool for international co-operation
Workshops & Cases - Managing day-to-day busines on issues such as
(virtual) team work, leadership, decision making
Reflections and Actions
Summary and evaluation

Depending on participants the seminar can also be conducted in German.

For additional participants from same company the fee is reduced by 35%.