United Kingdom - Russia
Closed Nuclear Cities Partnership

Training Course at De Montfort University

Title

English Language Training at DeMontfort University
Business Negotiation Training at DeMontfort University
Training Course at De Montfort University - "English Language Training for Business and Contract Negotiations"

Objectives

  • Help managers from the Closed Nuclear Cities communicate more effectively in English in order to facilitate their commercial activities in international business settings.
  • Enable more effective negotiations, as well as contract development and execution with international business partners

Summary

The four week training programme was designed by De Montfort University's Department of Modern Languages and involved staff from the Business School. The course was aimed at participants who already possessed English at an intermediate level and were employed in decision making roles in the weapons complex or SMEs in the Closed Nuclear Cities. The training drew from a wide range of teaching methods including group work, role playing, language laboratory activities, Internet research, self-study and student presentations. Some of the courses held during the four weeks included: commercial correspondence development, information analysis and presentations, role-playing and management strategies, building cross-cultural skills for meetings and negotiations, and marketing ethics. At the end of the course, each participant was awarded a Certificate accredited by De Montfort University.

Cost

The DTI funded the 2004 Study Tour for a total cost of £22,050.

Duration

26 January - 19 February 2004.

Beneficiary

  • Mining and Chemical Kombinat, Zheleznogorsk
  • All Russian Scientific and Research Institute for Technical Physics, Snezhinsk
  • Research and Production Enterprise Mayak, Ozersk
  • Federal Agency for Atomic Energy, Moscow
  • Siberian Chemical Kombinat, Moscow Office
  • All Russian Scientific and Research Institute for Experimental Physics, Moscow Office of Sarov based organization
  • All Russian Scientific and Research Institute for Experimental Physics, Sarov
  • ITEK Company, Sarov

Project Consultant

Chris Bailey, HTSPE Ltd.

Project Director

Greg Kaser, HTSPE Ltd.

Project Manager

Patrick Gray, HTSPE Ltd.
Alexander Tsibulya, HTSPE Ltd.

Partners\Subcontractors

De Montfort University, Leicester, UK