Managing Cultural Challenges

Course aim

This course aims to develop student’s cross-cultural managerial competency. It explores cultural/management theories and practices and analyses how managerial practices differ from one culture to another. Throughout the course culture is treated as a major determinant of managerial practice and effectiveness in multicultural and cross-cultural environments. The course includes a special focus on comparative studies of western and eastern management approaches.

Course content

Identifying cultural differences; Evaluating cultural differences; Different interpretations/conceptualisations of culture; Application of cultural knowledge/differences to managerial behaviour/activities; Culturalisation and globalisation: issues and debates; Changing nature of global business environment; Issues and controversies in developing cross-cultural competence; Ethical dilemmas across cultures; and Comparison of eastern and western management approaches.

Textbook(s)

Deresky, H 2006, International Management: Managing Across Borders and Cultures, 5th, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 11 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion)	3 hours equiv. x 11 weeks
EXTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HOPKINS TRAINING AND EDUCATION GROUP, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion)	3 hours equiv. x 11 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, SOUTHWEST JIATONG UNIVERSITY, MANDARIN
Seminar	8 hours x 3 days
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOM, MANDARIN
Seminar	8 hours x 3 days

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

Assessment

Group project: Comparative Cultural Analyses & Oral presentation, Individual case analyses, Individual Comparative Cultural Analyses, Individual Essay, Individual Open book Examination

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.