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Classification: Internal Status: Draft First part Culture shock? Barnga card game - Instructions Players are dealt 5 cards each Everyone plays one card, and the winner collects = ‘trick’ Each round will be about 5 minutes long, and will consist of any number of games that the time allows Highest lowest tricks rotate table – game continues The game winner will be the person who has won the most tricks in total Increased number of cross cultural interfaces … Different levels of dealing with cultural issues .. Cross – Cultural communication .. day to day life … … hidden costs increased level of conflicts misunderstandings motivation Strategic … … negotiations governments local contractors … management and operations … HSE programmes … etc Different levels of dealing with cultural issues .. Cross – Cultural communication .. day to day life … … hidden costs increased level of conflicts misunderstandings motivation … also a safety issue Strategic … … negotiations governments local contractors … management and operations … HSE programmes … etc Group session Your first impression of Norway and Norwegians? Is there something that have surprised you by Norwegians? What is the main difference from your home culture?  The Game of Trust – a study from Venezuela/SINCOR Norwegian Technician (NT): We have a few fan-sections. Once, when I looked at the meter to control the temperatures I discovered that a couple of the fans might have gotten blocked. I asked one of the men out there to check it out …… Norwegian engineer: I have to check in the corridors to see if the messages have gotten through. In the beginning I was surprised by the fact that everybody said “yes” when meaning “no”. It took me some time to realize this. You need to check twice to see if the message has gotten through and if they actually mean it when they say “yes”. Discovering this was a bit frustrating. Interviewer: Can you describe a situatio