Seminar in Cross Cultural Competences and Management (in English) [ LLSMS2065 ]
5.0 crédits ECTS
30.0 h
2q
| Teacher(s) |
Malhotra Sunita ;
Aust-Gronarz Ina ;
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| Language |
English
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Aims |
Help students in International Management to communicate and negotiate effectively within a multicultural environment.
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,...).
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and
command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be
accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled
“Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
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| Content |
Methodology
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.
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| Other information |
Prerequisites (ideally in terms of competiencies) introductory course in European economics.
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
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
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