Russia for beginners :: The Moscow Times cross-cultural seminars :: A Foreigner in Russia: Understanding the Russians

Success in international business is NOT JUST about your product and service

Success in international business IS about people, traditions and relationships.

A one day practical course is designed to:

enhance cross-cultural sensitivity for business in Russia
reduce conflicts and misunderstanding in intercultural settings
achieve better performance due to successful multinational cooperation

PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN HOW TO

Avoid cultural faux pas
Get familiar with Russian values and beliefs
Understand the reasons behind the actions
Develop a successful negotiating style
Motivate local staff
Conduct effective business meetings
Communicate with Russians

The workshop is aimed at foreign management staff who experience cross-cultural communication issues with negotiations and general interactions with Russian clients and employees. It provides a useful frame to turn cross-cultural concepts into working tools.

Agenda

Cross Cultural Awareness – what is it?

Russian Culture 1 – what makes the Russians so Russian?

Attitude towards foreigners, climate, geography, language, love for extremes, moral values, nationalistic tendencies and pride in achievement vs. inferiority complex, pessimism, privation, recent history, regional differences across Russia, religion, the rest of the CIS – multiculturalism

Russian Culture 2 – an overview of the key concepts and flashpoints such as

Decision making structures, fiscal attitudes, leadership, money, problem solving, reporting, space, staff appraisal, status, time issues, transparency, truth, work patterns.

The Russian Business Environment

The background, overall work environment, men and women in business, government and business, making connections, entrepreneurship, Russian style capitalism, negotiating, problem solving, presentations, website design, brand management, team building

The Personal Action Plan

Developing a personal action plan, putting the course into practice in the work place – strategies and approaches for a micro and macro approach to cultural conflict minimization.

The course is conducted in English.

Chapters TIPS Authors Order the book	A Foreigner in Russia: Understanding the Russians Success in international business is NOT JUST about your product and service Success in international business IS about people, traditions and relationships. A one day practical course is designed to: enhance cross-cultural sensitivity for business in Russia reduce conflicts and misunderstanding in intercultural settings achieve better performance due to successful multinational cooperation PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN HOW TO Avoid cultural faux pas Get familiar with Russian values and beliefs Understand the reasons behind the actions Develop a successful negotiating style Motivate local staff Conduct effective business meetings Communicate with Russians The workshop is aimed at foreign management staff who experience cross-cultural communication issues with negotiations and general interactions with Russian clients and employees. It provides a useful frame to turn cross-cultural concepts into working tools. Agenda Cross Cultural Awareness – what is it? Russian Culture 1 – what makes the Russians so Russian? Attitude towards foreigners, climate, geography, language, love for extremes, moral values, nationalistic tendencies and pride in achievement vs. inferiority complex, pessimism, privation, recent history, regional differences across Russia, religion, the rest of the CIS – multiculturalism Russian Culture 2 – an overview of the key concepts and flashpoints such as Decision making structures, fiscal attitudes, leadership, money, problem solving, reporting, space, staff appraisal, status, time issues, transparency, truth, work patterns. The Russian Business Environment The background, overall work environment, men and women in business, government and business, making connections, entrepreneurship, Russian style capitalism, negotiating, problem solving, presentations, website design, brand management, team building The Personal Action Plan Developing a personal action plan, putting the course into practice in the work place – strategies and approaches for a micro and macro approach to cultural conflict minimization. The course is conducted in English.
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