Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester

Cross Cultural Management (E)

Course unit title Cross Cultural Management (E)
Course unit code 025008042222
Language of instruction English
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) Elective
Teaching hours per week 30
Year of study 2026
Number of ECTS credits allocated 3
Name of lecturer(s) Kanu PRIYA
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Degree programme International Business
Subject area Business and Management
Type of degree Bachelor full-time
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) Elective
Course unit code 025008042222
Teaching units 30
Year of study 2026
Name of lecturer(s) Kanu PRIYA
Requirements and Prerequisites

Successful completion of all courses of the module Human Resources and Organisation.

Course content

• Personality and cross-cultural performance.

• Understanding technological, polito-legal and social differences that affect business practices in different cultures.

• Understanding cultural differences in communication.

• How culture affects perceptions of and practice of leadership skills.

• Adapting to radically different cultural etho. 

• Issues of globalization in the context of ethical differences in cultures.

Learning outcomes

This course aims to help students:

• Develop self-awareness of own strengths and ability required for success in cross cultural management.

• Learn appreciation for the complexity in cross-cultural and cross-national management.

• Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

• Learn application of concepts, and the problem-solving skills to real life problems for international management.

• Understand the political, socio-cultural, economic, and other differences across different countries that affect business practices and management.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Interactive course with lecture, case studies, discussions, exercises in individual and group work, presentations and homework.

Assessment methods and criteria

Pre-assignment, participation during the seminar in the form of contributions and short presentations (individual or group assignments), post-assignment, individual weighting as determined by the instructors, announcement at the beginning of the semester

Comment

None

Recommended or required reading

Johnson, B. A. & Ayers, R. W. (2009). Carry a Chicken in your Lap or whatever it takes to globalize your Business. New York, NY. St. Martin’s Press. ISBN: 9780312565534 (may only be available in electronic format).

Chang, L. H., & Wu, S. (2023). The Correlation between Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions and COVID-19 Data in the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic Period. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 11(16), 2258. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11162258

Ollier-Malaterre, A., & Foucreault, A. (2018). GLOBE’s Cultural Dimensions: Implications for Global Work–Family Research. In K. M. Shockley, W. Shen, & R. C. Johnson (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work–Family Interface (pp. 69–86). chapter, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108235556.003

Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)

Classes with compulsory attendance.