This is a slidecast of 5 seminars that I have attended during my second year of International Business Management at Artevelde University College in Ghent.
The slidecast includes a short reflection on the following seminars:
Prof. Dr. Dirk Buyens – Working and Living abroad
Elizabeth Vennekens-Kelly – Doing Business in the USA
Joeri Van den Bergh – The Next Generation
Prof. Dr. Al Kamienski – Economic Freedom & World Happiness
Filip Nuytemans – FLYSE: Zero to One
Hope you enjoy!
2. Table of content
1. Prof. Dr. Dirk Buyens – Working and Living abroad
2. Elizabeth Vennekens-Kelly – Doing Business in the USA
3. Joeri Van den Bergh – The Next Generation
4. Prof. Dr. Al Kamienski – Economic Freedom & World Happiness
5. Filip Nuytemans – FLYSE: Zero to One
3. Prof. Dr. Dirk Buyens
1/12/2015
Working and living
abroad
4. “‘Being out there’ is one thing, ‘having learned
something’ is however the key question” – Dirk Buyens
5. • No international experience
• Not well prepared
• Not able to speak Spanish
• Suffered for 3 months
8. • 20 – 30 days a year
• Hard to talk about politics
9. 5 international competencies
Language skills
Way of showing interest
in a country/people
Outside-in-view
Look at the world from
another perspective
Multi-ethnocentricity
reflex
…..
Homelessness skill
High emotional stability
is required
Cultural facade
Being able to see
through it
10. How to prepare in advance?
➜ Think it over
➜ Learn the local language
➜ Dare to jump
➜ No right or wrong place
➜ Inform yourself
➜ Get to know yourself
11. How to behave once there?
➜ Reach out
➜ Show interest
➜ Look for similarities
➜ Work hard
➜ Open your mind
➜ 'Act' like a local
➜ Engage yourself
12. What is left when you return?
➜ Everyone is interested (30”)
➜ Life went on
➜ Leaving is easier
➜ Behave 'amongst' your friends,
not above them
➜ Reflect on yourself
➜ Enjoy the memory
13. Conclusion
• Don’t wait too long
• Be prepared
• No wrong place to go
• Prepare for your come-back
30. Conclusion
• Other view on marketing
• Interesting studies
• Confusing order
• Great opportunity
31. Prof. Dr. Al Kamienski
2/05/2016
Economic freedom
and world happiness
32. 5 dimensions to happiness
Mental
Learning dimension
Emotional wellbeing
Psychological
Environmental factors
Socializing
Virtual friends
Real life friends
Spirituality
Believe in sth
Professional
Quality of work/life
Standard of living
38. ➜ More customers more trips
➜ Same amount of drivers UberPool
➜ “Sometimes it is better to
cannibalize yourself then someone
else eating you up.”
Growth and
cannibalization
41. ➜ People don’t like change
➜ Believe in your own ideas
➜ Listen to others, but stay critical
Dare to change
42. “People don’t like change. But as long as you have a
clear vision in mind and you realise your goals, people
will follow your changes.” - Filip Nuytemans