Course: Cross-Cultural Management

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Course title Cross-Cultural Management
Course code KUMK/CCUME
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Weberová Dagmar, doc. PhDr. Ph.D., MBA.
Course content
1) Management and multicultural competence 2) Developing global management skills 3) Cultural complexities and institutional environments 4) The organizational environment 5) The situational environment 6) Communicating across cultures 7) Global negotiating 8) Leading global organizations 9) Managing a global workforce 10) Managing global teams 11) Adapting to local cultures 12) Managing repatriation

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Teamwork, Individual work of students, Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student will learn to identify the challenges managers face in the global world, define the skills needed to manage international teams and develop their own multicultural competence.
The student will learn to identify the challenges managers face in the global world, define the skills needed to manage international teams and develop their own multicultural competence.
The student can define the terms management and intercultural management.
The student can define the terms management and intercultural management.
The student can explain classic and contemporary management theories.
The student can explain classic and contemporary management theories.
The student can list and explain the basic functions of management.
The student can list and explain the basic functions of management.
The student can characterize the core models of cultural dimensions used in cross-cultural management.
The student can characterize the core models of cultural dimensions used in cross-cultural management.
The student can explain core motivational theories.
The student can explain core motivational theories.
Skills
The student can identify basic problems and challenges in cross-cultural management in the 21st century.
The student can identify basic problems and challenges in cross-cultural management in the 21st century.
The student can develop and apply intercultural management skills in practice.
The student can develop and apply intercultural management skills in practice.
The student is able to manage multicultural teams.
The student is able to manage multicultural teams.
The student can successfully communicate in a multicultural environment.
The student can successfully communicate in a multicultural environment.
The student can competently negotiate with foreign partners.
The student can competently negotiate with foreign partners.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Individual work of students
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Lecturing
Lecturing
Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
Dealing with situational issues - learning in situations
Teamwork
Teamwork
Individual work of students
assessment methods
Written examination
Written examination
Recommended literature
  • Livermore, D. et al. Leading with Cultural Intelligence: The Real Secret to Success.. 2015. ISBN 978-0814449172.
  • Mandel Birgit. Arts/Cultural Management in International Contexts. Hildesheim, 2017. ISBN 978-3-487-15578-4.
  • Steers, R., M. et al. Management Across Cultures: Developing global competencies.. Cambridge, 2013. ISBN 978-1107645912.
  • Thomas, D., C. & Inkson, K. Cultural Intelligence: Living and working globally.. San Francisco, 2009. ISBN 978-1-57675-625-6.
  • Thomas, D. C. & Peterson, M. F. Cross-Cultural Management. ISBN 978-1-5063-8752-9.
  • Varner, I. & Beamer, L. Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace.. 2011. ISBN 978-007-128912-2.


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