We All are Europe - AESAEC

Module 7 – How to Implement a Project Successfully
confusion caused by different perspectives, approaches, focus points and methods of resolutions
determined by cultural and social backgrounds.
However, this does not only happen in fictional stories but also happens in daily life. As a short exercise
please imagine the following situation: you are the manager of a top-class hotel with 20 bedrooms
in your hometown and a group of guests has booked the whole hotel for a weekend. For Saturday
your guests have asked you to organise an “entertaining afternoon” in town including a “surprise
dinner”. None of your guests have ever been to your town; however money seems not to be
much of a problem. Their only precondition is that they want to be actively involved in the preparation
work as well as in the implementation of the afternoon’s activities.
Please design a programme starting at 13.00 pm for your guests by using the following format:
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Before you start, select one of the “groups of guests” listed below and create as tailor-made a programme
as possible:
• School pupils (aged 8-10) who won this trip as the 1 st prize in the national reading competition
sponsored by your National Ministry of Education.
• A group of Jewish emigrants who left your town some 60 years ago and this visit is the first
time they have ever returned since then.
• A group of German youngsters who must undergo an anti-drinking programme.
• A group of Spanish nuns from the Order of the Holy Trinity.
• A transnational project group of senior learners from 10 different EU countries working on
Active European Citizenship.
Did you get the feeling that the profile, image and related stereotypes of each target group determined
the planning of the programme
When implementing this exercise in other EU countries would this lead to different results (apart
from the different sightseeing attractions in each town) What can you deduct from this exercise in
relation to your project management plans
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