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Hofstede Insights Netherlands

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The Hofstede Insights consultants from the Netherlands put their first careful steps towards increased institutional cooperation.
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A mighty tree has fallen

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https://geerthofstede.com/geert-hofstede-passed-away-1928-2020-obituary/
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Many good reviews 2019

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At the end of 2019: let's look back and see some of the reviews from both trainees as well as students. See the article on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/year-2019-some-reviews-alette-vonk/
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Intercultural Mgt. at Mars Wrigley

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Listen to the interesting story of Bas Bredenoord, HR Director van Mars International Travel Retail: Intercultural Management via Design thinking, penetrated into the capillaries of a large corporate organisation. Look at it via the following…
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HI Conferentie in Luxemburg

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Inspiration; exchange; new ideas and new people: always good to be at the internal conference of Hofstede Insights.
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Product development

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In september I had the chance to follow a training of Jana Droessler: product development and marketing. It was organized in one of the best training locations ever: Marbella, South of Spain.
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Intercultural change mgt In Ghana

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Good and hard work with a very interesting group from a large development agency in Ghana, right on the Volta River.
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Internations The Hague

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How to deal with the Dutch? There were many cultural aha-moments tonight, among the expats in The Hague.
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Modernity and Tradition: Management in Africa (kopie)

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MODERNITY AND TRADITION: MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA International managers know it: the best practices and tools of ‘Western’ management cannot be simply transferred to other parts of the world. They need some serious adaptation. Several scholars…
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Mixed group Oumnia

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This group is the most diverse of Oumnia Works so far: from Syria to China and from Brazil to Angola. Early July they were happy with their certification.
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Training given in Accra

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'Organisational effectiveness and the role of Culture' in Accra for managers of Kinross Gold and ECOM Trading. It was a good two-day closure of an intensive blended learning program (online and offline) of three months. The image was taken…
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VIML Congress

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Another year of students completed the Minor International and Intercultural Management! On the 15th of May 2019 the VIML Board of the Leiden Research Group organised the final congress.
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Ethnicity and nation building in Africa

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This article was originally published on my LinkedIn. Nation building Africa has an enormous wealth of thousands different cultures and peoples, spread out over 54 different countries. Now the question rises whether the ethnic groups…
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Doing business in Accra, Ghana

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Innovation and Culture

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This article was originally published on my LinkedIn page. Power distance Every company or organisation needs to innovate to stay relevant, to keep a competitive edge and remain on top of the business. Research shows that creativity and…
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