Administration in International Organizations

1. Your organisation has to host a meeting of delegates from many member states at short notice. What do you do?

2. How do you feel about reading statutes, mandates and internal rules of procedure?

3. Two departments disagree on how to spend a shared project budget. How do you respond?

4. The programme is taught in English to a highly international group – much like the working environment of an international organisation. How do you see that?

5. You’re asked to write a concise briefing note for a senior official before a negotiation. How do you approach it?

6. A donor asks for a report showing how project funds were spent and what was achieved. What do you do?

7. A colleague from another culture interprets a deadline very differently from you. How do you react?

8. How interested are you in how international organisations are governed, funded and reformed?

9. Would you be comfortable working within a strict hierarchy, with formal procedures and diplomatic protocol?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in Administration in International Organizations?