Types of intercultural training

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	Culture in the Workplace Questionnaire™
	Schwartz Value Survey
	Culture Compass
	Global Team Process Questionnaire™
	Cultural Awareness Training

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An overview of the different possibilities of designing intercultural trainings according to the goals and needs of the client can be found at Brislin (1991:454f.): Next to the right "dosage" of information presented and the inclusion of all participants, it is the experience of the trainer which is crucial for a successful conveyance of the contents of a training.

Targets of trainings

Level	Amount of Trainee Involvement
Level	Low	Moderate	High
Cognitions	expert lectures, assigned readings	attribution training; analysis of critical incidents	applying sophisticated concepts from behavioral and social sciences (e.g. rules, labels, individualism-collectivism)
Affect	lectures from "old hands"; films, folk music or dance	self-awareness; group discussions of prejudice, racism, values, participation in guided encounters such as restaurant visits	role-playes; simulations of real-life demands, such as negotiation with people from different cultural backgrounds
Behaviour	presenting trainees with models who demonstrate appropriate behavior	cognitive/behavioral training; field trip assignments that demand new behaviors	extended experiential encounters with another culture or complex approximations of another culture; guided practice of newly acquired behavior