Message-ID: <00c701be64c3$eabce1c0$2e40accf@bj> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 10:47:01 -0500 From: BJ Cameron <mailto:bjaly@erols.com> Subject: Tulane Seminar Series; please forward to all that might be To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
****************Invitation to a seminar****************"Managing Cultural Diversity in International Development and Business"
Tulane Institute for International Development (TIID) in association with the Human Resource Development and Institutional Strengthening Workgroup of the Society for International Development (SID) invites you to its March seminar under the 1999 Tulane International Development Seminar Series.
The workplace is culturally diversifying. Globalization means that all of us are increasingly challenged to work across national boundaries and across cultural boundaries, whether or not we leave our home country. Through foreign investment, immigration, expanded communications, and our own broadening spheres of influence, each of us is increasingly working with people of cultural backgrounds different from our own. This workplace diversity can be a source of creativity and stimulation or a source of communication pitfalls and frustration, depending upon whether we choose to manage the diversity or be managed by it. TIID’s March Seminar will introduce participants to the expanding research on cultural differences and to the basic concepts of Managing Cultural Diversity.
Speaker: Dr. Joyce Francis, Tulane University
Time: The seminar will be held on Thursday March 25th and commence at 5.30 p.m. and end at 7.00 p.m.
Venue: Tulane Institute for International Development 901 N. Stuart Street, Suite 1100 Arlington, Virginia 22203 (Ballston Metro; Street parking, and parking in 901 North Stuart available)
This seminar is free and open to all, if you would like to attend the seminar: RSVP is required by Tuesday, March 23rd Telephone: (703) 243-0871 or e-mail: mailto:mmotoya@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
*******M.Sc. and Ph.D. Programs in International Development******* For those interested in the Masters Program in Applied International Development and the interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program conducted at the Washington area (Arlington, VA) campus of Tulane University, there will be a reception following the lecture. Prospective applicants and interested individuals will be able to meet members of the Tulane Faculty. You can also get more information on these programs by visiting our web site http://payson.tulane.edu/mad/
About the Speaker: Joyce L. Francis, Ph.D., spent seven years in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, gaining personal experience of managing in a foreign culture while working for small private schools, large MNCs, and a government development organization. Upon returning to the U.S., she consulted on managing cultural diversity with such organizations as Volvo International, California Department of OSHA, U. S. Department of Energy, National Semiconductor, and the Hotel Association of Hawaii. She has taught courses in diversity management at U. C. Berkeley, the University of Hawaii, Växjö University (Sweden), American University, and George Mason University. She recently joined the faculty of Tulane Institute for International Development.
BJ Cameron Payson Center Tulane University