Robert Gibson has over 30 years‘ experience of global competence development in business and education. He was responsible for intercultural consultancy and training for the multinational engineering corporation Siemens for 18 years during which time he designed and implemented an award winning global diversity and inclusion program. He has held positions at the University of Munich (LMU) and Ingolstadt School of Management and taught at the University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin and BBS since 2012.
He is a former Vice-President of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR Europa) and currently on the Advisory Board of SIETAR Deutschland. His publications include Intercultural Business Communication (Oxford University Press), over 70 articles for the magazine Business Spotlight and most recently Bridge the Culture Gaps – a toolkit for effective collaboration in the diverse, global workplace (Nicholas Brealey/Hachette). He is based in Munich and works as a freelance consultant and trainer.
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This course provides an understanding of the role of culture in management and organizational processes in today’s inter-cultural business world. After an initial theoretical introduction to the concept of culture, the course will analyze its relevance to organizational issues such as: human resources management, cross-cultural communication, team-work, motivation, and negotiation.
