Project goals

The project International Communication is placed in the third year of the study, right after the first internship. The project connects with several parts of the study that have been worked on at an earlier stage, but at a higher level.
The assignments in the project fit in with the theory and practice assignments the students have experienced in the first two and a half years of their study.
The overall new factor is the international character of the assignments.
Students have already experienced assignments for ‘real’ principals in several subjects (for example an assignment for the learning company of the study, an assignment for Marketing, an assignment for Research, organizing an event, presenting results of assignments to the principals, etc), but in this project they also have to consider European and international agreements and expectations and rules (of behaviour) typical for Hungary. The ideas of the EU regarding the environment will also be reviewed and embedded in the company assignments. Furthermore the fact that the entire project (which means lectures and assignments, but also their contributions) is in English contributes to the goal of the study to educate professionals with a feeling for international relations.
 

Competences connected to the project

• 1 Issue monitoring and research preparation
• 3 Advice
• 8 Communication tools
• 9 Representing your company

(description of competences, see end of this page)

Learning goals of the project

The learning goals of this project are taken from the competences that have to be accomplished (see the chapter before this one). Although other competences of the study may also be addressed during the project, the choice has been made not to give them special attention during this project. In other parts of the study the emphasis is placed differently in order to give all competences the attention they deserve.
Next to the learning goals there are some more overall conditions that students have to meet.
The following learning goals and conditions have been set for the project:

At the end of the project students

1. are able to:
   carry out an assignment for an internationally- orientated company
   
   • make a well- founded report on their findings
   • give a solid advice on how to act and which tools to use,
   • give a presentation of the results of the assignment to the management of the company and/or their Dutch representatives, if possible
   • give a three minute presentation to present the advice and explain why this advice is the best advice for the company
      
   It is obvious that:
   Expectations and rules (of behaviour) of the country in which the company is established, of the company itself and European and international agreements should be respected. All work should reflect the communication techniques and tactics as have been taught throughout their study.
    
2. are able to work in groups in a professional way regarding for example cooperating, dividing tasks and reflecting on their own and each other’s contributions.(overall condition)
    
3. are able to make a consistent overall report regarding content and design.(overall condition)
    
4. are able to represent the NHL (and The Netherlands) abroad. This means both at the companies and at the University as well as in their leisure time in Hungary (competence 9)
    
5. are able to prepare themselves on a subject (by reading about it, asking questions about it, discussing it in small groups) so they can exchange positions and views during workshops with Hungarian students who have also prepared themselves on the same subjects. (competence 1, 9)
6. The official language during the project is English (spoken and written) both during lectures and during presentations and coaching moments. (overall condition)
    
7. Source indication is a must. Without source indication students are plagiarizing. This is such a basic knowledge that a correct source indication can be set as a condition for the reports.

Competences connected to the project

1 Issue monitoring and research preparation

2 Advise

8 Communication tools

9 Representing your company