1st Edition

Training International Managers Designing, Deploying and Delivering Effective Training for Multi-Cultural Groups

By Alan Melkman Copyright 2005
173 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

173 Pages
by Routledge

Training across borders is complicated. The advent of large and diverse global organizations, and the opening of markets and opportunities right around the world have introduced a whole new level of challenge for management trainers. You may be trying to roll-out programmes to sites in different countries or perhaps you need to bring together managers from different cultures on one site; how do... Read more
Contents: List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements. Part I The Cultures of International Management Training: Introduction; A model of cultural diversity; Learning styles and training styles in a multicultural setting; The client perspective; The economics of training international managers. Part II Training Design, Development and Learning Processes: The SUCCESS structure for designing, deploying, delivering and evaluating the learning process; Surveying the background and the context; Understanding the training needs, real and perceived; Creating the training intervention and preparing the groundwork; Conducting the training of international managers; Evaluating the training intervention; Strengthening the learning of international managers; Sustaining international managers' new behaviours in the workplace. Part III Making the Training Sparkle: Organizing participants to learn from each other; Use of English with international managers; Seeking and using feedback from individuals and groups; Effective trainer behaviours; Implementing the training of international managers; Further Reading; Index; About the Authors.

Biography

Alan Melkman