Lecture by Mrs Danijela Voljč at the Management Class

On Wednesday, 16. 10. 2013, Faculty of Economics University of Ljubljana was hosting at Management Course of Full Professor Vlado Dimovski, PhD, Assistant Professor Sandra Penger, PhD and assistant Judita Peterlin esteemed expert in the international management field Mrs Danijela Voljč, MSc who is the Head of International Relations Office at the Faculty of Economics University of Ljubljana; the Director and Board Member at Confucius Institute Ljubljana; and the Head of the Ljubljana Summer School.

Mrs Voljč, MSc, presented her extensive experiences with the title “Diversity Management”.

Guest Lecture was divided into two main parts, where Mrs Voljč first presented the construct of “Global Mindset” that is constructed of (1) intellectual capital (global business savvy; cognitive complexity; cosmopolitan outlook); (2) psychological capital (passion for diversity; quest for adventure; self-assurance); and (3) social capital (intercultural empathy; interpersonal impact; diplomacy). Mrs Voljč presented the work of professor Mansour Javidan, PhD, Garvin Distinguished Professor and Director of Najafi Global Mindset Institute at Thunderbird University who she had the privilege to meet and exchange views on internationalization of business education.  She specified that future businessmen need to develop as social anthropologists and become familiar with business anthropology in order to better understand the global environment and the characteristics of their markets. Based on her extensive international life and work experiences Mrs Voljč provided the students with most valuable advice on how to conquer the challenges of a daily global environment.

In the second part of her lecture, Mrs Voljč presented to the international students the role of the Confucius Institute Ljubljana and Ljubljana Summer School in preparing students for their global roles. Students learned that Confucius (born 551 BC) was China’s great philosopher and educator who’s thoughts have had enormous influence on Chinese culture. Due to the lively activities going on at the FELU’s international office Mrs Voljč invited interested students to get familiar with many options for international exchanges, collaboration, projects, language courses and international celebrations that are open to our students.

We wish our guest lots of success in her international endeavours and sincerely thank her for willingness to enrich our students with her fascinating personal and most valuable intellectual, psychological and social capital.

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