Archive of Past Intercultural Weekends

The "Intercultural weekends" enable German & international doctoral students and young researchers to experience life and work in an international and interdisciplinary context. By dealing with an intercultural or soft-skills topic, participants can reflect their attitude towards and train their behaviour in a multicultural and globalized society.

 

December 2011: "Intercultural Communication & Dealing with conflicts in intercultural Setting"

Program

Contact with colleagues from different countries and cultures means daily routine for doctoral students at German universities. Intercultural differences that arise in the communication of international teams are a central cause for the occurrence of difficulties and problems. They go far beyond language problems and are able to produce adaptive difficulties as well as acculturative stress. On the intercultural weekend attendees can learn how communication often depends on cultural origin and that it is crucial to raise awareness on the perception of others and optimize the interpretation of communication as well as dealing with conflicts.

Photos of the event are online.

December 2010: "Teamwork and Leadership in an Intercultural Context"

  • Date: Friday, 10. December until Sunday, 12. December 2010
  • Moderators: Dr. Simon Golin, Golin Wissenschaftsmanagement, Hamburg, Zornitza Kolarova MSc. Journalism, phD Nonverbal Communication), Dr.-Ing. Parya Memar (Managing Director ISGS), Dipl.-Math. Arthur Harutyunyan (ISGS)
  • Costs: 20 € per participant
  • Venue: Pfalzakademie Lambrecht

Program

Workshop by Dr. Simon Golin, Golin Wissenschaftsmanagement, Hamburg

During the workshop "Team work and Leadership competencies in academia and beyond" the participants familiarise themselves with the most important project management methods and instruments.

The following topics are at the core of the workshop: 

  • Basics of team work & leadership: An overview of leadership tasks and styles
  • My leadership profile: Stocktaking of my key skills
  • Ambiguous hierarchies: What does leadership mean in academia?
  • Manager-employee discussions as a leadership tool: Setting common objectives
  • Role change: Staff member – colleague – boss
  • Diversity management: Working with colleagues of different cultural background
  • Being new in a position: My first 100 days as boss
  • Team work & leadership competencies: My next steps

Photos of the event are online.

December 2009: "Intercultural Management & Leadership".

In the Pfalzakademie Lambrecht participants can establish intercultural management competencies in discussions, practical trainings and as well in the social and free time activities in an international group.

  • Date: 11. December 2009 -13 December 2009
  • Moderators: Andreas Hauser, MBA (Management Consultant & Intercultural Trainer, Dr.-Ing. Parya Memar (Managing Director ISGS), Dipl.-Math. Arthur Harutyunyan (ISGS)
  • Costs: 20 € per participant

Photos of the event are online.

December 2008: "Nonverbal Communication in daily life & work".

In the Pfalzakademie Lambrecht participants can become aware of their nonverbal behaviour in discussions, practical trainings and as well in the social and free time activities in an international group.

  • Date: 13 December 2008 (09:00am) -15 December 2008 (10:00 am)
  • Moderators: Zornitza Kolarova (studies in semiotik, specialization on Nonverbal Communication), Dr.-Ing. Parya Memar (Managing Director ISGS), Dipl.-Math. Arthur Harutyunyan (ISGS)
  • Guest: Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. M. Vollmer, Technische Werke Kaiserslautern (TWK), Human Resource Management
  • Costs: 10 € per participant

Photos of the event are online.

December 2007: "Traditions"

Participants spent two days in the Burg Altleiningen to become aware of private and foreign traditions.

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