International Project Management

Project managers as well as executives from the areas of strategic and operational management who wish to improve their managerial skills in an international context.

Experience in management or project management.

Seminar-Nr. 12129-H

empfohlene Dauer: 3 Tage

In this workshop you will learn and try out the principles of cross-cultural competence in conjunction with project management. You will learn the most important differences between national and international projects. You will get a collection of practice-oriented models and methods which you can use to organise your international activities in a project management environment.

Basics of cross-cultural competence:

Definition - Models (Kluckhohn, Schein, Hofstede, Trompenaars) - The six steps to cross-cultural competence.

Communication:

Basics of cross-cultural communication - Context-related communication according to Hall - Perception - Interpretation - Active listening.

Leadership:

Your own role - Decision-making - Motivation - Dealing with power/authority.

Practical use in projects:

Communication - Negotiation - Setting goals - Managing the project environment - Conflict resolution - Cross-cultural and virtual teams - Risk - Quality.

Lecture, group work, exercises, role plays, case studies from the participants´ working practice, discussion, exchange of experiences.