2024/2025 KAN-CCBLO3013U Business in a Changing World: German Perspectives
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Business in a Changing World: German Perspectives |
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Language | German |
Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Semester |
Start time of the course | Spring |
Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
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Study Board for BSc and MSc in Business, Language and Culture,
MSc
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Last updated on 15-11-2024 |
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Content:
• Discuss the business models and strategies of German companies and account for their contextual embeddedness. • Analyze and reflect on the responsibilities of companies and discuss opportunities and challenges posed by the German context. • Discuss the implications of current societal changes on business practices. • Independently formulate a relevant topic for discussion based on the themes and concepts in the course literature. • Advance discussion by elaborating on the topics and concepts raised and relating these to other topics and concepts addressed during the course. • Demonstrate an understanding of the theories and concepts discussed during the course. • Combine, discuss, and apply these theories in the analysis of topics relevant to the course. • Critically evaluate and reflect on the theories, their application and limitations. Language: • Present and discuss a given topic in German using an appropriate and rich vocabulary and academic terminology. • Present and discuss in a coherent manner without committing grammatical, lexical, idiomatic or pronunciation errors that disturb communication. • Respond fluently to questions, so that the examination flows as a dialogue. • Correct errors in the exam situation. |
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The exam in the subject consists of two parts:
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This course is concerned with the complex relation between business and society in a globalized world. As a regional course, it explores this relation in the context of Germany and offers a context-sensitive approach to understanding German companies’ activities at home and abroad.
The course adopts a management perspective and combines theoretical perspectives from International Business, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Organization Theory and other fields to address a variety of empirical topics and cases. To begin with, the course explores the German business landscape. Drawing on insights from International Business and Strategy research, the sessions in this theme explore prominent business models and strategies of Germany’s global players and hidden champions. The course then applies these insights to three thematic areas:
Throughout the course, emphasis lies on analyzing problems and opportunities that arise from companies’ rootedness in the German context. |
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The course features a combination of lectures, case discussions, student presentations, and a writing workshop. These activities aim to develop student’s abilities to analyze, critically reflect on, and contextualize the theoretical concepts and ideas offered in the course literature. To generate a strong link between theory and empirics, the course combines academic articles and book chapters with policy reports, magazines, and other sources throughout. All activities and literature will be in German. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Students receive focused individual feedback at two moments. First, following a writing workshop, students have the opportunity to receive written feedback on their use of academic written German. At the same time, students are encouraged to submit a draft of their synopsis to receive individual feedback from their peers, individual written feedback, and collective feedback in class. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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