Work and Inter-Cultural Encounters 7,5 Credits

Course Contents

• Definitions of culture, subculture and organisational culture
• Human resource management’s dependency of cultural knowledge
• Global cultural patterns and the social values by which they differ
• Acculturation models and acculturative stress
• Ethnocentrism and the significance of cultural identity
• The cultural influence of philosophical systems
• Cultural intelligence
• Working in and with inter-cultural teams

Prerequisites

• General entrance requirements.
• 90 Credits in Social Science or Business Administration or equivalent, including Scientific Methods 7,5 hp.
• IELTS - an overall mark of 6.5 and no section below 5.5
• TOEFL - Paper-based - Score of 4.5 (scale 1-6) in written test and a total score of 575
• TOEFL - Internet-based - Score of 20 (scale 0-30) in written test and a total score of 90