A course in how to get on with Germans

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Under 바카라사이트 title Met Meer Succes Naar Duitsland (To Germany With Greater Success), 바카라사이트 department of German studies offers six course modules, each dealing with different aspects of German business culture.

Groups of about 20 senior figures from Dutch business and politics spend three days getting to grips with German fiscal law, management and corporate strategy, as well as studying 바카라사이트 German economy and 바카라사이트 various geographical regions.

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By inviting guest lecturers from Germany, 바카라사이트 course aims to show too that many of 바카라사이트 stereotypical images of German officiousness no longer apply and that 바카라사이트 country is changing rapidly.

The university also offers inhouse training to companies that want to do better business in Germany.