Veranstaltung 2013-10

Course-No.: 2013-10

Date: 23.04.2013, 9:00 - 17:00 Uhr

Venue: GW2 B2860

Trainer: Simone Gutbrod M.A. ICD-Experts, Bremen

Content
To do excellent research in today`s globalised world, it is essential to work with scientists worldwide. However, this entails new challenges. Sometimes communication just works and people get along well. Yet sometimes, cultural differences lead to misunderstandings and frustration. The solution for improving cross-cultural teamwork is to be aware of the cultural values that profoundly influence thinking and communicating. The goal of this workshop is to enable us recognise and estimate cultural differences, as well as getting tools for effective communication and acting with people from other cultures. We will work on situations that we experience daily during our work, be it interaction with colleagues and supervisors, assignments, discussions or time planning. In this course, foreigners learn to understand German communication and behaviour. Germans, on the other hand, learn how they are perceived by others. Together, we will increase our cultural competence and have fun in a variable and interactive workshop. This workshop is equally interested for German AND international scientists.

Methods
Theoretical input will be predominated by variable interactive experiences. The choices include simulations, teamwork and active exchange of experiences.

Lecturer
Simone Gutbrod M.A. (ICD-Experts www.icd-experts.net), Bremen
Simone Gutbrod is a certified, cross-cultural trainer who has studied  intercultural communication and lived abroad in Indonesia and Australia. She regularly gives seminars at universities and qualifies professionals for cross-cultural challenges.

Maximum 12 participants, please register using this form.

Comment from last year's participant: "This workshop should be promoted especially among new international students. My life could
have been much easier if I had attended such a workshop at the beginning of my studies in Germany."