Semester:WS 13/14
Type:Exercise
Language:English
Scheduled in semester:5
Semester Hours per Week / Contact Hours:30.0 L / 22.5 h
Self-directed study time:67.5 h
Type:Exercise
Language:English
Scheduled in semester:5
Semester Hours per Week / Contact Hours:30.0 L / 22.5 h
Self-directed study time:67.5 h
Module coordination/Lecturers
- Dr. Pia Scherrer
(Modulleitung)
Curricula
Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration (01.10.2008)Bachelor's degree programme in Business Information Systems (01.10.2008)
Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration (01.09.2012)
Description
- Concepts, theories and models of intercultural communication
- The value systems in cultures and their connection to human behaviour
- Developing intercultural awareness
- Intercultural management
Qualifications
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Participants…
- acquire concepts, theories and models of intercultural communication
- state the dimensions of national cultures and how values develop in a culture
- are familiar with aspects and strategies of intercultural management
- analyze and review conversational situations by assessing and evaluating specific parameters
- understand the connection between values, behaviour and communication
- understand the connection between values, behaviour and communication
- act sensitively and successfully in intercultural contact situations
- develop personal cultural awareness
- deal with diversity and heterogeneity
Lectures Method
- Group & individual work
- Presentations, lectures
- Blended learning
Literature
Required reading:
- will be announced
Recommended reading:
- Hall, Edward T. & Mildred Reed Hall. (1990). Understanding Cultural Differences: Germans, French and Americans. B&T.
- Trompenaars, Fons & Hampden-Turner Charles. (2000). Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business. London. Nicholas Brealey Publishing.