Travel, Protocol Management and International Relations

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Travel, Protocol Management and International Relations

Module 1 - Duration: 1 Week
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Module Objectives: Contents, Concepts and Issues
By the conclusion of the specified Learning, Reinforcement, Consolidation and Development Activities, Delegates will be able to:  United Nations, Introduction
 The Advent of International Organizations
 The United Nations
• United Nations System Organization
• United Nations Protocol
• Bodies of United Nations and Their Functions
• The International Telecom Delegation to the United Nations
• United Nations, Power and Power Centralization
• The United Nations Security Council
• The International Atomic Energy Agency
 World Economic Forum For The Middle East
 Nuclear Emergency Network
 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and nuclear security

 Explain the objectives and principles of the United Nations
 Illustrate, with period or dates, the progressive development of International Organizations
 Exhibit their comprehension of The United Nations, as an International Organisation, with specific relation to its:
• System Organization
• Protocol
• Bodies and their functions
• International Telecom Delegation
• Powers and power centralization
• The United Nations security council
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), its function, 6related agencies and current involvement, specifically:
 World Economic Forum For The Middle East
 Nuclear Emergency Network
 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and nuclear security



Module 2 - Duration: 1 Weeks
GLOBALISATION AND WORLD TRADE
Module Objectives: Contents, Concepts and Issues
By the conclusion of the specified Learning, Reinforcement, Consolidation and Development Activities, Delegates will be able to:  Globalization as Increasing Worldwide Integration of Communications, Culture, and Economics
 Globalization and National Culture
 Globalization and Financial Risk Management
 The Emergence of the World Trade Agreement (WTA)
 The World Trade Organisation (WTO)
• Dumping, anti-dumping and anti-subsidy: Introduction
 Detecting and validating dumping
 Dumping and counter countervailing measures
 China and India and WTO: Cases in points
 The sunset agreement
 United State and Britain: The cold trade world
 The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
 The General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS)
• The Inspection of GATS
• The Objectives of GATS
• International participation in GATS
• Services Covered by GATS
• Opposition to GATS
• Who are the Main Beneficiaries of GATS
• GATS and National and International Frontiers
• GATS and National Sovereignty
• GATS and National Security
• The Case of US Port (P and O ferries) and the (Dubai Ports Authority)
• GATS and the US Stance
• Accommodating GATS: The European Prospective
• GATS and National Markets in Infiltration
• The UK’s Attribute to GATS
 Internalize the phenomenon of globalization as, even though controversial, might be explained as the increasing worldwide integration in communications, culture, and economics;
 Define Globalization in relation to the increasing worldwide integration of communications, culture, and economics
 Take a lead in the current debate relating to globalization and national culture, specifically how one might support or distract from the advancement or maintenance of the other;
 Explain the inception of the World Trade Agreement (WTA) and the prospect that it was seem to have held at that time.
 Give a brief explanation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the level of the current membership.
 Explain what dumping means and how it’s viewed by host nations.
 Conversant with the sunset agreement and its implications for the parties involved.
 Demonstrate a heightened understanding of the pre-existing and persistent trade war between United States and the United Kingdoms.
 Indicate the requirement for detecting and validating dumping.
 Provide cases to support their explanation of countervailing dumping measures.
 Use the relationship between China and India on the one hand on the majority of the WTO membership, on the other.
 Explain the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the primary objectives of its establishments.
 Demonstrate an understanding of GATT and analysis the winners and losers.
 Explain the progress towards and obstacles affecting a unitary GATT system.
 List at least five services covered by the General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS).
 Outline the inspection of GATS and its effectiveness.
 List the main objectives of GATS and the extent to which they have so far been achieved.
 List at least 10 participants of GATS agreement.
 Explain the main rationale to the current opposition to GATS.
 Propose a strategy for protecting National and International frontiers, whiles insuring continuing participations in GATS.
 Suggest how National Sovereignty might be protected in the light of the GATS.
 Use cases to illustrate the conflict that persists between National Security and free service promotion under GATS.
 Use the case of US Ports Authority (P and O Ferries) and the (Dubai Ports Authority) to support the nation that there is some element of protectionism in the international service trade agreement under GATS.
 Evaluate the US Stance towards GATS particularly in the light of the Cancun.
 Chart the progression of GATS in Europe, particularly evaluating the international free trade of (GATS) within original free trade (EC).
 Debate GATS vs. market in infiltration.
 Illustrate UK’s attribute towards GATS, drawing conclusions as to wither she is at odes with the rest of Europe.



Modules 3 and 4 - Duration: 2 Weeks
TRAVEL AND PROTOCOL MANAGEMENT
Module Objectives: Contents, Concepts and Issues
By the conclusion of the specified Learning, Reinforcement, Consolidation and Development Activities, Delegates will be able to:  Visa and Immigration Formalities
 Visa Processing
 Visa Arrangements
 Passport Processing
 Hotel Visa Processing
 Business Travel Requirements
 Immigration Regulations and Requirements

 General Travel Management
• Nature of Strategic Public Relations

 Booking Arrangement
• Hotel Reservation
• Airline Reservation
• Corporate Hotel Booking Arrangement

 Events Planning and Protocol
• Recovery Planning and Protocol
• Exhibition Planning and Participation
• Planning, Organisation and Management or Protocol Duties
• Special Arrangements and Planning for Vehicular Convoys
• Nature of Strategic Public Relations

 Meetings Management
• Participating and Contributing in Meetings
• Resonation
• GroupThink VS TeamThink

 Personality and Group Dynamics
• Personality Types and Their Influences
• Group Dynamics : A Definition
• Forming
• Storming
• Norming
• Performing
• Disbandment

 Relationship Management
• Relation with Embassies and Ministries
• Embassy Relations and (Note Verbale)
• Media Relations
• Skills For Public Relations
• General Protocol Management

 Airport Duties

 Organisational Improvement Strategy
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Sponsorship
• Corporate Identity Implementation and Maintenance
• Corporate Strategy : An Introduction
• Tactical Management
• Systems Thinking
• Equifinality

 Understanding International Airline Ticketing and Flight Schedules

 Use of the Internet and Other IT Systems
• Online Public Relations
• Internal Communications and Intranet

 Freight Arrangements for Personal Belongs

 Risk Management: An Introduction
• Contingency Planning
• Crisis Management
• Continuity Management and Disaster Recovery
• Public Service Continuity Management

 Salient Communication Issue
• Defining Communication
• Barriers to Effective Communication
• Cross Cultural Communication
• Communication and Presentation
• Presentation Skills
• Writing the Media
 Determine the formalities and rules applicable for visa arrangements and processing.
 Identify the different ways of visa processing, arrangements and the common requirements observed in various countries.
 Be familiarised with the procedures involved in passport processing.
 Make proper coordination with hotels for visa processing.
 Identify the requirements for arranging business travel.
 Get acquainted with the immigration regulations and requirements to ensure convenient travel.
 Develop a heightened understanding about the nature of strategic public relations.
 Learn the tactical skills required for working in strategic public relations
 Make smart and practical hotel and airline reservation.
 Conduct an exceptional recovery planning and protocol.
 Handle exhibition planning and participation.
 Develop strategies in planning, organising and managing as part of their protocol duties.
 Make special arrangements and planning for vehicular convoys.
 Employ strategies to encourage enthusiastic participation and contribution in the meetings
 Appreciate the importance of resonation during meetings.
 Distinguish the difference between groupthink and teamthink.
 Know the different personality types and their corresponding influences.
 Define group dynamics.
 Understand the concept of forming, storming, norming, performing and disbandment.
 Ascertain the prevailing relationship with embassies and ministries.
 Identify relations with embassy, note verbale and media.
 Specify the skills necessary for public relations.
 Exhibit a heightened understanding of the concept of general protocol management.
 Enumerate the duties and responsibilities of the different airport personnel and officers.
 Determine the various corporate social responsibilities of their organisation and devise other responsibilities as may be applicable.
 Suggest ways for effective implementation and maintenance of corporate identity.
 Formulate corporate strategies pertinent to the operation of their organisation.
 Devise efficient tactics to implement strategies using the tactical management principles.
 Formulate solutions to different organisational problems through systems thinking.
 Understand the underlying concept of equifinality.
 Achieve understanding about international airline ticketing and flight schedules to avoid flight inconveniences.
 Perform online public relation duties as demanded by the modern life.
 Make internal and online communications pursuant to a public relation duty.
 Know the rules on international freight arrangements for personal belongings.
 Draft an outstanding contingency plan for their organisation.
 Develop strategies in handling crisis which may attack the organisation. Manage the risk to their business or organisation using the principles of continuity management and disaster recovery.
 Understand the concept of continuity management in the public sector.
 Define Communication.
 Enumerate the barriers to effective communication and propose some ways to overcome these barriers.
 Develop verbal and written communication skills for excellent presentation.