Intercultural Management (3 cr)
Code: LB10015-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.10.2022 - 31.10.2022
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 09.01.2023 - 05.03.2023
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- International Business (BB)
- Campus
- Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 50
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in International Business
- Teachers
- Kirsi-Marja Toivanen
- Teacher in charge
- Kirsi-Marja Toivanen
- Groups
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LBNS22Bachelor of Business Administration, International Business, Fall, 2022
- Course
- LB10015
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
After successfully completing the course, you understand the different types of workplace diversity (internal, external, organisational and fundamental) and know how they impact intra- and inter-organisational dynamics. You are able to analyse and explain how cultural dimensions, such as power distance, time conceptions or individualism vs collectivism, impact the preferred management and leadership styles, recruitment, planning, decision making and problem-solving. You are able to work in, contribute to and lead an agile and distributed global team. You are able to observe good business ethics and professional code of conduct in studies and work.
Content
- Workplace diversity and cultural dimensions
- Management and leadership styles from the perspective of international and multicultural organisations
- Team management and leadership of agile and distributed global teams
- Global and local values and business ethics
- Code of conduct
Location and time
Wärtsilä Campus
Materials
Barmeyer, C, Bausch, M. Mayerhofer, U. 2021. Constructive Intercultural Management. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. (where applicable)
Other materials available in Moodle
Teaching methods
The course contains 14 hours of lectures, 10 hours of compulsory workshops, a two-hour exam, 16 hours of non-scheduled group work and 40 hours of independent self-study
Exam schedules
Will be announced at the start of the course
Completion alternatives
Students who have acquired relevant experience and required practical competence through their work in diverse work communities in international organisations can complete the course by demonstrating their familiarity with the theoretical aspects of intercultural management in an Exam. The RPL Proof of Competence process requires the student to contact the teacher in advance and present testimonials from their previous employers.
Student workload
The course contains 14 hours of lectures, 10 hours of compulsory workshops, 16 hours of non-scheduled group work and 40 hours of independent self-study