India is one of the 21st century’s most promising growth markets. We sensitize you to reflect on your own standards, values, paradigms and behavioral patterns to achieve a positive and unbiased attitude for efficient collaboration between the cultures. In doing so, you learn about cultural differences in everyday working life (with a focus on the construction-chemicals sector), country-specific expertise and important business customs.

We introduce you to strategies for efficient communication, quality assurance and dealing with Indian work styles, decision-making processes and conflicts. You also particularly benefit from the seminar methods themselves, such as:

brief and compact theory units interspersed with practical exercises and group work. The seminar thus enables quick and effective learning.

• What are intercultural skills?
• How do we see ourselves and our Indian counterparts?
• The country and its people: interesting and important facts and figures about India (with special focus on the construction-chemicals sector)
• Business customs (greeting, introducing oneself, invitations, gifts, etc.)
• How to build up trust and good relations with Indian colleagues and business partners
• Hierarchy and decision-making in India and how this influences leadership styles, delegation & motivation
• Communicating successfully with Indians and dealing with conflicts
• Comparison of German and Indian work styles
• Quality assurance in India
• Indian Standard Time – Indian sense of time & consequences for project management

May 7-8, 2008

VINNAPAS® ACADEMY, Burghausen, Germany

€1,490