ITAP International is a full-service consulting firm specializing in building human capability across functional, global and cultural boundaries. ITAP's approach is to deliver highly developed expertise in the cross-cultural aspects of international business as a fully integrated and natural part of global business solutions. We are specialists in doing business internationally - across borders and cultures - through a comprehensive set of international human resources development and organizational development services.

ITAP's consulting services and portfolio of proprietary software tools focus on helping clients resolve the following challenges in cross-border business:

1. Growth and sustainability
2. Globalization
3. Transformation and change
4. Talent retention and development
5. Effectiveness of the senior team and mission critical teams.

ITAP Hosts International HR Practitioners Conference

Over 100 international practitioners gathered in Dublin, Ireland for ITAP's first annual Global HR Practitioners conference. Topics included:

• A line executive's view: Issues of national culture for a British national running Asia Pacific for a German market-leading global company
• The impact of National Culture in mergers & acquisitions
• The emerging business powers: Focus on China, India and Africa
• Driving Business and Behavioral Change Across Cultures

Please click here for the list of all 11 of the topics offered at this conference and to request information.

Geert Hofstede guest in ITAP Webinar Series

ITAP recently hosted a webinar with Dr. Geert Hofstede, who is best known for his seminal research on national cultures. The title of this event was National Cultures’ Impact on Operations, HR and Marketing. Some of the main points of Dr. Hofstede's presentation were that the concept of global management best practices is illusive, and that the myth of the global consumer, popular in the 1980's, is largely disproven. We encourage you to contact us if you are interested in receiving invitations to future ITAP webinars. For highlights from the Hofstede webinar, click here.