Seminar in Cross Cultural Competences and Management
[LSMS2065]
[30h] 5 credits
This course is taught in the 1st & 2d semester.
Teacher(s): Sunita Malhotra, André Patsalidès, André Patsalidès
Language: English
Level: Second
Aims
The objectives are:
- to acquire theoretical concepts of contemporary approaches to the pragmatics of communication and its cross-cultural dimensions within a management context.
- to provide frame for analyzing cultural interactions and for understanding the ways cultures manage time, space, context, values and actions.
- to analyze the differents elements in a negotiation process.
- to address specific cultures (such as the Western, Arabic, Chinese,...).
Content and teaching methods
This seminar will use interactive learning approach. The multiculutral composition of the student body will be used as a laboratory in order to enhance personal awareness and to provide an effective evaluation of interaction models used.
The seminar will be given in a concentrated manner in 2x2 hour sessions which will include:
-discussion of required readings;
-group exercises and role playing
-evaluation
Three outside experts will be invited to the seminar.
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Evaluation : The evaluation is based on class participation and exercise's feedback reports (50%) and term paper (50%)
Documents: A reader of 200 pages will be handed out at the first class meeting. the reader will include basic texts, such as, Watzlawick, Pragmatics of human communictaion; E.T. Hall, On Soace and Time in cultures; Nierenberg's Fundamentals of negotiation; Bovee & Thill, Business Communication Today; Sardar, Cultural Sudies; Thomas, Cultural Intelligence-Global Skills; Mead, Cross-Cultural Management Communication: Hofstede, Values and Culture
Handouts will be provided for each session.
Internationalisation
1 international content (does the course tackle international issues related to the course content ?)
Skills
1 presentation skills
1 team work
Techniques and tools for teaching and learning
1 Internet work