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"These experiences reflect the cultural complexity of Hong Kong."

Training in Hong Kong

I have just returned from a week in Hong Kong, where I was running some training courses. Although I didn’t have much chance to see the city, I did have some interesting experiences of training and learning styles across cultures.

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Becoming the boss

MOVING UP: You’re the boss’s deputy. How should you prepare yourself to take charge after he leaves? And how do you avoid looking as if you're trying to make him look bad?

Stellvertreter(in)

das Ruder übernehmen

Laughing matter: improvisational comedy is being used to train hotel staff

Service with a laugh

TRAINING: Working in a hotel is not always a barrel of laughs. But some US hotels are using humour to train their staff, with the help of improvisational-comedy consultants.

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Berater

Trends for intercultural training

Partly as a result of the economic downturn, but also because of new technology and changing structures in companies, the nature of intercultural training for business is changing.

Abschwung

Wesen

Adapting to tough times

EMPLOYABILITY: The global recession has resulted in extreme uncertainty in the workplace. How should workers react to changing conditions and make sure that they remain employable? Here’s what the experts have to say.

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East-West memories

During one exercise which required two groups from different cultures, they immediately came up with the idea of dividing up according to whether they were "Ossis" or "Wessies".

die Idee haben

Price and quality

Taxi drivers cannot reduce their prices. There are also clear restrictions on who can drive a taxi. The same is not the case for business communication trainers. As as result, we see strong price competition and weak quality standards.

Preiswettbewerb

Short and long

Many firms face the problem of how to cut costs without damaging their long-term prospects. Training budgets are easy targets, which means language courses are being cut. Employees must take responsibility for their own learning.

langfristig

Aussichten

Ziele

Prepare for training

No matter how aggressive the marketing or how wonderful the design, if the company doesn't offer proper training, it risks alienating its customers. Our exercise focuses on the language of training sessions. However, we think that anyone who has to attend a seminar will find the expressions useful.

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EMBA — for executives

An EMBA — Executive Master of Business Administration — is a degree designed specifically for managers (“executives”) or mid-level employees. It offers them a way to broaden their business skills and advance their careers.

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