l.MA.AL.OK-INT-COMM.22FS (Intercultural and International Communication Management) 
Module: Intercultural and International Communication Management
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No.
l.MA.AL.OK-INT-COMM.22FS
Title
Intercultural and International Communication Management
Organised by
LA Master-Studiengang Angewandte Linguistik
Credits
3

Description

Version: 1.0 start 01 August 2022
 
  
   
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Intercultural and International Communication Management -

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Course: Intercultural and International Communication Management
No.
l.MA.AL.OK-INT-COMM.22FS.K
Title
Intercultural and International Communication Management
Organised by
LA Master-Studiengang Angewandte Linguistik

Description

Version: 1.0 start 01 August 2022
Course title Intercultural and International Communication Management
Learning outcomes Attitude:
  • Students understand the challenges for organisational communication posed by an organisation’s international activities and culturally diverse staff and work towards finding integrative solutions.
 Knowledge:
  • Students understand the significance of culture and how it influences company management in general and organisational communication in particular.
  • Students are able to identify and understand the diversity of social values and behavioural norms that exist within an organisation as well as its environment.
 Skills:
  • Students develop competencies in the field of intercultural communication and intercultural organisational communication.
  • Students develop the ability to integrate their knowledge of cultural diversity into their everyday tasks as a communications professional in an international setting.
Course content A: Understanding otherness: Recognition of cultures and their differences that can lead to misunderstandings and conflicts.

B: Applying competencies: Understanding of competencies that facilitate interactions and the achievement of objectives with members of diverse cultures.

C: Achieving complementarity: Constructive integration of cultural characteristics in order to generate benefits.
Lehrform Lecture, case studies and exercises
Expected total workload (hours) 90 hours
Workload balance (%) Contact hours 20
Self-study 80
Assessment
  • Written group paper: Development of intercultural conflict case including theoretical background and solutions.
  • Grades (from 1 to 6) awarded at increments of 0.25
Language of instruction English
Materials PPT, case studies, videos
 
Trompenaars, F., Hampden-Turner, Ch. (2021). Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill: New York.
 
Additional reading material will be publicised at the beginning and during the course of the semester.
 
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