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Workshop I - Developing Globally Competent Employees

TopicMethod
Identifying and Understanding own cultural values, assumptions, norms, beliefsExperiential
Auctioning/Prioritizing personal valuesAuction Exercise
Analyzing and Understanding personal perceptionPictograph
Demonstrating Cultural Patterns of ThinkingPictograph
Learning and Communicating by visiting another culture. The visitors experience rejection, lack of security, thus making them more sensitive to other team membersSimulation
Exploring 5 Dominant World Values, i.e. country specifics such as Japan, Korea, Germany, MexicoCognitive / Experiential
  • Relational: Individualism vs the Group
  • Activity: Doing, Being-in-Becoming, Being
  • Time: Past, Present, Future
  • Man & Nature:
    • Mastery over Nature
    • Harmony with Nature - Yin and Yang
    • Subjugation to Nature
  • Human Nature: Good vs Evil
Intertwining influences of history and religion on cultural valuesCognitive
Comparing and Applying US and Japanese/Korean German or Mexican Values.Critical Incidents / Cultural Dialogues
Engaging in group dynamic activities that enable understanding and toleration of cultural diversity in the workplace.Behavior / Modification / Simulation
Measuring objective outcomesEvaluation

For information on culture specific information, click on Japan, Korea, Germany, Mexico

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