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2018/2019 KAN-CCMVI2048U Organization: Team Dynamics in Multinational Corporations
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| Organization: Team Dynamics in Multinational Corporations |
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| 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 |
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Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business
Administration
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questions related to the course, please contact the course
instructor.
Other academic questions: contact academic director Sven Bislev at sb.msc@cbs.dk |
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| Last updated on 29-05-2019 | |
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To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the
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| Basic organisation, organisational behavior, management | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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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.
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. |
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