The European Chamber, together with Nordic International Management Institute, takes great pleasure to invite you to our HR Workshop, which will take place at 14h30 on the 14th September, 2012.

Speaker:

Nancy P. Jenster, American, Organisational Behavior

Since 1995, Professor Dr. Nancy Jenster has taught interpersonal communication, team dynamics, diversity management and virtual leadership at Copenhagen Business School MBA and EMBA programs and at Fortune 100 companies based in Europe and Asia. Nancy completed her doctorate research at Grenoble Ecole de Management in Virtual Leadership and Team Effectiveness.

Dr. Nancy Jenster develops and delivers leadership development programs for global clients, delivers courses in project management, team communication and presentation skills for in-company  programs and MBA programs and delevers personal leadership coaching for participants in development areas. 

Topic：

Cross-Cultural Differences & Collaboration on Global Teams

Culture has very much to do with how we are taught to handle collaboration and inter-personal relations, including conflict and confrontations with others, as it is our family and school environment where we learn the “right” way to deal with others.

1.         Direct                                       or                                  Indirect  Communication 

            N.  America, W. Europe                                             Asia, West Africa, Arab World

2.          Task Orientation                        or                                 Relationship Orientation

            North America, Germany, France            Asia, West Africa, Arab World, S. America

3.          Low Hierarchy (egalitarian)         or        High Hierarchy  (Respect for Status, Rank)

            Scandinavia, N. America, Australia          Asia, West Africa, Arab World, S. America

Come and join us to learn how to:

Ø  Be aware of the differences

Ø  Accept the differences (it is a fact of life)

Ø  STRETCH our ability to adapt /fit company culture

Language:        English and Chinese

Agenda:

14h00-14h30      Registration

14h30-14h40      Welcome speech by Ms. Yue Zhou, GM of European Chamber

14h40-14h50      Self-introduction by each participant

14h50-16h30      Keynote speech by Dr. Nancy Jenster

16h30-17h00      Following discussion to topics

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