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| Detailed information |
| Pre-requisites |
(*)VL Management and Marketing
IK Management and Marketing
(starting with summer term 2014)
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| Original study plan |
Master's programme Management in Polymer Technologies (MPT) 2013W |
| Objectives |
The goal of this seminar is to sensitize students to the issues and challenges involved in cross-cultural business encounters, in other words interactions between managers and subordinates, or between business partners with diverse backgrounds, e.g. cultural, organizational or professional. Students will be confronted with “real” situations via simulations. This requires them to address problems conceptually and behaviourally, including the different understandings of culture. As the business world is becoming more and more virtual, a global business simulation (VIBu) will support the students to acquire skills needed for a global interaction via ICT in nowadays business world.
The aim is to acquire the following skills:
- Awareness of various ways of thinking and behavior in different cultures
- Behavior in intercultural situations
- Acquire skills of virtual communication and collaboration across borders with participants from different universities and cultures worldwide
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| Subject |
In order to reach this aim, the below-listed subjects will be addressed:
- Diversity and its facets
- The concept of culture
- Cultural differences and exposure to these differences
- Intercultural interactions; intercultural communication and collaboration
- Virtual multi-cultural teams
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| Criteria for evaluation |
The assessment of this course will be made based on four requirements:
| Tasks around VIBu project | 40P |
| Individual Seminar Paper | 40P |
| Short Tests | 20P |
The seminar language is English. Attendance is mandatory during ALL class sessions.
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| Methods |
The instruction is defined as theory-led practical. There will be student theory input and application phases via:
- Simulations
- Case studies
- Discussion
- Critical Incidents
- Group work
- Virtual Cooperation
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
- Romani, L. (2004) Culture in Management. In: Harzing, A.-W. & Ruysseveldt Van, J. (eds.) International Human Resource Management. 2nd ed. Trowbridge, The Cromwell Press. pp. 141-166.
- Hall, E.T. & Hall, M.R. (2003) Key Concepts – Underlying Structures of Culture. In: Thomas, D.C. (ed.) Readings and Cases in International Management. A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. pp. 151-162.
- Adler, N. (2008) International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior. 5th ed., Cincinnati, Ohio: South. Western. Chapter 3: Communicating Across Cultures. pp. 73-102.
- DiStefano, J.J. & Maznevski, M.L. (2000). Creating value with diverse teams in global management. Organizatinoal Dynamics. Vol. 29, No. 1. 45-63.
- Adler, N. (2008) International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior. 5th ed., Cincinnati, Ohio: South. Western. Chapter 5: Multicultural Teams. pp. 133-163.
- Fischlmayr, Iris C. (2008) Virtual Multicultural Teams - A Training Design for Behavioral Factors. In: Salmons, J. & Wilson, L. (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration and Organizational Synergy. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. pp. 159-176.
- Collings, D.G., Scullion, H. & Morley, M.J. (2007) Changing Patterns of Global Staffing in the Multinational Enterprise: Challenges to Conventional Expatriate Assignments and Emerging Alternatives. Journal of World Business. 42(2), pp. 198-213.
- Adler, N. (2008) International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior. 5th ed., Cincinnati, Ohio: South. Western. Chapter 10 - 11: Managing Cross-Cultural Transitions & A Portable Life: The Expatriate Spouse. pp. 273-344.
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| Changing subject? |
No |
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