Managing Across Cultures

Course aim

The course explores different dimensions of culture and how these dimensions can differentiate one culture from another. The course also considers cultural impacts in the workplace in areas such as communication, negotiation, values and ethical conduct, and provides a greater understanding of why people behave as they do and how this behaviour affects business. Management is considered in global and cross-cultural environments through contemporary management and leadership theories and practices.

Course content

Topics covered in this course: Globalisation, convergence vs divergence; external environments of management, analysis and models; dimensions of inter-cultural differences; theories and models of national culture; management systems; leadership and organisational culture in the international context; cultural and social intelligence; organising and recruitment in the international context; motivation, people and behaviours across cultures; ethics and governance; negotiation and conflict management across cultures; controlling and performance management; organisational strategy in the international context.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Preparatory	1 x 1 week
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	30 hours equiv. x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	30 hours equiv. x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.