Internationalisation of Business Cultures (5 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

Opiskelija tietää, miten kansaivälisiä kulttuureja on tutkittu ja tutkitaan, ja hän osaa viedä tutkimusten tuloksia käytäntöön.

Content (course unit)

- kulttuurienvälisen viestinnän tutkiminen
- kulttuurierojen huomioiminen liiketoiminnassa

Location and time

January-April 2018

Exam schedules

Written report and presentation of it. No examination.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Continuous assessment, based on active participation in contact sessions, team work, a written report on the selected country and its business culture, and the presentation of it.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

contact sessions, team work, a written report on the selected country and its business culture, and the presentation of it

Learning materials

Handouts
Salo-Lee, L., Malmberg, R., Halinoja, R. Me ja muut. Kulttuurienvälinen viestintä
Gibson, R., Intercultural Business Communication. Oxford University Press. 2002
Griffin, R., Pustay, M. International Business. A Managerial Perspective, Prentice Hall, 4th ed. 2005.
Hofstede, G., Hofstede, G.J. Cultures and Organizations of the Mind. McGraw-Hill, 2005
Trompenaars, Fons, Hampden-Turner, Charles. Riding on the waves of culture - Understanding cultural diversity in business. Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd., newest edition
Lewis Richard D., When Cultures Collide. Leading Across Cultures. 3rd ed., Nicholas Brealey Publishing. London 2006.
Schneider, Susan C, Barsoux J.L. Managing Across Cultures. Prentice Hall. London 2003.

Student workload

This course is 5 credits which means about 135 hours of student work in total. Contact teaching will be about 10 hours, the remaining hours consist of studying the course literature, course-related work, drawing up the written report and ppt or prezi presentation.

Content scheduling

January-April 2018

Completion alternatives

to be agreed upon

Practical training and working life cooperation

the country and its business culture may be selected based on hte needs of working life

International connections

international partners

Further information

Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Pirkko Varis, phone +358 50 329 3144, pirkko.varis@tamk.fi

Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Student has not achieved the objectives of the course on a sufficient level. Student is not able to utilize models of international business cultures. Student has not drawn up a written report on the selected country and its business culture, and not presented it.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Student has achieved the objectives of the course on a suffcient level. Student is able to utilize models of international business cultures on a sufficient level. Student has drawn up a written report on the selected country and its business culture, and presented it on a suffcient level.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Student has achieved the objectives of the course well. Student is able to utilize models of international business cultures widely. Student has drawn up a written report on the selected country and its business culture, and presented it well, however some further development will be needed..

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Student has achieved the objectives of the course on an excellent levell. Student is able to utilize models of international business cultures widely and in a variety of ways. Student has drawn up a written report on the selected country and its business culture, and presented it in an excellent manner.