2013/2014 KAN-CM_SU97 Cross-Cultural Management
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Cross-Cultural Management |
Course information |
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Language | English |
Exam ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Elective |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | Summer |
Course period | Please check www.cbs.dk/summer for the course schedule. |
Time Table | Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
Study board |
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business
Administration
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Last updated on 25-01-2013 |
Learning objectives | |||||||||||||||||||||
At the end of the course, students
should be able to demonstrate the following skills:
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Course prerequisites | |||||||||||||||||||||
For fully benefiting from this
course, students should fulfil the following requirements:
-Some experience working with people from different cultures -Good communication skills in English -Basic knowledge of organization and management theory, including strategic management |
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Prerequisites for registering for the exam | |||||||||||||||||||||
Requirements about active
class participation (assessed approved/not approved)
Mandatory Mid-term Assignment: As a requirement to be allowed to take the final exam, all students must make a classroom presentation, which should be presented either individually or by a team of two students from different cultural backgrounds. The topics of these presentations will be raffled in the first session. There are two kinds of presentations: -Topic-centered presentations should give an interpretation of a specific issue of cross-cultural management within one firm, to be analyzed in the light of the underlying theory. The events described should have happened or be happening during the last five years. Each presentation will be about one specific topic in one specific firm. Firms included in the textbook cases or other cases seen in the course may not be chosen. -Country-based presentations should describe the typical ways of doing business in a specific country, combining both a theoretical description and real-life anecdotes from this millennium. Only those countries are allowed where the presenters have never lived. -The presentations must be in PowerPoint format, with a maximum length of 5 slides (+ 1 for references) with a maximum of 75 words each, to be uploaded to the course web site. -Presentations should include numbers and graphs, where appropriate. |
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Examination | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Course content and structure | |||||||||||||||||||||
The objective of this course is to make students develop an
understanding of how cultural issues influence the way of doing
business in different countries and how multinational organizations
cope with this diversity. The content is divided into two groups:
The first includes the theoretical bases and fields of application
of cross-cultural management, while the second part deals with
business cultures of different regions of the world.
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Teaching methods | |||||||||||||||||||||
This course emphasizes
student-centered learning. The teacher will only hold a few
lectures, especially concerning the theoretical topics, where
students will be invited to participate actively through questions
and examples. The teacher will also guide the case discussions.
Students will make major contributions by researching how
cross-cultural issues are managed by firms from different origins
and how business is conducted in different countries around the
world. These contributions will receive feedback from both the
teacher and other students.
Preliminary Assignment: In order to jump-start their learning process before starting classes, students are required to read chapters 1, 2, and 3 from the textbook Cross-Cultural Management by D. C. Thomas (see the literature list). |
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Expected literature | |||||||||||||||||||||
Textbooks
Selected chapters from the following books [about 15 pages each, for an approx. total of 240 pages]
Journal Articles [total of 104 pages]
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