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Deciphering cultural codes of 100+ countries or regions to understand behaviors and optimize one' s professional action
Living and working in Algeria
Summary
Target audience
Employees preparing for an assignment in Algeria and their partners
Prerequisite
No prerequisite
Objectives
This seminar aims at significantly improving the ability of the participants to meet the challenges of living and working abroad. The objective is to enable them to identify the stumbling blocks that lie ahead and to be able to adapt and integrate in Algeria.
At the end of this training, participants will have acquired the necessary skills to:
- Be aware of their own cultural baggage
- Understand Algerian context and culture
- Analyze situations in which misunderstandings may arise and identify ways of communicating more effectively
- Reduce and manage the symptoms of culture shock
- Understand another mindset, different work practices, decision-making processes and negotiating styles
- Strike the right balance between personal et professional lives
Added value
- Conducted by an intercultural expert consultant
- Decoding the Nomad’ Profiler
- Alternating theory and practical exercises
- Access to Digital Learning for 1 year
- Sharing best practices and personalized action plan
Program
Module 1 : Successful personal integration in Algeria
1. Cross-cultural awareness: The key to a successful expatriation
- Taking stock of one's own cultural baggage
- Culture shock and the integration process
- Identifying and going beyond cultural stereotypes
2. Key aspects of Algerian Culture
- The second largest country in Africa
- A young, urban population of ethnic Arab and Berber origin
- A tragic history
- The specific characteristics of Islam in Algeria
- A delicate political situation
- Economic riches waiting to be fully exploited
- Local rivalry
- A country in the international spotlight
3. Algerian values and behaviour patterns
- The family group, the role of women in Algerian society
- A transitional perception of time
- Private space and public areas
- The Algerian mindset
4. Practical day-to-day information in Algeria
- Focus on the host town, social life, leisure activities
- The need for a private vehicle
- Souks, shops and hammams
- Transport, administration, housing, security, hygiene and healthcare
- Schools, extracurricular activities, sport
Module 2 : Successful professional integration in Algeria
1. The Algerian corporate world
- Keys to understand how companies operate in Algeria
- Differences in working methods and the notion of quality
- The marketplace, employment and staff turnover
- The role of national and local authorities
2. Effective communication with the Algerians
- Generating and maintaining personal relations
- The circulation of information, professional networks
- Communication styles and practices
- The working language, the role of the interpreter
3. Working with Algerian teams
- Local management and company culture
- Responsibilities and decision-making
- Recruitment, loyalty building, training, knowledge transmission
- Motivating, delegating, providing feedback, boosting self-esteem and handling conflicts
4. Successful meetings and negotiations with the Algerians
- The preparation phase
- Identifying decision-makers
- Time and deadline management
- Written contracts, their interpretation and implications
5. Final handy tips
- Caution, patience and humility
- Social standards, gifts, business cards, dress code, etc
- Sensitive subjects: politics, history, religion
- Humour: a double-edged sword
Intra-company coursesDuration: to define
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