Cultural Competence and intercultural management
We are living in a time in which international competition is increasing. We see that expatriation is decreasing in relative terms whereas there is an increase in people who are required to make many business trips to many countries in a short time span and/or who are required to work in multicultural environments. More and more multinationals have created international work teams in order to compete more effectively by bringing together the brightest people irrespective of national background. The need to create, requiring more face-to-face contacts.
Our objectives is to transfer knowledge of the Professor Gert Hofstede 5-D model to participants so that they can understand the reality of others better. If this is completed successfully we believe participants will be better equipped to:
- Structure international experience and other information acquired in the past as well as new information. This enables participants to make more effective use of the know-how which they have collected over time.
- Know what to do, how to act and re-act, in a situation where culture plays a role.
- Understand oneself and one`s compatriots better as well as counterparts from other cultures. As a result participants are less likely to become angry and upset, when interacting with other cultures.
- Analyze the best course of action in another cultural environment or vis-a-vis people with another cultural background. This enables participants to develop more effective strategies, to use more appropriate management styles and techniques and to assess when to adapt behaviour nominally etc.
- Function more effectively with people from other cultural backgrounds.
Our services are relevant for people:
- Whose success in whole or in part is determined by their ability to get things done in cooperation with people from other cultures.
- Who work in an international environment.
- Who are involved in formulating international strategies and policies and in structuring international operations.
Frederic Fontarosa, Business Director,Wilhelmsen Ships Services in France, says:
"In my role as Vice President International Sales & Market Segments, in Wilhelmsen Ships Service, I have had the pleasure of working with Anne Rød to develop the leaders and teams in our multicultural organisation. She has a unique ability to inspire and move teams forward combined with a high cultural awareness".
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Culture is defined as the collective mental programming which distinguishes one group of people from another. This programming influences patterns of thinking which are reflected in the meaning people attach to various aspects of life and which become crystallized in the institutions of a society.
Our product range:
Our range of products encompasses training, consultancy and coaching in the field of culture combined with management.
We currently offer the following services in the field of intercultural management:
- Generic public seminars on "Intercultural management".
- Generic in-company seminars on "Intercultural management" either as part of a general management development programme or as a specialist seminar in its own right.
- In-company seminars with an emphasis on two or more countries, with which they deal with on a frequent base.
- In-company seminars with an emphasis on communication, marketing, negotiations, team-building or any other selected topic linked to culture.
- In-country management seminars. Focus on two cultures only, for a maximum of 3 people.
- E-learning programme "Insight on global diversity". A one hour programme with the explanation of the 5-D Model and the Mental images.
- Training programmes and consultancy on affairs related to minorities and migration.
- In-company seminars on a combination of organisational culture and intercultural management preceded by an organisational culture measurement.
- Intercultural assessment with the help of tests such as the Intercultural Readiness Check (IRC) and the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ)
- Coaching with help of several instruments such as DISC and LIFO.
- Teambuilding courses with the help of LIFO, DISC and/or IRC and system coaching. We are able to draw on our extensive network of experienced Itim licensees throughout the world to match any of your requirements.
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