HELSINKI June 09, 2005 FORESIGHT MANAGEMENT IN CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS – NEW VISIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Intercultural Learning in the Internet – A Ladder of Personal Success Background – who, where and why? The result – what and when? My case – how?

IntCultNet Project Background – Participants Häme Polytechnic © – Innovator: Venla Varis © St. John’s Teacher Training College Center for Multiculturality Middlesex University Athens University of Economics

IntCultNet Project Background – Why? training course on CULTURAL COMPETENCE world wide on-line access transformable to different cultures a concrete new approach – a model for measuring cultural competence

IntCultNet Project Results – When and what? the first phase completed – two year funding from EU Minerva result: Holistic Cultural Competence Assessment Model (HCCA) widely usable and multiculturally implementable product

IntCultNet Project – HCCA model web learning teams, team-discussions self-reflection – discussions and essays peer-evaluation, tutors’ evaluation, self-evaluation HCCA = diversity orientation, team competence, value scale, learning orientation

THE LADDER – count your points!

What is the definition of culture? Culture is a continuous interaction between the ideas in the heads of people and their actual behaviours. Within our culture we do what we do because we have acquired the knowledge that this the right or normal way to do things. Jaakko Lehtonen, 2000

IntCultNet – My case the new approach towards cultural studies = instead of learning possible differences of a new culture, learn sensititivity towards your own culture this skill is transformable in inter- and multicultural and –national contexts

IntCultNet – My case to the next ladder? requires personal qualifications not natural for me – from irritation to interest from technical and quality orientation towards deeper understanding of communication and innovativeness solved a case having lasted 27 years

IntCultNet Thank you.