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SHB/PromisLingua course IV-R19 BC&M: Business Communication and Management of Intercultural Differences
April 17, 2013
at
Stuttgart Institute of Management and Technology (SIMT)
Filderhauptstraße 142, 70599 Stuttgart (Plieningen),
Germany

 

Registrations received before March 27, 2013 are eligible for 10% discount!

The course is intended for max. 20 participants. The registrations will be processed on the first-applied-first-served basis. Among others, the course is intended to promote the results of PROMISLingua project among SMEs. The course is organized in conjunction with Steinbeis Engineering Day 2013.

Short description

In the times of ever increasing globalization, cultural differences and multilingual issues play an important role in the area of business communication which can easily fail on apparently banal issues. This could be of particular importance also in collaborative international projects.

The purpose of this course is exactly to assure that engineers, managers and IT experts can understand the importance of these aspects for the success of their collaboration with partners from other cultural background. It will address issues such as

  • Intercultural value systems
  • Differences in cultural practices
  • Cross-cultural project management
  • Individualism vs. Teamwork
  • Successful management of cultural differences as a factor of success in international projects
  • What one should know, do or not do in an EU project
  • Case studies: US, Japan, India, China ...

A cognitive approach will be used throughout the training.

 

Target participants

The contents of the course is structured to satisfy the needs of

  • Engineers
  • Managers of IT and other companies
  • Project managers
 

Benefits

This course will focus on interaction with attendees and require their active participation. In particular, the course will cover the successful management of cultural differences as factor of success in risk engineering, risk management, IT and other projects. Working in an international atmosphere, essentials of multilingual business communication, elements of business ethics and Human Resources Management as applicable in collaboration with foreign firms.

 

Lecturer:

Prof. Aleksandar S. Jovanovic
Steinbeis Transer Institute Advanced Risk Technologies

Please scroll down to see the Registration form and make sure you have checked the corresponding box while doing your registration for the course. If you are a member of iNTeg-Risk project, please use the option "1. Already a Member?" in the registration form and your login credentials to register.

Registration Fees (+ VAT if applicable):

  • €500, for any interested individual and organization (not SME)
  • Free of charge, for PROMISLingua members and for SMEs (promotional purposes)
  • Free of charge, for students enrolled in the “European Master of Risk Engineering & Management” and of University Stuttgart
The registration fee covers handouts and coffee breaks.

Mr. Andras Veres
Tel: +49 711 1839 647
Email: av@risk-technologies.com

Ms. Roswitha Kokejl
Tel: +49 711 1839 616
Email: rk@eu-vri.eu

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