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» On Leadership » Creativity and Entrepreneurship » Cross-Cultural Negotiations » Managerial Economics: Essential Economic Wisdom for the    Executive » Managing Cultural Diversity » Quality: A Cultural Achievement » Team-building     Creativity and Entrepreneurship The creative entrepreneur is a symbol of our times. Without creativity there is no progress ­ and no success. Learn about "jamming"and improvisation skills, just a few preconditions for any contemporary triumph. Creativity for Managerial Success The Awakened Creative Mind Maintaining a Competitive Advantage through Creativity The Fundamental Role of Creativity in the Decision-making Process Creativity as the Essential Ingredient of the CSF (Critical Success Factor) Creativity and the Challenge for Survival Write for fees and enrollment                                                top Cross-Cultural Negotiations Learn about intercultural compatibility, including several helpful guidelines on how to negotiate in particular countries and how to reach a "Yes"in adverse international situations. Culture: A Shared System of Meaning Getting to "Yes" Consilience: Bridging Cultural Differences In Search of Intercultural, Social Compatibility International Protocol Write for fees and enrollment                                                top Managerial Economics: Essential Economic Wisdom for the Executive A practical overview of economics for the busy manager, owner or director. The Macroeconomic Environment The Financial Climate The Microeconomic Reality Steps to Decision-making Market Structure Marginal Analysis Games Theory Bonds, Options, Forward Markets, Swaps Decision Making under Uncertainty Write for fees and enrollment                                                top Managing Cultural Diversity A guide for the executive in a foreign country. We discuss topics such as how to be effective in spite of culture shock, how to lead in spite of novel customs, and how to succeed in spite of unfamiliar circumstances. With practical and local relevance, this course is epecially helpful for the manager or businessperson seeking to understand Mexico. Managing Intercultural Effectiveness Disaccord in Time Management Intercultural Management Techniques Adapting Quality Processes to Cultural Differences The Culture Shock Write for fees and enrollment                                                top On Leadership Empowering the workforce is one of a leader's most crucial jobs as well as being a leader amongst future leaders. Here you'll learn about the meaning of leadership - being open to change, maintaining ethical principles and helping each member of the workforce to reach his potential. The Leader Before Taking Charge Leadership and Change Empowering the Workforce Team-thinking Write for fees and enrollment                                                top Quality: A Cultural Achievement Quality: We all know it when we see or feel it, yet noone can define it. It surrounds us and defies us daily and yet we strive incessantly for it, and therefore no creation or product will exist where quality is not the highest priority. Quality: This Elusive Term Quality as Touchstone of Experience Quality as Norm of Judgement Quality and the Creative Chaos Quality as a Holistic Icon Write for fees and enrollment                                                top Team-building The cooperation and collaboration that keeps an organization functional and funcioning is team-building. By studying the attitudes and behaviors that create and strengthen the growing organization, you and your organization can learn to become more productive, positive and profitable. The power of making a conscious act Awareness and growth Surrendering the "me" for the "we" Write for fees and enrollment                                                top

Course Notes: 1. All courses are scheduled on a flexible, "open enrollment" basis in order to accomodate participant needs and schedules. 2. Groups and companies which enroll 10 persons in any one course are eligible for 1 complimentary participant. Enroll 15 persons and receive 2 complimentary participants! 3. Course length: 30 hours (3 hours/week for 10 weeks); intensive, multiple-weekend sessions can be arranged. 4. Courses are given at The Troeller Institute for Global Studies' offices in Mexico City. In-house presentations are available at no additional cost. (Metropolitan Mexico City only.) 5. Course itineraries, fees and terms are subject to change without notice. 6. Courses are delivered in English; Spanish-language instruction is subject to professor availability. 7. College credit can be arranged with your academic institution. Please confirm prior to enrollment. 8. Tuition does not include applicable taxes.