INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT (BA2009)

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Stimulating the intercultural sensitivity, understanding and managing cultural differences are vital business concerns. This course examines different cultures and mindsets, the fundamental elements of intercultural management, and working in an international context: organization, leadership, multicultural teams, intercultural communication, meetings and presentations, manners and taboos. The impact of cultural differences is examined in key activities (managing, communicating, coaching, decision-making, organizing, controlling); and key situations (meetings, negotiations, presentations, sales calls).

Code: 
BA2009
Name: 
INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT
Discipline: 
BA (Business)
Type: 
CCI
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. Communicate well and work collaboratively across cultures.
  2. Demonstrate critical thinking and the application of core competencies of Intercultural Management.
  3. Develop solutions to complex management problems in Intercultural Management.
  4. Understand the foundation and meaning of culture in decision-making and personal/professional relationships.
  5. Understand the global environment and how organizations effectively operate in an international environment.
  6. Local and Global Perspectives: Students will enhance their intercultural understanding of languages, cultures, and histories of local societies and the global issues to which these relate. (CCI LO1)
  7. Exploring and Engaging Difference: Students will think critically about cultural and social difference; they will identify and understand power structures that determine hierarchies and inequalities that can relate to race, ethnicity, gender, nationhood, religion, or class. (CCI LO3)
  8. Civic and Ethical Engagement: Students will demonstrate awareness of ethical considerations relating to specific societal problems, values, or practices (historical or contemporary; global or local) and learn to articulate possible solutions to prominent challenges facing societies and institutions today so as to become engaged actors at various levels in our interconnected world. (CCI LO4)

Offering(s)

Term Code Name
Fall 2024 BA2009 INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT

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