STEP A - IN THE IMAGINARY COUNTRY OF SECHURIA...

To read the learning goals for this step please click HERE.

Welcome to the first part of the course! Before plunging in, spend ~30 minutes with your tutor(s) and
colleagues to "warm up": discuss the outline and objectives of this step, make sure everybody
is ready to go and in a good mood!

This step's agenda looks like this:

~30 min warm-up (national teams)
~20 min in the Cafe
~1 h research
~1 h 30 min negotiations
~1 h 30 min research
~30 min feedback to research
~20 min in the Cafe

~30 min debriefing and evaluation (national teams, then all).

Without breaks, it will amount to 6 hours for this step. Ready?

Situation:
We are all citizens of the imaginary country of Sechuria. Some of us work in a new
consultancy business specialized in intercultural affairs.
The others are looking for opportunities to start a new business.

STEP A - task 1

Check the latest discussions in the Office InterActors Cafe ,
 reply to messages or send new ones.

STEP A - task 2

You work in a Sechurian consultancy firm specialized in intercultural affairs.

In your national groups, through face to face discussion, invent a name for this
 consultancy company and come up with a logo.
 Be careful! How does the company name sound in different languages?
Write a mission statement. For general information about mission statements click HERE.

To upload your answer click on the link below. Make sure you start by saying
which group you are (country - the real one this time).
 Fore more information on how to upload a picture click HERE.

STEP A - task 3

Make sure you have read the suggestions made by the other groups (see the new link added above).
Which company name, logo and mission statement will you as an international group decide on?
Through online discussion, you must reach a consensus by the time we finish the Step B tasks.

Click HERE to access polite language samples.

Enter negotiations using the link below. The discussion is well under way...
NEW !!! A CHAT ROOM IS AVAILABLE FOR GROUPS ONLINE
AT THE SAME TIME (like for example on Nov 4th).
Click on the link below to enter the chat room...

STEP A - task 4

Have you all agreed upon your identity of your company?
 If yes, then you need to look into other details about it.
 Some of you have already done this, but in light of new negotiations maybe it is good to review!
Your company is going to advise production companies to help them overcome
the possible issues they may be facing when trying to sell in another country.

 First you have to identify what these challenges might be.

Share your suggestions using CHALLENGES SUGGESTIONS forum.

Then produce a short general description of the different roles your team members need
 to have to be able to help with the challenges you have already identified.
Also add key procedures to produce the best quality work possible.
To upload your descriptions click on the link below.

STEP A - task 5

In your national groups, discuss and decide what skills are needed for
 each post covered by your group.
Upload your skill and competences lists using the link below.
You can discuss the suggestions made by all the international groups using the SKILLS forum

Now each member of each national group has to fill in a job description for his or her position.

You can find more information on Job descriptions using the link below to the Auxiliary materials.

Upload your job descriptions using the link below.

SOME JOB DESCRIPTIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.

 CLICK on the link to directory below to see them!

Then discuss your descriptions using the JOB DESCRIPTIONS forum.