The following days in the Harz saw us studying, discussing and applying the famous cultural framework of Hofstede as well as other theoretical inputs like Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner’s Dilemma Framework or the famous Five Factor Model for distinguishing personalities.
19.11.2024
ICM 2024 – Cultures united in the Harz Mountains
Back again in the Harz mountains with our yearly InterCultural Management training! This year, we managed to unite 62 participants from 17 nationalities and even more cultures – as ultimately, even people from Sunderland and from Newcastle should not be lumped together
56 students and 6 members of the lecturer team had the heart to experience one week of intense intercultural group work, creative tasks, international evenings together and our famous 24-hours-group assignment. Apart from us Germans, the largest delegations consisted of ten people with UK background and nine Malaysians, complemented by participants from China, Ecuador, Ghana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Korea, Morocco, Motswana, Pakistan, South Korea, Spain, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zimbabwe, adding also migration backgrounds from Bosnia, Georgia, Turkey and Venezuela to the wonderful mix.
Thanks to a dedicated reception group, ICM started already on Saturday with a very warm welcome for our Sunderland delegation and a guided tour through Hannover’s city centre.
On the last day, the whole group assembled for the special event: A guided tour through the Grube Samson and its mining UNESCO world cultural heritage was enhanced by a wonderful dinner at the Kurhaus in Bad Lauterberg.
A big THANK YOU to the HsH that highly sponsored this ICM week, and to my lecturer team: Prof. Dr. Henning Austmann from our HsH, Allison Abbott FCIPD, Dr Kym Drady MCIPD and Adam McNall CMgr MCMI from the University of Sunderland/UK and Patrick Garbatowski as ICM assistant.
Prof. Dr. Patricia Adam
Professorin, Betriebswirtschaftslehre (F4BWL)
Raum: 1H.1.12
Ricklinger Stadtweg 120
30459
Hannover
The evenings, however, were dedicated to learning about the different cultures in very entertaining ways – games, typical food and drinks included.
In one session during the week, the question “What do we stand for as an intercultural team?” had to be answered in the form of “living sculptures”. The unique outcomes show, how courageous, supportive, kind and united very diverse groups manage to become. ICM is our contribution to a world, where people are able to connect across all cultures and borders.
