Bildung 4-Personal Development Plan and Personal Learning Plan

PDP and PLP

Before the start of this semester I set development goals in order to assess my skills and discover my strengths and weaknesses in favor of to improve in the most appropriate areas.  The three main goals are to get insight of the Chinese culture for cultivating friendships and business relationships. Secondly, learning the Chinese language is of importance, because it is getting more important and popular with each passing day. Final goal is to understand the Chinese business culture and etiquette in order to book success in trade.
I stayed approximately five months in Shanghai for my internship and learned a lot of things about China and its people, but looking back I couldn’t learn more about China. I understand how it is to live in China, but without communication I couldn’t learn more about it. Also in the internship company it was difficult to understand business people. It is not only the language but also the behavior of people in doing business was difficult for me.
I hope to improve my Chinese language, or at least understanding the basics and learn to adapt to the Chinese culture. Furthermore there are opportunities in China that should not to be missed. The business case study and other related courses are helping to gather more information about it.