Managing Cultural Diversity (5cr)

Objectives

In this course, the participants will seek to understand and manage cultural diversity in an educational context. They will also develop the skills and knowledge to support cultural change within organizations. The participants will apply a synergistic approach to deal with multicultural issues and use a critical frame to evaluate national, organizational, business and family culture.

After completing the course, the participants will be able to:

- understand culture from critical point of view; national, organizational, business and family culture
- describe and explain organizational behaviour across cultures
- demonstrate an understanding of the impact of culture in human and corporate behaviour
- apply a synergistic approach when dealing with multicultural issues
- explain the importance of empathy and culturally lenient attention in a multicultural setting

Content

Typology of culture
Emergence of culture
Culture and religion (protestant ethics and capitalism, Islam and Hinduism)
Impact of culture in learning context
Work ethics in different culture
Cultural differences and similarities
Cultural synergy
Organisational behaviour
Cultural change