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 |
Successful completion of all courses of the module Human Resources and Organisation.
• 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.
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.
Interactive course with lecture, case studies, discussions, exercises in individual and group work, presentations and homework.
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
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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
Classes with compulsory attendance.