Thomas Baumer (born 1960 in

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(

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

) is a Swiss economist and expert for

Intercultural competence Cultural competence, also known as intercultural competence, is a range of cognitive, affective, and behavioural skills that lead to effective and appropriate communication with people of other cultures.Deardorff, D. K. (2009). ''The Sage handbook ...

and

Personality assessment A personality test is a method of assessing human personality construct (psychology), constructs. Most personality assessment instruments (despite being loosely referred to as "personality tests") are in fact introspective (i.e., subjective) self ...

. He developed parts of the ''prognostic personality and abilities assessment'' and coined this term especially within the German speaking countries.

Personal life

Thomas Baumer attended the

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school Stella Matutina in

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(

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

) and studied business economics at the

Zurich University of Applied Sciences The Zürich University of Applied Sciences (German: ''Zürcher Fachhochschule'', ZFH) is a governing body composed of four separate universities. It is located in the city of Winterthur, with facilities in Zürich and Wädenswil, is the second la ...

in Zurich (Switzerland). He is married and the father of a son.

Career

From 1986 to 1999, he worked at the former Swiss national airline

Swissair Swissair AG/ S.A. (German: Schweizerische Luftverkehr-AG; French: S.A. Suisse pour la Navigation Aérienne) was the national airline of Switzerland between its founding in 1931 and bankruptcy in 2002. It was formed from a merger between Bal ...

, last as division manager and deputy general manager at the Swissair Training Center (recruiting of

pilots An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they a ...

and management members at Swissair and other companies, formation of pilots and

flight attendant A flight attendant, also known as steward/stewardess or air host/air hostess, is a member of the aircrew aboard commercial flights, many business jets and some government aircraft. Collectively called cabin crew, flight attendants are prima ...

s, human aspects development). He is the founder and chairman of the institute ''CICB Center of Intercultural Competence Ltd.'' which was founded in 2000 and, expanded with the department ''CACB uCenter for Assessment and Coaching'', runs as an incorporated, multilingual company since 2010. Baumer researches and holds courses, preparations for missions abroad and performed, so far, over 500 assessments and

coaching Coaching is a form of development in which an experienced person, called a ''coach'', supports a learner or client in achieving a specific personal or professional goal by providing training and guidance. The learner is sometimes called a ''coa ...

s (with or without focus on intercultural competence) in English, German, French and Spanish. He developed and coined essential areas of the ''prognostic personality and abilities assessment'' which allows, in extension to the findings with known personality assessment methods (e. g.

Assessment center An assessment centre is a process where candidates are examined to determine their suitability for specific types of employment, especially management or military command. The candidates' personality and aptitudes are determined by techniques in ...

) and

Potential analysis Potential analysis describes the structural examination of specific characteristics and competencies. Potential analyses provide information about abilities of employees, future events, methods or organizations. Due to that the analysis of the branc ...

, a concise and verifiable conclusion not only concerning existing abilities and potentials (talents) of someone, but also concerning attainable goals, with the necessary frame conditions and the needed period of time.Peer into the future with a prognostic assessment'' (Mit prognostischen Assessments in die Zukunft blicken)
(PDF-File; 211 kB) In
HR Today Special 1/2012 (Periodical)
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Bibliography

* ''Handbook Intercultural Competence'' ''(Handbuch Interkulturelle Kompetenz)'', Vol. 1; Orell Füssli Publishing, Zurich; 2002. * ''Handbook Intercultural Competence'' ''(Handbuch Interkulturelle Kompetenz)'', Vol. 2; Orell Füssli Publishing, Zurich; 2004. * ''Prognostic Assessment. Anticipate abilities and personal development'' ''(Prognostisches Assessment. Fähigkeiten und persönliche Entwicklung voraussehen)''; HRM Dossier; SPEKTRAmedia Publishing, Zürich; 2013.

External links

In
SWI Swissinfo.ch 7/2004

''About dirty left hands and denying nodding'' (''Von unreinen linken Händen und verneinendem Nicken''; in German)
(PDF-File; 183 kB) In
HR Today 9/2005 (Periodical)

''Passion for diversity'' (''La passion pour les gens différents''; in French)
(PDF-File; 97 kB) In
La Liberté (Newspaper), 11.10.2010

References

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