Course description Organizational Culture 2012
Helping organizations to find the missing piece in their business
Introduction to the Hofstede Centre
Established in 2012, the Hofstede Centre is a sister
organisation of itim international culture & management
consultants. In 1985 itim international was founded to
create cultural competence for global organisations and their
staffs throughout the world. Our approach is based on
extensive research into national and organisational values
and practices worldwide, at the core of which lies the work
of world-wide renowned Professor Geert Hofstede.
With the endorsement of Professor Geert Hofstede,
the doors of the Hofstede Centre opened at the beginning
of 2012. We reach out to all of those who want to get
more insight into professor Hofstede’s research. The Hofstede Centre’s main goal is to offer high
quality education in the field of culture and management based on academic research and practical
experience.
Educational focus
The Hofstede model on strategy, culture and change provides consultants and end-users with
knowledge and a toolset that "enables you to use culture as a practical tool of management". It
places topics such as employee engagement and employee satisfaction in a broader perspective of
an organization´s overall business strategy. It provides a framework into which all organizational and
personal development activities are linked together to optimize concerted action. Too often change
initiatives are limited to one particular objective, such as realization of more open communication,
without being able to assess what the impact of more open communication will have on realization
of all other objectives.
Certification
The Hofstede Centre courses result in two certificates. These are:
 Accredited lecturer (Intercultural management and Organizational Culture)
 Accredited practioner (Organizational Culture)
Furthermore The Hofstede Centre functions as the Certification Agency for Itim International
licensees. More information about becoming part of Itim can be found at www.itim.org
Courses
Accredited Practitioner in Organizational Culture
Your background:
You are familiar with or interested in using culture from a management perspective, you want to
deepen your knowledge and increase your understanding of the applications of Hofstede´s cultural
dimensions and you are currently involved in change processes.
Our offer:
We offer you an intensive four day practitioner course on how to use organizational culture from a
management perspective. Upon completion of this practitioner course The Hofstede Centre will
grant you the title of Accredited Practitioner.
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Course program
First day
Background of
development of the
Model
Content of the Model
Comparison with other
approaches and models
Second day
Third day
Return day
Preparation of an
assignment
The Scanning process
Conducting workshop 1
Gap - analysis
Conducting workshop 2
in which reports will be
discussed and potential
follow-up actions
Follow-up actions: What
to do, how and when
(workshop 3)
Discussing the results of
your first assignment and
addressing bottlenecks.
Benefits
When you complete the train-the-trainers course and become an accredited lecturer you will
experience the following benefits:
 Getting insight into Hofstede´s model on Organizational culture that goes deeper than
reading books on Organizational Culture or Hofstede´s chapters on Organizational Culture in
his book “Cultures and Organizations”.
 First hand practical applications of the combination of dimensions to be used in your daily
working life.
 Insight in the combination of the National Culture model with the Organizational Culture
model.
 Access to the online toolkit that allows you to scan the culture of organizations
 Opportunity to enable organizations to align their strategy with their culture.
 Physical and virtual meeting platform to exchange and interact with experienced
intercultural and organizational management specialists.
Your investment
We ask for an investment of 4.500 Euro for your education in order to become an Organizational
Culture practitioner.
In return for this investment you will receive all of the following:
 a 4-day course including evening programme by top consultants of itim international who
have over 15 years of work experience in applying Hofstede’s theory.
 Navigation in the field of culture and management, based on the combination of Hofstede’s
6 dimensions and his Organizational Culture model.
 Course binder with reading materials by prof. Hofstede
 Access to the online toolkit
 Connection to a cultural knowledge community
 Access to conferences organized by the Hofstede Centre focused on the latest cultural
insights.
 Course locatoin, lunches and dinner on the first and third day
Registration
Are you interested and would like to sign up? On our website we show you all upcoming dates and
locations. Please go to http://www.itim.org/course_request2.html, choose the most suitable date
and submit the registration form. You will receive a confirmation directly. We are looking forward to
welcome you to the Hofstede Centre!
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