Guest Lecture by Mrs Danijela Voljč at the Management Class
On Wednesday, 11. 11. 2015, Faculty of Economics University of Ljubljana was hosting at Management Course valuable 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.
Guest Lecture was divided into three main parts, where Mrs Voljč (1) presented her professional career development in international business education; (2) gave an overview of the construct “Global Mindset” that is constructed of (a) intellectual capital (global business savvy; cognitive complexity; cosmopolitan outlook); (b) psychological capital (passion for diversity; quest for adventure; self-assurance); and (c) social capital (intercultural empathy; interpersonal impact; diplomacy). Mrs Voljč 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; (3) in the last part of the guest lecture emphasis was given to working in Asia and Mrs Voljč presented the work of Confucius institute Ljubljana. Mrs Voljč presented to the international students the role of the Confucius Institute Ljubljana in preparing students for their global roles. 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.
Based on her extensive international life and work experiences Mrs Voljč provided the students with valuable advice on how to conquer the challenges of a daily global environment. We give a glimpse of the valuable advice for wider public bellow:
“Life is short. When you will be in my years, don’t be sorry for the things you didn’t do. Find what motivates you the most in your life – your passion”.
“Own experiences are vital in getting familiar with cross-cultural management and food is a good starting point for seeking similarities.”
“We are afraid of others if we don’t know different cultures, well. We always look from our point of value.”
“Only when we give others the environment to express we can learn from different sources of knowledge.”
Full Professor Vlado Dimovski, PhD, Associate Professor Sandra Penger, PhD, and Assistant Professor Judita Peterlin, PhD, sincerely thank Mrs Danijela Voljč for her dedication and sharing her wisdom with already the 3rd generation of our management students.
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