2014/2015
KAN-CCBLO3002U Organising and Managing in Regional
Context (German)
English Title |
Organising and Managing in Regional
Context (German) |
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Language |
German |
Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
Type |
Mandatory |
Level |
Full Degree Master |
Duration |
One Semester |
Course period |
Spring |
Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
Study board |
Study Board for BSc og MSc in Business, Language and Culture,
MSc
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Course
coordinator |
- Birgit Stöber - Department of Intercultural Communication and
Management (ICM)
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Main academic
disciplines |
- Language and Intercultural Studies
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Last updated on
19-08-2014
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Learning objectives |
At the end of the course the students should be
able to:
- Explain how the institutional context in Germany shapes
business practices within the wide field of the creative
industries.
- Explain and compare key changes and challenges within different
sectors and their impact for the labour market in general as well
as for urban and regional planning.
- Formulate a relevant topic based on the themes and concepts in
the curriculum, and develop links between their chosen topic and
the other concepts and themes in the curriculum.
- Students should be able to synthesise and reflect analytically
upon the overall themes and concepts presented in the
curriculum.
- The student should ensure that the discussion moves forward by
elaborating upon the topics and concepts raised and actively
relating them to other topics and concepts addressed during the
course, without having to be prompted by the examiner.
- Students should demonstrate that they are sufficiently at ease
in the language to be able to respond fluently to the examiner’s
questions, so that the examination flows as a dialogue.
- Students should be able to present and discuss a given topic in
German using an appropriate and rich vocabulary and academic
terminology.
- Students should speak grammatically correct and well-pronounced
German, and be able to communicate in a coherent manner without
committing grammatical, lexical, idiomatic or pronunciation errors
that disturb communication.
- Students are expected to show sufficient linguistic awareness
to be able to correct any errors in the exam
situation.
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Course prerequisites |
Students must have German language competence and
knowledge of German society and business equivalent to the B.Sc.
degree in the BLC Program of Copenhagen Business School. |
Examination |
The exam in the subject consists of two parts:
Organising and
Managing in German Context – Language: | Sub exam weight | 50% | Examination form | Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. | Individual or group exam | Individual | | This course has only one exam, and it consists of
two part: 50 % language and 50 % content.
This grade is given for the students' language
skills. | Size of written product | Max. 1 page | Assignment type | Synopsis | Duration | Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade | Preparation time | No preparation | Grading scale | 7-step scale | Examiner(s) | Internal examiner and second internal
examiner | Exam period | May/June | Make-up exam/re-exam | Same examination form as the ordinary
exam |
Organising and
Managing in German Context – Content: | Sub exam weight | 50% | Examination form | Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. | Individual or group exam | Individual | | This course has only one exam, and it consists of
two part: 50 % language and 50 % content.
This grade is given for the content of the synopsis and the oral
presentation. | Size of written product | Max. 1 page | Assignment type | Synopsis | Duration | Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade | Grading scale | 7-step scale | Examiner(s) | Internal examiner and second internal
examiner | Exam period | May/June | Make-up exam/re-exam | Same examination form as the ordinary
exam |
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Course content and structure |
Since the mid 1990´s the creative
industries are widely focused on as a new field with growth
potential for European countries, cities and regions. It is widely
acknowledged that creativity and cultural innovation are much more
than soft locational factors, rather they have effects on the
organisation and management of the cultural and economic life,
national policies and planning processes. This was not always the
case as we can read in the work of Adorno (“Kulturindustrie”), who
so impressively claimed the incompatibility of culture and economy.
The course is divided in three sections. The first provides an
introduction to the basic themes of the course, including the
attempt to define the issue of culture and the recent literature on
cultural policy, regional and urban management, and the promotion
of creative innovation in German speaking countries. The second
section focuses on some selected cases from the world of art, media
and the music industry. Here the focus lies among others on media
merger and media as global player, on the organisation and
management within the music industry in the light of new media and
distribution systems.
Cultural reports as political instrument will also be examined. A
brief look at the UNCTAD / UNDP report on creative industries in
development countries will show the issue´s relevance not only for
a German/Western European sphere.
In the third section, we recapitulate and reconsider the different
insights and approaches discussed during the course, with a
specific view to unravelling their conflicting perspectives and
aims. |
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Teaching methods |
Three hours per week. A combination of lectures
and student presentations, with focus on students’ abilities to
analyse and conceptualise thematic and theoretical features against
the backdrop of the course literature. When appropriate the course
will use cases as a way to illustrate organizational
characteristics and dynamics, and it will include a focus on
thematic points of resonance with the two specialisations of the
MSc Business, Language and Culture: Leadership and Management
Studies and Business and Development Studies. All teaching will be
in German. |
Expected literature |
To be announced on Learn |
Last updated on
19-08-2014