Course: Cross-Cultural Management

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Course title Cross-Cultural Management
Course code KUMK/KCCUM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
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)
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.
teaching methods
Lecturing
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Lecturing
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.


Study plans that include the course
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