West meets East
Key details of this training course
Working with Chinese colleagues in Germany or China is part of everyday working life in many companies. German professionals and managers thereby learn quite quickly that differences are not limited to eating with chopsticks, impressive architectural structures, or thousands of written characters. Chinese culture has a decisive influence on the way colleagues think, feel, and act. Working and leadership styles that we take for granted are suddenly inappropriate and wrong. Germans and Chinese emphasise different values in work and business life, which can easily lead to difficulties in the daily routine, but – used correctly – also offers potential for development. This blended learning workshop guides you through the cultural differences in a practice-oriented manner. Are you expanding your business relations in the Far East, or do you wish to establish them? Would you like your project and sales teams to be better prepared when communicating with new business partners or customers? Then this course will be of interest to you!
Duration
approx. 240 minutes
Course formats
blended learning
Working with Chinese colleagues in Germany or China is part of everyday working life in many companies. German professionals and managers thereby learn quite quickly that differences are not limited to eating with chopsticks, impressive architectural structures, or thousands of written characters. Chinese culture has a decisive influence on the way colleagues think, feel, and act.
Duration
approx. 240 minutes
Course format
blended learning
Working and leadership styles that we take for granted are suddenly inappropriate and wrong. Germans and Chinese emphasise different values in work and business life, which can easily lead to difficulties in the daily routine, but – used correctly – also offers potential for development. This blended learning workshop guides you through the cultural differences in a practice-oriented manner. Are you expanding your business relations in the Far East, or do you wish to establish them? Would you like your project and sales teams to be better prepared when communicating with new business partners or customers? Then this course will be of interest to you!
Target group
all employees who work with Chinese
Contents in detail
- Learning about cultural definitions
- Developing sensitivity to cultural differences
- Improving personal perception and creating realistic expectations of oneself and others
- Acquiring knowledge on “What makes China tick?”
- Country, language, people, customs and traditions
- Understanding the causes of misunderstandings
- Improving communication with Chinese clients and Chinese staff
- Learning about cultural definitions
- Developing sensitivity to cultural differences
- Improving personal perception and creating realistic expectations of oneself and others
- Acquiring knowledge on “What makes China tick?”
- Country, language, people, customs and traditions
- Understanding the causes of misunderstandings
- Improving communication with Chinese clients and Chinese staff
Scope of the course
Blended learning
approx. 12 hrs, consisting of webinars and digital self-learning units
