WORKING EFFECTIVELY WITH Indians
Working Effectively with Indians program will develop the necessary skills you require to collaborate effectively with your Indian colleagues or partners on virtual teams, projects, or joint ventures.
The Indian culture is a complex one, having been shaped by a variety of influences ranging from Hindu philosophy to British colonization. India has a diverse and complex culture influenced by a myriad of languages, religions, and ethnicities. More recently, spectacular economic growth and the explosion of offshore outsourcing in India have brought even more significant economic and social changes to India and its population, which offers a wealth of economic opportunities in addition to a large and highly-talented workforce.
The Indian culture is a complex one, having been shaped by a variety of influences ranging from Hindu philosophy to British colonization. India has a diverse and complex culture influenced by a myriad of languages, religions, and ethnicities. More recently, spectacular economic growth and the explosion of offshore outsourcing in India have brought even more significant economic and social changes to India and its population, which offers a wealth of economic opportunities in addition to a large and highly-talented workforce.
BENEFITS OF THIS COURSE
The course will provide you with:
- An understanding of the cultural drivers affecting the Indian mindset, communication styles, and working practices.
- Help to develop practical strategies to work more effectively with your Indian counterparts.
- Build more effective relationships with your Indian counterparts through higher cultural sensitivity and an international mindset.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course will be of benefit to you if you are:
- Working on a project team with Indian colleagues
- Establishing a joint venture with Indian partners
- Working with third party suppliers in India
- Communicating remotely with Indian colleagues
COURSE CONTENT
This course will typically include:
- Indian culture: religion, languages, beliefs, and customs.
- Fundamental Indian cultural values and attitudes in the workplace: Hinduism and the traditional caste system, fatalism, collectivism, face, the fluid concept of time.
- Interpreting and adapting to the Indian mindset.
- Relationship makers and breakers
- Working practices in Indian business: scheduling and planning, company structure and hierarchy, meeting styles and protocol, the decision-making process.
- Indian communication styles: high context style, Indianisms in English, interpreting non-verbal communication, indirect vs. direct styles and formal vs. informal styles.
- Potential challenges of working with Indians and practical solutions for overcoming them.