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| Quellcurriculum |
Masterstudium Joint Master's Program Global Business - Canada/Peru 2020W |
| Ziele |
(*)This course is intended to provide students with an understanding of the challenges of interacting, managing and leading people from various cultural and national backgrounds when conducting business in a global context.
This course runs from January to August and is taught in Canada, Austria and Peru. The course begins with cultural issues and challenges at the interpersonal level. It then proceeds to the cultural challenges faced by firms as they move along the internationalization process, from exporters to multinational organizations.
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| Lehrinhalte |
(*)There are a total of 16 3-hour sessions involving a combination of lectures and case discussions. 4 sessions will be held in Victoria with the remaining 12 sessions divided equally between Lima (Peru) and Linz (Austria)
The following topics are covered:
- Introduction (IN)
- Awareness of Cultural Identity (EG)
- Issues in Cross-Cultural Teams (IN)
- Austrian, Canadian and Latin American Cultural Values (IN)
- The Internationalization Process & Phases of Negotiations (IN)
- Effective International Negotiations (IN & EG)
- Intercultural Communication (EG)
- Culturaly Different Ways of thinking (EG)
- Group Processes (EG)
- Post Merger Integration Issues (IN)
- Selection, Compensation and Training (IN)
- Cultural Adaptation (EG)
- Managerial Issues in a subsidiary (IN)
- Organizational Practices in a subsidiary (IN)
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| Beurteilungskriterien |
(*)- written assignments (case analyses) 60%
- class participation 20%
- reflective essays 20%
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| Lehrmethoden |
(*)There are a total of 16 3-hour sessions involving a combination of lectures and case discussions. 4 sessions will be held in Victoria with the remaining 12 sessions divided equally between Lima (Peru) and Linz (Austria)
Classroom discussion, negotiation simulations, case analyses and reflective exercises
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| Abhaltungssprache |
Englisch |
| Literatur |
(*)Deresky, Helen (2006). International Management: Managing Across Borders and Cultures. 5th ed., Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson.
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| Lehrinhalte wechselnd? |
Nein |
| Sonstige Informationen |
(*)Die Lehrveranstaltung wird zu je einem Drittel an der University of Victoria, an der Centrum Business School und an der JKU abgehalten.
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