4007700: FU_Intercultural Communication

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Semester:WS 15/16
Art:Modul/LV/Prüfung
Sprache:Englisch
ECTS-Credits:3.0
Plansemester:1-6
Lektionen / Semester:30.0 L / 22.5 h
Selbststudium:67.5 h

Modulleitung/Dozierende

Studiengang

Bachelorstudiengang Betriebswirtschaftslehre (01.09.2012)
Masterstudium Architektur (01.09.2014)
Bachelorstudium Architektur (01.09.2014)
Masterstudium Information Systems (01.09.2015)
Masterstudium Finance (01.09.2015)
Masterstudium Entrepreneurship (01.09.2015)

Lehrveranstaltungen

Beschreibung

  • Concepts, theories and models of intercultural communication
  • Intercultural management, leadership
  • Cultural dimensions in societies
  • The value systems in cultures and their relationship to human behaviour
  • Eurocentrism versus ethno pluralism
  • Stereotypes, xenophobia and multiculturalism

Lernergebnisse

Participants are able …

  • to explain the basic concepts and theories of intercultural communication
  • to analyse intercultural communication situations
  • to describe their own and foreign value systems
  • to apply intercultural insights in a work environment
  • to do presentations in English

Intercultural communication skills are regarded as key competencies and therefore an important asset in a globalized labour market.

Kompetenzen

Lehrmethoden

  • Activity-oriented motivating workshops with lecture segments

Voraussetzungen (inhaltlich)

  • Recommended: Conversation level of English knowledge

Literatur

Required Reading
Trompenaars, F., Hampden-Turner, Ch. (2012). Riding the Waves of Culture - Understanding Diversity in Global Business. London: McGraw-Hill.

Gibson, R. (2010). Intercultural Business Communication. Berlin: Cornelsen.

Recommended
House et. al (2004). Culture, Leadership, and Organization. The GLOBE Study of 62 Societies. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Prüfungsmodalitäten

assessment tasks:
part A: 50 % intercultural video-clip (group work)
part B: 50 % intercultural diary (individual work / 5 entries)

Compulsory attendance (min. 80%)

Beurteilung

passed / failed

  • Course based on continuous assessment, details see under "assessment".
  • Meeting attendance obligations is an essential pre-requisite for successfully completing a course based on continuous assessment.
  • Attendance must be proven for at least 80% of the stipulated contact time. Responsibility for checking and providing written proof of this obligatory attendance lies with the course lecturer who is required to store this information at least until the end of the semester.
  • In the case of absenteeism that exceeds the specified limits of absence, a medical certificate is required. Responsibility lies with the head of the Coordination Office for Cross-Faculty Elective Subjects to approve the reason for the student's failure to attend.
  • Participation in other activities of the university are not recognized as an excused absence.

Kommentar

Fakultätsübergreifendes Wahlfach:
Es gelten spezielle Anmeldemodalitäten.

Prüfungen

  • P-FU_Intercultural Communication (WS 15/16, in Planung)