INTERCULTURAL MANAGEMENT, THEORY AND PRACTICE

Globalization and the corresponding internationalization of firms mandate that entrepreneurs and managers learn how to analyse different countries and develop competences to conduct effective international relationships. In so doing, a thorough understanding of how national cultures affect organizations, behaviours and managerial processes is essential (inter-cultural or cross-cultural management).
This course is aimed at providing students with concepts and tools of the Intercultural Management practices with a specific focus on China.

The course will concentrate on the following topics:
• The meaning and dimensions of culture
• Managing Across Cultures
• Organizational Cultures and Diversity
• Cross-cultural Communication and Negotiation
• Strategies and Organizational Structures across cultures
• Managing decision and control processes across cultures
• HRM across cultures: selection, development, motivation and leadership
• China: institutional, cultural and social aspects