609.001 (17W) Intercultural skills

Wintersemester 2017/18

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First course session
08.11.2017 12:00 - 17:00 Zemanek On Campus
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Overview

Lecturer
Course title german Interkulturelle Kompetenzen (Intercultural skills)
Type Course (continuous assessment course )
Hours per Week 1.0
ECTS credits 2.0
Registrations 8 (35 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
possible language(s) of the assessment English
Course begins on 08.11.2017
eLearning Go to Moodle course
Seniorstudium Liberale Yes

Time and place

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

Development of intercultural competence. Being able to reflect the situation of Expats 

Differ between Expats,Impats and other status of international employees. Knowing theoreticalapproaches to cultural dimensions. Knowing about the procedure in theonboarding process.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

Epistemic Approach ANDMeeting of Expats, Impats and their partners at the CIC Networking Session. Dateswill be given.

Course content

The course will provide a cosmopolitical view to the daily life inglobaloperating industrial companies in Carinthia and examinehowintercultural/transcultural aspects are handled within diversity managementinthose companies. Expats, Impats and their situation after relocation willbediscussed. For companies cultural diversity is crucial as heterogeneousteamsare the normality. Participants will learn about the implementationofintercultural tools in diversity management in companies and are expectedtounderstand the differences of transcultural, intercultural, pluraliculturalandmulticultural approaches. Locomotion records and biographies will giveaninsight into the situation of Expats and Impats. Group discussion will focusonthe advantages of intercultural competences. 

Topics:

·        Developing intercultural competences

·        Tools of Diversity Management in regard tointercultural aspects

·        Support measures for international employees

·        Impact of Gert Hofstede's and Milton Bennet’s work on Business

·        Culture shock

·        Factors that influence expatriate failure

Literature

Diversity Compass ofthe CIC Carinthian International Club 

Presentations uploadedin  Moodle

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Business Administration (SKZ: 518, Version: 14W.3)
    • Subject: Internationale Kompetenz (Compulsory subject)
      • §9(3) Interkulturelle Kompetenz ( 1.0h KS / 2.0 ECTS)
        • 609.001 Intercultural skills (1.0h KS / 2.0 ECTS)

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

Sommersemester 2024
  • 609.003 KS Intercultural Skills (parallel) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2023/24
  • 609.001 KS Intercultural Skills (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
  • 609.003 KS Intercultural Skills (parallel) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2023
  • 609.003 KS Intercultural Skills (parallel) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2022/23
  • 609.001 KS Intercultural Skills (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
  • 609.003 KS Intercultural Skills (parallel) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2022
  • 609.001 KS Interkulturelle Kompetenz (Intercultural Skills) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2021/22
  • 609.001 KS Intercultural Skills (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
  • 609.003 KS Intercultural Skills (parallel) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2021
  • 609.001 KS Interkulturelle Kompetenz (Intercultural Skills) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2020/21
  • 609.001 KS Intercultural Skills (Interkulturelle Kompetenzen) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
  • 609.003 KS Intercultural Skills (parallel) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2020
  • 609.001 KS Interkulturelle Kompetenz (Intercultural Skills) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2019/20
  • 609.001 KS Intercultural Skills (Interkulturelle Kompetenzen) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
  • 609.003 KS Intercultural Skills (parallel) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2018/19
  • 609.001 KS Interkulturelle Kompetenzen (Intercultural skills) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2016/17
  • 609.001 KS Interkulturelle Kompetenzen (Intercultural skills) (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2015/16
  • 609.001 KS Interkulturelle Kompetenz (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2015
  • 609.001 KU Interkulturelle Kompetenz (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2014/15
  • 609.001 KU Interkulturelle Kompetenz (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)