INB431 Global Management Practice

• Topics

  The course provides in-depth knowledge of issues relevant for working in global workplaces and covers topics such as essentialist and non-essentialist approaches to culture, multicultural teams, international negotiations, gender issues in global business, language issues in global workplaces, as well as culture specific concepts (e.g. Face, Guanxi). 

• Learning outcome

  Upon successful completion of the course, the student will have attained the following: 

  Knowledge:

  • Enhanced awareness of one´s own culture and cultural diversity in global teams
  • Enhanced awareness of issues relevant for working in international management
  • Enhanced knowledge of the main theories related to cross-cultural management

   

  Skills

  • Ability to critically assess the main theories related to cross-cultural management and their usefulness for the global worker and manager
  • Ability to critically reflect on how one´s identity and own biases may influence one's perceptions and interpretation of the "Other"

   

  General competence

  • Improved soft skills to work in intercultural settings 
  • Ability to receiving and giving feedback
  • Critical thinking 

• Teaching

  In this course, we focus on experiential learning through discussions, case studies, together with lectures and readings.  

  The student will also do fieldwork in order to (1) investigate cross-cultural challenges that business people face (2) link the findings to existing theories in cross-cultural management (3) critically discuss and reflect on these theories. The student will present the results in class and practice giving and receiving feedback.

  The student is encouraged to make the most of the cultural diversity present in the classroom and to share insights and experience with his/her fellow-students. Class discussions will be based on relevant case material, and on the reading chosen for each meeting.  

   

  This is a mandatory CEMS course.

• Restricted access

  This is a mandatory CEMS course reserved for CEMS students only.

• Required prerequisites

  Familiarity with the cultural dimensions paradigm (Hofstede; Trompenaars & Hampden-Turner; GLOBE). Good English oral and written skills.

• Requirements for course approval

  (1) Presentation of the fieldwork results in class and (2) discussion of another group's fieldwork presentation.

  Course approval is valid for one semester.

• Assessment

  Individual paper (60%) 

  Group report based on fieldwork project (40%)

  Both assessment elements has to be taken in the same semester.

• Grading Scale

  Grades A - F for the assessment parts and for the overall grade.

• Computer tools

  No specific computer tools required for this course.

• Literature

  A selection of book chapters and articles will be made available on Canvas.