2024/2025 KAN-CCDCO1005U Managing in Global Workplaces
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Managing in Global Workplaces |
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Language | English |
Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory (also offered as elective) |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Quarter |
Start time of the course | First Quarter |
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 24-06-2024 |
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Course prerequisites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relevant bachelor's degree – in business and management or equivalent. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prerequisites for registering for the exam (activities during the teaching period) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of compulsory
activities which must be approved (see section 13 of the Programme
Regulations): 1
Compulsory home
assignments
A written assignment of max 5 pages. Instructions will follow on Canvas. For students who due to documented illness cannot participate in the compulsory assignment, a retake will be planned. Instructions will follow on Canvas. |
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This course explores the challenges of global workplaces from managers' and employees' point of view. It brings up questions regarding what happens to the workplaces when organizations span geographical, linguistic, and cultural borders. The course focuses on management, human resource management, mobility, culture, identity and language aspects of the globalization. Whereas the main perspective will be managerial, employees' perspectives will also be introduced. Readings and lectures will present various theoretical perspectives on globalization and the workplace and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these when applied to today’s organizations. |
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The course is designed to integrate analytical and practical aspects of global workplaces. The course will include lectures, active participation of students through case analysis, group and plenary discussions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The students receive feedback on their compulsory
case assignments in class.
During case and class discussions they receive immediate feedback in class on their inputs. They are also welcome to approach the instructor for additional feedback on their performance. There is no need to book time in advance for this, students can just email the instructor to schedule. |
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Expected literature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Methods book: Easterby-Smith, M., Thorpe, R., Jackson, P.R., and Jaspersen, L.J. (2018). Management and Business Research (6th edition). London: Sage Publications. https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/management-and-business-research/book258074#contents
Indicative literature: Romani, L., Mahadevan, J. & Primecz, H. 2018. Critical Cross-Cultural Management: Outline and Emerging Contributions. International Studies of Management & Organization, 48(4): 403-418. https://doi.org/10.1080/00208825.2018.1504473: Harzing, A.-W., Köster, K. and Magner, U. 2011. Babel in business: the language barrier and its solutions in the HQ-subsidiary relationship. Journal of World Business, 46(3): 279-287. http://esc-web.lib.cbs.dk/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=61177980&site=ehost-live&scope=site Westwood, Robert, and Jack, Gavin. International and Cross-cultural Management Studies: A Postcolonial Reading. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Lane, H.W. & Maznevski, M.L. 2019. The new global context. In Lane, H.W. & Maznevski, M.L. International Management Behavior. Global and Sustainable Leadership. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (pp. 7-25). |