Managing Across Cultures

Course aim

This course provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge of the role and impact of culture and cultural diversity on management decision making, business strategy, and business conduct in the international business context. 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.

Students completing the course develop a body of knowledge that:

• Contributes to a comprehensive application of knowledge of culture and cultural diversity to recent developments in the field of international business management.
• Provides a pathway for further learning.

Course content

Topics covered in this course include:

• Identifying cultural differences.
• Evaluating cultural differences.
• The different dimensions of culture.
• Application of cultural knowledge/differences to managerial behaviour/activities.
• Negotiation across cultures.
• Corporate cultures.
• Ethical dilemmas across cultures.

Textbook(s)

Trompenaars, F & Hampden-Turner, C 2012, Riding the waves of culture: understanding diversity in global business, 3rd edn, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, London, UK and Boston, MA

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	3 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar (May include additional hours for field trips to business and industry)	30 hours 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

Individual Major Project: Comparative Study, Presentation, Research assignment

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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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.