ESF:BPJ_CMIC Intercultural communication - Course Information
BPJ_CMIC Computer mediated intercultural communication
Faculty of Economics and AdministrationAutumn 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Bc. Milan Boháček, M.A. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Ing. Mgr. Blanka Pojslová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Lenka Joch
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Language Centre - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- BPJ_CMIC/01: Wed 10:15–11:50 S401, B. Pojslová
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ( BPJ_JI2A Foreign Language I/2 - E || PJI2A Foreign Language I/2 - E )&&(! PJI3A Foreign Language I/3 - E )
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Economic Information Systems (programme ESF, B-SI)
- Economics (programme ESF, B-EKT)
- Economics (programme ESF, M-EKT)
- Finance and Law (programme ESF, B-FU)
- Finance (programme ESF, B-FU)
- Finance (programme ESF, M-FU)
- Economic Policy (programme ESF, B-HE)
- Economic Policy (programme ESF, B-HPS) (2)
- Economic Policy (programme ESF, B-KS)
- Economic Policy (programme ESF, B-MS)
- Economic Policy (programme ESF, B-PL)
- Economic Policy (programme ESF, B-PS)
- Economic Policy (programme ESF, B-SO)
- Economic Policy (programme ESF, B-SP)
- Economic Policy (programme ESF, M-HPS)
- Business Management (programme ESF, B-EKM)
- Business Management (programme ESF, M-EKM)
- Regional Development and Tourism (programme ESF, B-HPS)
- Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, B-HPS)
- Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, B-HPS, specialization Reg. Develop. & Admin.)
- Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, B-HPS, specialization Reg. Develop. & Admin.)
- Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, M-HPS)
- Public Economics and Administration (programme ESF, B-HPS)
- Public Economics and Administration (programme ESF, M-HPS)
- Course objectives
- This course aims to enable you
to develop a critical understanding of the notion of Intercultural Business Communication and
to locate this within a range of cross-cultural business settings.
to become competent in dealing with cultural differences in real life business situations. - Syllabus
- 1. Understanding the Notion of Culture
- 2. Understanding Cultural Systems 1
- 3. Understanding Cultural Systems 2
- 4. Problematising Cultural Systems
- 5. Understanding the Notion of Intercultural Business Communication; writing reports
- 6. Dealing with differences; writing reflective essays
- 7. Videoconference - establishing contact between exchange partners
- 8. Cross-cultural communication; building relationships in virutal teams
- 9. Problematising cross-cultural communication; managing virtual teams meetings
- 10. Intercultural communication; writing skills for virtual teams online communication
- 11. Diversity management in international business; presentation skills for virtual teams
- 12. Videoconference presentations
- 13. Videoconference presentations
- Literature
- recommended literature
- SAMOVAR, Larry A. and Richard E. PORTER. Intercultural communication : a reader. 10th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2003, x, 483. ISBN 053456495X. info
- Cross-cultural business behaviormarketing, negotiating, sourcing and managing across cultures. Edited by Richard R. Gesteland. 3rd [rev.] ed. Copenhagen, Denmark: Copenhagen Business School Press, 2002, 347 p. ISBN 8763000938. info
- Teaching methods
- - interactive seminars
- pair and group discussions
- case studies
- computer-based communication between virtual teams via wiki
- videoconferences - Assessment methods (in Czech)
- - 80% participation in seminars
- active participation in on-line communication within the virtual team
- giving a group presentation
- writing a reflective essay - Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PJI3A. Předmět je ekvivalentní k BPJ_JI3A. - Information about innovation of course.
- This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.
- Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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