Weighting: 100 %
Type: Assignment (L. O. 1, 2, 3)
Length: max. 3000 words.
Brief Description:
Select one from following, according to your study programme:
a) MBA: Formulation of a HRM strategy with specific relation to the intercultural aspects in a selected company.
b) MSC: Critical essay focused on issues regarding intercultural barriers in a company.

• Six-dimensional cultural model.
• Cultural intelligence.
• 12 people skills for doing business across borders
• What to do and what not to do in different cultures.
• Examples of typical cultural behaviours – Americans, Germans, French, Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Russians, Arabs, Latin Americans.
• Potential conflicts across cultures.
• Build your personal cultural profile, identify and close gaps.
• Summary discussion with guest speakers – business persons from several countries.

1. Demonstrate a strategic focus within a systematic understanding of a cultural diversity as a major factor influencing global business.
Knowledge and understanding

2. Evaluate various dimensions of a cultural model, cultural intelligence and make sound judgments on how to improve your personal CQ.
Problem solving

3. Demonstrate a critical awareness and evaluation of related data, which will be a base for a development of a plan to close cultural gaps and mitigate risks of cultural conflicts.
Analysis

Students will engage in direct teaching sessions / lectures and following structured learning.
Following the lectures and prior to completing assessment students will engage with guided learning which will consolidate all new knowledge and understanding.
Independent learning strategies will include electronic consultations, electronic discussion groups and if asked for - personal consultations / advice with lecture team members.

• Access to online SU library, E-brary, Beck online
• Students have course handbook and learning package at their disposal

FOR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS ONLY

• JACOB, N. Intercultural Management. London : Kogan Page Ltd, 2003. (MBA Masterclass Series). ISBN: 9780749435820 Available from: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), Ipswich, MA
• Mohamed Branine: Managing Across Cultures, Sage Publications Ltd 2011, ISBN: 9781446210314
• Richard Mead And Tim G. Andrews: International Management; Wiley-Blackwell 2009; ISBN: 9781444306576; 144430657x
(or the most current versions of the texts)