5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Aust-Gronarz Ina; Philippe Laurent (compensates Aust-Gronarz Ina); SOMEBODY (compensates Aust-Gronarz Ina);
Language
English
Main themes
Working with people for other cultural backgrounds has become part of the daily activities in organizations today for employees at all levels. The global pressure for competitiveness and effectiveness has increased the number of strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, with the objective of having access to resources, capital and new market opportunities. The travelling distance of managers has increased i.e. even short trips can be from one continent to another. People who have never met each other need to work together in multicultural virtual teams.
It is no longer sufficient, that managers are able to communicate effectively and work with people from one culture and that they understand and learn how to adapt to this particular culture. Instead, managers must interact simultaneously and effectively with people in multiple cultures or with a poly-cultural background.
This course is based on research and insights from diverse disciplines, including cross-cultural psychology, social psychology, cultural anthropology, organizational behaviour, international human resource management, business ethics and global responsible leadership.
It is no longer sufficient, that managers are able to communicate effectively and work with people from one culture and that they understand and learn how to adapt to this particular culture. Instead, managers must interact simultaneously and effectively with people in multiple cultures or with a poly-cultural background.
This course is based on research and insights from diverse disciplines, including cross-cultural psychology, social psychology, cultural anthropology, organizational behaviour, international human resource management, business ethics and global responsible leadership.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | The course is designed to develop cross-culturally competent and responsible leaders. The central aim of this course is to develop the student capacity to understand and analyse management situations that (European) international organisations face with regard to cross-cultural management and leadership. The course will focus on the impact of culture on individuals, teams and organisations; it will explore options how to deal with cultural issues in a responsible way and still be efficiently and effective in the business context and it will help the students to develop themselves in the context of their own cultural backgrounds. At the end of the course, students should be able to:
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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”.
Content
The following themes are examples of what will be addressed in this course:
- Understanding and analysing cultural differences and the impact of culture on organizations, teams, individuals
- Culture learning and (self-)development of cross-cultural competence and of a 'global mindset'
- Working in multicultural teams
- Communicating effectively across cultures
- Expatriate assignments: living and working abroad
- Female global managers
- Diversity and organizational culture
- Acting responsibly in the global arena
Teaching methods
Different teaching methods will be used such as lecture input, case analysis, role playing, videos, guided readings, group discussions and guest speakers. Interacting and communicating with people from diverse cultures is one of the key objectives of this course, hence, students are required to prepare the courses and to contribute as actively as they can within the course setting. We expect you to prepare the required readings and cases (see course schedule) before class in order to be able to contribute in a competent way to the discussions and exercises
Evaluation methods
- Cross-Cultural group project and presentation
- Individual course participation and preparation
- Individual reflection paper
Bibliography
Up to date list of academic articles and books will be provided.
Faculty or entity
CLSM
