 |
| Detailed information |
| Original study plan |
Master's programme Joint Master's Program Global Business - Canada/Taiwan 2025W |
| Learning Outcomes |
Competences |
Upon successful completion of this course students will:
- LO1 analyze and summarize key business concepts and terminology in English, demonstrating their understanding in written and oral communication.
- LO2 evaluate and present complex business case studies in English, effectively articulating arguments and solutions.
- LO3 apply advanced English language skills to engage in professional business negotiations and discussions, both in writing and speaking.
- LO4 demonstrate the ability to critically assess and improve their own business English communication through self-reflection and peer feedback.
|
|
| Skills |
Knowledge |
| See competences field.
|
See competences field.
This course introduces the students to the following subject areas:
- HR Buzzwords - From ‘Work-Life-Balance’ to ‘Burnout’: How exactly does trendy and new HRM terminology depict the changes in Personnel Management?
- How will our work life be organized in the future? (trends, challenges, etc.)
- Comparison of different Work Ethics: What are the pillars of Anglo-American/Asian/Central European Work Ethics? In which respect are they similar/different?
- Industrial Relations: explained by using the example of the “Austrian Social Partnership” (history, institutions, tasks, challenges)
- Academic Writing: exercises to improve cohesion/coherence and sentence structure, quotation rules, etc.
|
|
| Criteria for evaluation |
- Participation
- Oral and written assignments throughout the semester
- One formal presentation
- One written paper
- One written in-class-exam
|
| Methods |
Lecture, group work, presentations, panel discussions
|
| Language |
English |
| Changing subject? |
No |
| Further information |
- Comprehensive insight into Work Ethics in different cultural contexts, into Human Resource Management as well as into Industrial Relations.
- Critical analysis of the current trends in HRM.
- In-depth knowledge of Industrial Relations by using the example of the Austrian Social Partnership.
- Important principles of Academic Writing will be revised.
|
|
