Thursday 1 March 2012

Cultural Exchange

Sometimes country specific cultural exchange programs are organized, keeping in mind regular visits to specific countries or frequent interaction with overseas clients belonging to specific countries. These programmes covers areas such as values, morals, ethics, business practices, etiquette, protocol or negotiation styles which will help in building successful business relationships and productive business environment. Cultural exchange programmes are not only beneficial to employees but also for students as it provides diverse academic opportunities.  They will be exposed to entirely new learning environment .Thus students will be able to explore new learning techniques, different educational formats, various educational philosophies and other academic program offerings It can be a great milestone for your career because Prospective employers will acknowledge your ability to adjust in new environment along with the experiences and knowledge gained during these programmes. Involvement in successful cultural exchange program, showcase your ability to compromise, focus, and overcome challenging times.

Culture training programmes also supervise the development of personality of an individual. It exposes employees to country's customs, people and region and making them more culturally aware with the dealing country.  This aware teaches them how to be open -minded and to mould the personality for better communication. As they are there on their own, their decisions make them suffer or enjoy the fruits of that decision thus developing a feeling of responsibility in them. Individuals returned from cultural exchange programmes have better decision making skills, take risks, have definition of their goals and are more responsible.

The main aim of cultural training programmes or cultural exchange programmes is to erase out the cultural differences among people working in common business atmosphere.  It manifests better interpersonal interaction resulting in a productive business environment. Thus it is a kind of great personal, social, and professional investments done by businessmen for their employees which will bear them fruits in a long run.

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