Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester | |
| Degree programme: | Bachelor International Business Administration Part-time |
| Type of degree: | FH Bachelor´s Degree Programme |
| Part-time | |
| Summer Semester 2025 | |
| Course unit title | Cross Cultural Management |
| Course unit code | 025008042222 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) | Elective |
| Semester when the course unit is delivered | Summer Semester 2025 |
| Teaching hours per week | 2 |
| Year of study | 2025 |
| Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle) | First Cycle (Bachelor) |
| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 3 |
| Name of lecturer(s) | Kanu PRIYA |
| Prerequisites and co-requisites |
Successful completion of all courses of the module Human Resources and Organisation. |
| Course content |
• Personality and cross-cultural performance. • Understanding technological, polito-legal and social differences that affect business practices in different cultures. • Understanding cultural differences in communication. • How culture affects perceptions of and practice of leadership skills. • Adapting to radically different cultural etho. • Issues of globalization in the context of ethical differences in cultures. |
| Learning outcomes |
This course aims to help students: • Develop self-awareness of own strengths and ability required for success in cross cultural management. • Learn appreciation for the complexity in cross-cultural and cross-national management. • Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. • Learn application of concepts, and the problem-solving skills to real life problems for international management. • Understand the political, socio-cultural, economic, and other differences across different countries that affect business practices and management. |
| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
Interactive course with lecture, case studies, discussions, exercises in individual and group work, presentations and homework. |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
Pre-assignment, participation during the seminar in the form of contributions and short presentations (individual or group assignments), post-assignment, individual weighting as determined by the instructors, announcement at the beginning of the semester |
| Comment |
None |
| Recommended or required reading |
Johnson, B. A. & Ayers, R. W. (2009). Carry a Chicken in your Lap or whatever it takes to globalize your Business. New York, NY. St. Martin’s Press. ISBN: 9780312565534 (may only be available in electronic format). Chang, L. H., & Wu, S. (2023). The Correlation between Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions and COVID-19 Data in the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic Period. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 11(16), 2258. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11162258 Ollier-Malaterre, A., & Foucreault, A. (2018). GLOBE’s Cultural Dimensions: Implications for Global Work–Family Research. In K. M. Shockley, W. Shen, & R. C. Johnson (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work–Family Interface (pp. 69–86). chapter, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108235556.003 |
| Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning) |
Classes with compulsory attendance. |
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