FITTskills workshops feature content from FITTskills courses, which have been divided into 4-hour workshops, so that you can focus on specific topics and finish faster. You can earn credits to work towards the same FITTskills credentials.
Overview
Are you prepared to work with other cultures and adapt to their practices when needed? This workshop will help you to build and maintain strong relationships with any international partners, suppliers, clients and associates by learning to determine your existing cultural knowledge and fill in any gaps.
What You'll Learn
- Assess your current ability to work with other cultures.
- Improve your international capabilities by determining what intercultural competence gaps you need to fill.
- Build stronger connections with your partners, suppliers, clients and associates around the world.
- Gather intercultural information about a target market you can use to make decisions after you choose the best possible sources and resources.
- Optimize your market entry strategies, product and service design, sales and marketing where possible to play to your intercultural strengths.
What’s included
- Workshop eBook, which includes unit-based exercises to help you study (the related answers are also available for download)
- Guiding notes to facilitate tracking of key concepts
- Sample exam questions to demonstrate exam format and help you practice for your final assessment
- Access to the Intercultural Competence multiple-choice online exam
- Video resources focusing on the central issues and concepts of the workshop and providing practical examples
- Case studies offering real-life examples to help you study and prepare for important business situations
- Mobile-friendly workshops: access and download all workshop materials, including your eBook, for easy reading on the go!
- Essential international trade skills to help you compete in today’s integrated global marketplace
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
"If you want a credible start in international trade, the FITT courses are an excellent foundation. They cover the skills that matter on the job: applying Incoterms correctly, using financial instruments to manage risk, and building supply chains that hold up under pressure.
Teaching the FITT Market Entry Strategies course at Lambton College, I see this firsthand. Students gain confidence in assessing the viability of a foreign opportunity, negotiating across cultures, and building a repeatable framework they can apply immediately."
Abina GilbertAssociate Faculty, International Business Lambton College Ready to Build Your International Trade Skills?
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