Cultural Patterns in Business Germany and the USA
Seminar
Inhouse
Beschreibung
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Kursart
Seminar
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Niveau
Anfänger
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Methodik
Inhouse
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Dauer
2 Tage
The course illustrates socially and culturally determined patterns of thinking and behaving in Germany. The program is focused on those aspects of working and living which are particularly relevant to the American business-person. The participants develop an appreciation of German cultural standards which enables them to. correctly understand and anticipate the German approach;. successfully pursue their own objectives;. quickly recognize areas of inter-cultural conflict and constructively handle them;. identify and utilize the potential for synergy. Gerichtet an: American managers and specialists working with German business partners.
Meinungen
Dozenten
Andreas BITTNER
Trainer
Thomas T. KRAUSS
Amerikanischer Trainer
Inhalte
Cultural Patterns in Business Germany and the USA
Day 1: Managing Impressions
09:00 – 10:00 Welcome and introduction
Trainers, participants, seminar structure
10:00 – 11:15 The challenge of working with a foreign culture
Recognizing and adapting to cultural differences
11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 13:00 Getting to know business colleagues
Establishing respect, credibility and trust
diversity and gender related perceptions
Trip to Headquarters, group work / role play
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Colleague or friend
Developing personal relationships
Business Trip to Germany, role play
15:30 – 16:00 Presenting your views
Getting the message across effectively
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 16:45 Communicating in a foreign language
Exercise – My recent vacation
E-mail, telephone, video conferences
16:45 – 17:30 Multicultural teams
Clarifying the ground rules for effective cooperation;
Who must adapt to whom?
Day 2: Getting Results
09:00 – 09:30 Review of day one
09:30 – 10:45 Basic convictions and business values in German society
Basic Values, Employee Rights, Labor Unions, Shareholder Value,
Law, Education, Religion, Morals
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:45 Leadership
Goal-setting, decision-making, motivating, resolving conflicts
group work / role play
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:30 Teamwork
Same word, a different model; cooperation vs. competition
14:30 – 16:00 Obtaining Support from a German colleague
Differences in the perception of time; the use of praise and criticism
– The Wrong Person, role play
16:00 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 17:00 Motivation
Getting a favor from a German colleague
The Big Opportunity, role play
17:00 – 17:30 Closing comments, workshop evaluation
12 Golden Rules for cooperating successfully with Germans;
Cultural Patterns in Business Germany and the USA