Managing Multicultural Organizations (5cr)
Code: 3B00CW97-3001
General information
- Enrolment period
- 18.09.2017 - 16.10.2017
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 23.10.2017 - 17.12.2017
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- International Business
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 25 - 30
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor's Degree Programme in International Business
Objectives (course unit)
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
Content (course unit)
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?
Prerequisites (course unit)
First year BBA studies or equivalent studies for the exchange students
Location and time
Day: Thursday
Time: 08:15-11:00
Place: C2-16
Exam schedules
No test but project, learning diary, presentation and mind mapping
Assessment methods and criteria
Project: 30%
Presentation: 10%
Learning diary: 30%
Mind mapping session: 30%
Assessment scale
0-5
Teaching methods
Contact teaching|study conversation|learning diary|project|presentation
Learning materials
Cultures and organizations : software of the mind : intercultural cooperation and its importance for survival, Hofstede, Geert, 2010 (suggested chapters)
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Lecture handouts
Student workload
Total time: 27x5 = 135 hours
Contact meeting: 30 hours
Project: 30 hours
Reading: 40 hours
Learning diary: 35 hours
Content scheduling
26.10.2017: Opening up the course & multicultural experience
2.11.2017: Culture from different points of view
16.11.2017: Roots of culture
20.11.2017: Family-, national-, organizational- and business culture
23.11.2017: Keys to deal with cultural challenges
27.11.2017: Influence of culture on management and organization
30.11.2017: Global negotiation skill
07.12.2017: Finalising the learning diary & submission
11.12.2017: Project presentation
14.12.2017: Mind mapping session & course feedback
Completion alternatives
Talk to the course teacher
Practical training and working life cooperation
Possible & welcome
International connections
Open
Further information
Contact lessons are very important from the learning point of view
Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)
Unable to attend to at teast 3 lessons & not done the learning diary as well as the project
Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)
Student has achieved the objectives of the course sufficiently. Student understands the premises and principals of the subject matter. Student recognizes, is able to determine and use the concepts and models.
Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)
Student has achieved the objectives of the course well although the skills and competences are somewhat in need of further development. Student is able to determine and apply the concepts and models of the subject matter well and is able to apply them in simple tasks.
Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)
Student has achieved the objectives of the course excellently. The student masters the concepts and models of the subject matter in an excellent manner. Student is able to conduct fluent and reasoned analysis and has good capabilities to apply the learning