Opinto-opas

Osaamistavoitteet

Culture is an integral part of everyday organizational life. Understanding culture facilitates organizational success in national- as well as international market. The course is designed to deal with culture and its impact in managing/leading organization made up of people from diverse cultural background.

After completing of the course, students will be able to:
- Know culture from different points of view prioritizing the field of management and organization.
- Lead multicultural workforce
- Build work team/group with people from different cultural background
- Deal with cultural differences effectively
- Identify culture lenient motivational strategy
- Manage cultural tension by engaging empathetic approach
- Negotiate globally.

Sisältö

What is culture?
What is family-, national-, organizational- and business culture?
What are the roots of culture?
How culture influences management and the functioning of an organization?
How to deal with cultural challenges in forming group/team and leading people with diverse cultural background?
What are the crucial issues to remember while negotiating internationally?

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1-2)

The student can define culture, recognizes cultural differences, and know impact of culture in team leading context. He/she is aware of the course load and able to do routine tasks. The student can give and receive feedback and carry out project work in a group. He/she judges things mainly from his/her own perspective.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3-4)

The student compares culture and explains its impact upon different social entities. He/she helps to apply cultural approach in leading a multicultural workforce. The student as a resource person knows how to assists in solving problems in leading a multicultural workforce or building a multicultural team. He/she helps making plan for dealing with cultural differences effectively. He/she considers and assesses issues from multicultural perspectives and can engage in negotiation with counterparts coming from another culture. The student practically knows how to become responsible member of a diverse group.

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

The student understands culture from multiple perspectives and analyses its impact on different social entities including business organizations. The student as a resource person knows how to act independently or as part of a group in leading a multicultural workforce or building a multicultural team. He/she develops skills on how to assist in finding solutions for team in dealing with cultural differences effectively. The student actively engages himself/herself with the work group in finding out solutions to problems at hand or adopting policy regarding a culture lenient motivational plan. Moreover, the student learns how to play a flexible role in multicultural negotiation context.