Intercultural Communication in Business 1.S3.EPC.EB.5
Course objectives
To develop students' understanding of culture in the context of communication.
To develop students' knowledge about communication processes in diverse business relations and organizations.
To induce reflexive thinking about oneself in diverse organizations in typical professional situations.
To trigger critical thinking about power relations and their institutionalization in communication processes in culturally diverse contexts.
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Course content
Culture and Communication in Professional Contexts
Intercultural and Cross-Cultural Communication in Business
Intercultural Communication Competence
A Communication Theory of Culture
Self-Identity and Culture
Ingroups and Outgroups
Privilege and Culture
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
reading and in-class discussion, group or individual assignments, mini-case studies, interaction with FORTHEM peers via Diversity and Migration lab, that include tandem assignments, interviews with lab stakeholders and experts in the field of intercultural communication in Europe.
Kierunek studiów
Nakład pracy studenta
Poziom studiów
Profil kształcenia
Rodzaj przedmiotu
fakultatywne
Semestr, w którym realizowany jest przedmiot
Tryb prowadzenia
Wymagania
Koordynatorzy przedmiotu
W cyklu 2022/23-L: | W cyklu 2023/24-L: | W cyklu 2024/25-L: |
Efekty kształcenia
Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019
Knowledge
Student
1. has the basic knowledge of intercultural communication in business (m-W-1/P6S_WK)
Skills
Student can
3. search for, analyze, select and use information utilizing various sources and methods (m-U-1/P6S_UO)
3. use English at C1 level with experts in intercultural business communication (m-U-2/P6S_UK)
4. collaborate with other students to prepare projects, presentations or texts in English that can be publicized out of class (k_U08/P6S_UO; K_U12)
Social competences
Students are ready to
5. specify the priorities for the implementation of their goals and tasks designated by others in intercultural business contexts (m-K-1/P6S_KR)
6. shape their own views on the basis of the gained general and detailed knowledge in intercultural business contexts (m-K-2/P6S_KK)
Kryteria oceniania
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes
1. Active class participation - 20% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6)
2. Individual written tasks / oral presentations - up to 80% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5)
Pass at 60 % of the final grade
Literatura
Reading list:
Cultures and Organizations : Software for the Mind: Software for the Mind
Geert Hofstede, Gert Jan Hofstede, Mcgraw-hill,2004
Hoffman, E. Lost in Translation. Harmons 1990.
Jandt, F.E. Intercultural Communication. An introduction 2000.
Supplementary reading:
Riding the Waves of Culture, Understanding Diversity in Global Business, Fons Trompenaars, Charles Hampden-Turner, 2012.
Exploring Culture: Exercises, Stories and Synthetic Cultures
Gert Jan Hofstede, Paul B. Pedersen, Geert H. Hofstede
Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2002.
Additional materials to be found on moodle
moodle.uni.opole.pl
Więcej informacji
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