Studium Generale: Intercultural Competence as a Strategic Endeavor for SMEs

Posted by admin on May 28, 2010 in All, Student Associations | 0 comments

4th Geert Hofstede Lecture by Milton Bennett

Intercultural Competence as a Strategic Endeavor for SMEs

Thursday 3 June, 3.30 – 5 p.m., De Appel, Hanzehogeschool, Zernikeplein 7

Admission free

More information: Geert Hofstede Lezing 2010, Kenniscentrumondernemerschap@org.hanze.nl, Tel 050 595 2070

In the global village, nearly all business is cross-cultural. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have culturally diverse employees, are located in multicultural communities, and are likely to have international customers and suppliers. The cross-cultural contact generated by this diversity demands intercultural competence. While all successful business persons are ‘culturally competent’ – they have adequate social communication skills in their own societies – they do not necessarily have those skills in other societies. Even if people have a lot of cross-cultural experience, they do not automatically become interculturally competent.

Nobel Prize winner gives presentation at the University

Posted by admin on Nov 12, 2009 in All, Campus/Faculty | 0 comments

On November 5^th, Elinor Orstrom, the first woman to ever win the Nobel Prize in Economics, came to Groningen University. Under the auspices of Darwinism and Political Science, Ms. Ostrom gave an interesting speech about common-pool resources and issues relating to over usage of common goods.

Studium Generale – Dawin Today

Posted by admin on Oct 1, 2009 in All, Programmes, Prospective students, Student life | 0 comments

It is just 150 years ago, when Charles Darwin revolutionized biology with his thoughts on evolution. His book The Origin of Species in which he proposed that populations evolve through the process of natural selection changed scientific thinking forever. In honour of his work and to encourage evolutionary thinking, Studium Generale is presenting: Darwin Today. In a series of six lectures, all given by internationally renowned scientists, you can explore how Darwin’s Evolution Theory, or Darwinism, influenced various scientific fields such as psychology, linguistic or economics.