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Maximizing Intercultural Development by Personal Assessment and Feedback:
The Intercultural Readiness Check (© IBI 2002)
Internationally operating companies increasingly experience the impact of cultural differences on their business. Numerous people are now engaged in cross border negotiations, multicultural teams, foreign assignments and the management of staff from cultures other than their own. All these people, and the organisations they work for, need to thoroughly understand the impact of culture on their behaviour, motivation, ways of thinking and decision-making.
There are many roads to effective intercultural interaction - just as cultures differ, so do people. Assessment of individual strengths and preferences is therefore vital for a sustainable development of intercultural competence.
The Intercultural Readiness Check (IRC) supports companies and practitioners in assessing individuals' current level of competence in interacting successfully across cultures. The IRC assesses four vital intercultural competences:
The IRC provides valid and reliable information on a person's current strengths and preferences relevant to effective intercultural interaction. The IRC has been developed over a period of three years in collaboration with the University of Groningen. Across a broad spectrum of client companies, IRC licensees have used the IRC successfully for enhancing their clients' intercultural competences. With more than 15,000 respondents from over 14 industries and 120 countries, the IRC database is one of the largest sources of information on intercultural competences available today.
The IRC is accessible online at home or at work from all over the world. Scores can be processed automatically and IRC feedback contains practical suggestions for development.
Internationally operating companies increasingly experience the impact of cultural differences on their business. Numerous people are now engaged in cross border negotiations, multicultural teams, foreign assignments and the management of staff from cultures other than their own. All these people, and the organisations they work for, need to thoroughly understand the impact of culture on their behaviour, motivation, ways of thinking and decision-making.
There are many roads to effective intercultural interaction - just as cultures differ, so do people. Assessment of individual strengths and preferences is therefore vital for a sustainable development of intercultural competence.
The Intercultural Readiness Check (IRC) supports companies and practitioners in assessing individuals' current level of competence in interacting successfully across cultures. The IRC assesses four vital intercultural competences:
| Intercultural Sensitivity The degree to which a person takes an active interest in others, their cultural background, needs and perspectives |
Intercultural Communication The degree to which a person actively monitors their own communicative behaviours when interacting with people from other cultures |
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| Building Commitment The degree to which a person actively influences the social environment, concerned with integrating different people and personalities |
Managing Uncertainty The degree to which a person appreciates the challenges of culturally diverse environments as an opportunity for personal development |
The IRC provides valid and reliable information on a person's current strengths and preferences relevant to effective intercultural interaction. The IRC has been developed over a period of three years in collaboration with the University of Groningen. Across a broad spectrum of client companies, IRC licensees have used the IRC successfully for enhancing their clients' intercultural competences. With more than 15,000 respondents from over 14 industries and 120 countries, the IRC database is one of the largest sources of information on intercultural competences available today.
The IRC is accessible online at home or at work from all over the world. Scores can be processed automatically and IRC feedback contains practical suggestions for development.
IRC Licensing Program
Our Two-Day IRC Licensing Courses
Through our IRC Licensing Courses, intercultural professionals become certified to administer the IRC in their work in both corporate and academic settings. More specifically, you will:
Through our IRC Licensing Courses, intercultural professionals become certified to administer the IRC in their work in both corporate and academic settings. More specifically, you will:
- Gain in-depth understanding about the competencies assessed by the IRC
- Receive detailed information of the psychometric properties of the IRC and be able to answer questions about them
- Learn how to use the IRC to enhance and customize your training, consulting and coaching activities
- Practice how to access the IRC via the Internet and manage your client accounts at work and at home
- Become licensed to receive country- and industry-specific reports on IRC scores, and be able to participate in future research and publication activities initiated by Intercultural Business Improvement.
Upcoming Licensing Courses
| Place: | Amsterdam, Centrum de Roos, PC Hooftstraat 183 | |
| Dates: | Thursday, 2nd to Friday, 3th of December (9h to 17h) | |
| Costs per person: Euro 1,350.00 Note: These prices do not include VAT of 19%. |
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Download Registration Form
If you are interested in participating in the next IRC Licensing Course and/or IRC Application Course, please download the registration form (PDF) and follow instructions therein. (Please use this form as well if you are interested in participating in an IRC Course later on in the year.)
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In order to read, save and print PDF document-files, your computer system must be equipped with a PDF-viewer such as Adobe Acrobat Reader ®. This software is available for free dowload from Adobe Systems Inc. (follow on-screen instructions).