ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the professional and personal developmental aspects of internationalized management education by focusing on the whole student experience rather than on expected outcomes of taught programmes. It makes a distinctive contribution by bringing the study of cross-cultural management nearer the actual practice of international business through drawing on the experiences of students both with work experience and with ambitions to develop as international managers. The social experiences shared during course down-time can play an important part in the whole experience and is rated as ‘very serious learning’. The amount of reflection on what might seem a commonplace experience is quite striking and perhaps illustrates the student is engaging with a journey of experimentation and questioning leading to some revised attitudes towards eating and entertaining. Opportunities to network outside one’s immediate circle can be afforded by the provision of social events and inclusive social spaces.
