English   Danish

2018/2019  KAN-CCMVI2048U  Organization: Team Dynamics in Multinational Corporations

English Title
Organization: Team Dynamics in Multinational Corporations

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Full Degree Master
Duration Summer
Start time of the course Summer
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Max. participants 60
Study board
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Lisbeth Clausen Ph.D. Associate Professor, CBS Department of Management, Society and Communication, lcl.msc@cbs.dk
    Lisbeth Clausen - Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC)
For academic questions related to the course, please contact the course instructor.

Other academic questions: contact academic director Sven Bislev at sb.msc@cbs.dk
Main academic disciplines
  • Communication
  • Management
  • Organization
Teaching methods
  • Face-to-face teaching
Last updated on 29-05-2019

Relevant links
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors:
  • Explain the challenges of global business managers of multinational corporations at the team level.
  • Define and solve a research question concerning high performing teams in a multinational with focus on organization, communication and competence.
  • Present and discuss the research question and findings in a clear and structured manner
  • Explain and compare the organizational structure, and organizational behavior theories and models presented in the course.
  • Appropriately select theories and models in a framework to be applied to the practical case(s) (provided in the course) E.g. apply theories and models to describe team dynamics when doing global business in practice.
  • Discuss personal team learnings in light of course theory.
Course prerequisites
Basic organisation, organisational behavior, management
Examination
Organization: Team Dynamics in Multinational Corporations:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 15 pages
Assignment type Project
Duration Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Summer, Ordinary exam: Home Assignment: 25/26 June - 29 July 2019. Please note that exam will start on the first teaching day and will run in parallel with the course.
Retake exam: Home Assignment: 72-hour home assignment: 8-11 October 2019 – for all ISUP courses simultaneously
3rd attempt (2nd retake) exam: 72-hour home assignment: 25-28 November 2019 – for all ISUP courses simultaneously

Exam schedules available on https:/​/​www.cbs.dk/​uddannelse/​international-summer-university-programme-isup/​courses-and-exams
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Retake exam: 72-hour home project assignment, max. 10 pages, new exam question
Exam form for 3rd attempt (2nd retake): 72-hour home project assignment, max. 10 pages, new exam question
Course content and structure

The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge of the dynamics of high performing global teams drawing on organization, communication and competence theories. During the course students will become familiar with organization, organizational design and organization behavior theories and methods to understand and analyze team collaboration in multinational corporations. Each session will focus on the application of a specific model for analysis in relation to a corporate case. Throughout the course students will also be challenged to apply and reflect on personal international experience and knowledge about team work. 

 

Note: Students will be assigned a team first day in class and work with this team throughout the course. Team engagement in class is expected. 

 

Preliminary assignment: Read case and answer 10 questions (2-3 pages)

Class 1. Global organisational challenges and corporate Alignment

Class 2. Teams communication high performance - cohesion and conflict

Class 3. Stakeholder Communication and knowledge sharing  

Class 4. Organizational culture and leadership 

Class 5. Power, Decision Making and Politics 

Class 6. Perception, diversity and Socialization

Class 7. Organisational design structure and processes

Class 8. Organizational Change and Development 

- approve individual Research Question on LEARN.

Class 9. Motivation and needs theories 

Class 10 Work-life balance and well-being

Class 11 Teams in theory and practice – recap models –experiences 

Feedback activity and deliveries are planned in each session
Description of the teaching methods
The course is a combination of classroom teaching, discussions and group work based on the course readings and corporate case(s) book. Students are expected to read assignments before lectures and may be called upon any time to explain - 'cold' calling. This is to accelerate learning and engagement and secure high levels of discussion. Group workshops and mini-assignments will follow in each lecture. In the case workshops students are expected to contribute creatively and actively and to present theoretical models and case assignments.
Speaker(s ) will be invited to talk about global business management ’in action’. They represent multinational corporations. The speaker(s) will share their professional practices and strategies in organizing markets and stakeholders including employees, consumers, alliances, and their subsidiary teams.
Feedback during the teaching period
Feedback activity and group deliveries take place in each session. The research question will be designed on the first day of class and approved on LEARN after the 8th session of the course.
Student workload
Preliminary assignment 20 hours
Classroom attendance 33 hours
Preparation 126 hours
Feedback activity 7 hours
Examination 20 hours
Further Information

Preliminary Assignment: To help students get maximum value from ISUP courses, instructors provide a reading or a small number of readings or video clips to be read or viewed before the start of classes with a related task scheduled for class 1 in order to 'jump-start' the learning process.

 

Course timetable is available on https://www.cbs.dk/uddannelse/international-summer-university-programme-isup/courses-and-exams

 

We reserve the right to cancel the course if we do not get enough applications. This will be communicated on https://www.cbs.dk/uddannelse/international-summer-university-programme-isup/courses-and-exams end February 2019 at the latest.

 
Expected literature

Mandatory readings:

 

Champoux, Joseph, E. (2017). Organizational Behavior: Integrating Individuals, Groups and Organizaitons (5th Edition). Routledge. 

CASE BOOK: Clausen, Lisbeth (2015) Team dynamics and diversity: Japanese corporate experiences. Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press. p. 250

NOTE: students will purchase ONE case from the above case book. LINK TBA 

Alon, L. Erez, M. (2015) Leadership emergence in multicultural teams: The power of global characteristics. Journal of World Business. 50 (1), 3-14

Cornelissen Joep, (2017) Chapter 2-3. Corporate Communication. A guide to theory and practice. London Sage. Fifth Edition.
David Berlo (1960) The Process of communication. New York, New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston. 

Hatch, Mary Jo; Schultz, Majken (1997). ”Relations between organizational culture, identity and image”. European Journal of Marketing, 31, 5/6 

Hatch, Mary Jo & Schultz, Majken 2002, 'The dynamics of organizational identity' Human Relations, vol 55, nr. 8, p989-1018. 

Katzenbach, Jon R. and Smith, Douglas K. (2005) Organizational culture. The Discipline of Teams. Harvard Business Review. July–August 

Hajro, A., & Gibson, C. B. (2017). Knowledge Exchange Processes in Multicultural Teams : Linking Organizational Diversity Climates To Teams ’ Effectiveness, 60(1), 345–372.

Haas, M., & Mortensen, M. (2016). Perspective—Rethinking Teams: From Bounded Membership to Dynamic Participation. Harvard Business Review. https:/​/​doi.org/​https:/​/​hbr.org/​2016/​06/​the-secrets-of-great-teamwork

Kotter, John, P. (2007) Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail.  Harvard Business Review. January. Vol. 85 Issue 1, p96-103

Kotter, John P. (2012) Competitive strategy.  Accelerate. Harvard Business Review, November Issue  

Mintzberg, Henry and Van den Heyden, Ludo (1999). Organigraphs: Drawing How Companies Really Work Harvard Business Review.  September–October Issue 

Mortensen, M., & Gardner, H. K. (2017). The overcommitted organization. Harvard Business Review, 2017(September-October), 58–66.

Nielsen, Bo Bernard; Nielsen, Sabina. (2013) Top Management Team Nationality Diversity and Firm Performance : A Multi-level Study. Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 34, No. 3, 2013, p. 373-382

Nonaka, I., Toyama, R., & Konno, N. (2000). SECI, Ba and Leadership: A Unified Model of Dynamic Knowledge Creation. Long Range Planning, 33(1), 5–34. https:/​/​doi.org/​10.1016/​S0024-6301(99)00115-6

Ollier-Malaterre, Arianne and Foucreault, Annie. Cross-National Work-Life Research: Cultural and Structural Impact for Individuals and Organizations. Journal of Management. Vol. 432 No 1 January, 2017 11-136: 115

Pentland, Alex. (2012) The New Science of Building Great Teams. Harvard Business Review. April p. 60-70 

Thomas, David A. and Ely, Robin J. (1996) Cross cultural management. Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity. Harvard Business Review. September–October Issue

Stahl, G. K., Mäkelä, K., Zander, L., & Maznevski, M. L. (2010). A look at the bright side of multicultural team diversity. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 26(4), 439–447. https:/​/​doi.org/​10.1016/​j.scaman.2010.09.009

Stahl, G. K., Maznevski, M. L., Voigt, A., & Jonsen, K. (2010). Unraveling the effects of cultural diversity in teams: A meta-analysis of research on multicultural work groups. Journal of International Business Studies, 41, 690–709.

Tenzer, H.; Pudelko, M. & Harzing, A.-W. (2014). The Impact of Language Barriers on Trust Formation in Multinational Teams. Journal of International Business Studies, 45, 5, 508–535.

 

Additional relevant readings:

 

A few additional readings may be uploaded on my.cbs LEARN at course start.
Last updated on 29-05-2019