2013/2014 KAN-MAIBC_MCO1 Culture, Identity and Organization
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Culture, Identity and Organization |
Course information |
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Language | English |
Exam ECTS | 15 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Semester |
Course period | Autumn |
Time Table | Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
Study board |
Study Board for MA in International Business
Communication
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Last updated on 09-07-2013 |
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The course aims to provide
theoretical and empirical insight into the ongoing production and
reproduction of cultures and identities in multicultural
organizations, and into the nature of the communication that
constitutes and produces such cultures and identities. Students
will also learn methods to identify cultural issues in
organizational communication, and to devise change implementation
strategies, including ‘translating’ theoretical and analytical
insights into practical problem solving and recommendations to
management.
The successful student should be able to
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Course content and structure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Theme clusters : The term contains
four thematically arranged clusters for the international
organisation, highlighting
- Cultures and identities in geographically close and
dispersed organizations
Theories of organizational culture, identity &
communication:
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Teaching methods | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Methods particularly useful for case
writing and analysis, and commonly used to investigate
organizational culture, identity and communication, will be singled
out for a lecture series intended to train students to devise
research strategies to carry out such investigations.
Methods taught will include: ethnographic techniques such as participant observation, interviews, critical discourse analysis, and narrative analysis. Assignments: practical writing and consultancy. Each cluster will contain an assignment where a piece of written work is produced that answers a particular need; the group that produced it will also produce the theory-based reasoning behind the selection of material, style etc. Genres covered could include internal blogs, intranet, line communication messages, corporate regulation implementation, or consultancy reports. The course will consist of seminars, lectures (with guests) and input from student work groups, facilitated by an interactive platform. |
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Expected literature | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Textbooks, e.g.
Cheney et al., Organizational Communication in an Age of Globalization Adler, N. 2007. International dimensions of organizational behaviour. Thomson. A selection of book excerpts, anthology chapters and journal articles, e.g. Alvesson, M. and Willmott, H. (2002): Identity Regulation as Organizational Control: Producing the Appropriate Individual. Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 39 Clegg, S. Courpasson, D, and Phillips, N. (2006): Power and Organizations, Sage, London (Chap. 11Czarniawska, Barbara. (2012). Organization Theory Meets Anthropology: A Story of an Encounter. Journal of Business Anthropology 1(1): 118-140. Goffee, R , Jones, Gareth (2007) Leading Clever People. Harvard Business Review Holmes, Janet and Meredith Marra (2005). Narrative and the construction of professional identity in the workplace. In Joanna Thornborrow and Jennifer Coates (eds) The Sociolinguistics of Narrative. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 193-213 Morsing, M. & Schultz, M. (2006). Corporate social responsibility communication: stakeholder information, response and involvement strategies. Business Ethics: European Review. 15(4): |