Elements and Performance Criteria
- Develop and maintain appropriate international business networks
- Allocate time to build and maintain international business networks
- Identify opportunities to build international business networks
- Use participation in international and Australian business associations, trade fairs, conferences and professional development activities to establish and maintain a network of support for the business and to enhance personal knowledge of international markets
- Identify and maximise opportunities to make facetoface contact with overseas business associates and international business network members
- Establish communication channels to exchange information and ideas with international business network members
- Provide input to the network and seek and verify feedback
- Reflect social and cultural awareness in developing and maintaining international business networks
- Identify sources of information relating to social and cultural awareness for specific cultural groups within current and prospective network membership
- Analyse and note sources of information relating to social and cultural awareness for specific cultural groups within current and prospective network membership using available information sources
- Use communication styles and social mores appropriate to specific cultural groups in relating to individuals and groups within the network
- Review the quality of communication and relationships with network members on a regular basis to determine effectiveness of communication styles and interactions
- Review own participation in international business networks
- Estimate and document costs of own participation in international business networks
- Quantify and document the value of outcomes derived from participation in international business networks
- Analyse the value of outcomes derived from participation in international business networks in comparison to costs of participation
- Ensure that decisions are made and implemented to increase, maintain or decrease participation in networking activity as a result of review process