Details:

Price: Member US $500
          Non-Member US $550

Approximate Course Duration: 6 Hours

Length of Time Given to Complete the Course: 180 days from the date of registration

CE Credits Available: 6 CRP-INTL

Description:

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the basics of intercultural education theory
• Apply intercultural theory to relocation processes and real-time global business practices

Content Includes:

• Assignee selection and assessment techniques, tools, and their applications
• Opportunities for attracting and serving culturally diverse market segments
• The explicit and implicit costs of international assignments borne by the organization as well as the expatriates and their families
• The stages and phases of the adaptation process and the variety of coping styles employed by expatriates and their families
• The key characteristics that contribute to an employee’s success on international assignment.
• Methods to measure assignment success
• The practices around intercultural education and training for assignees and their families
• Essential components of a repatriation program that will help your organization realize maximum return on the significant investment made in workforce mobility
• Real-time global business case studies
• Understand the iceberg theory of culture
• Learn the dimensions of cultural differences based on research and theoretical models
• Identify key components of intercultural education and learn to tailor intercultural training to fit within budget constraints
• Access resources for culture-specific information and education
• Identify successful strategies for nurturing effective global teams

Module can be taken in more than one sitting as the course has the ability to save your place.

All three Modules and the examination must be completed no later than three years from the start of the first Module in order to earn the GMS® designation. Modules can be taken in any order. If you have any questions, please contact GMS@WorldwideERC.org.