Module Details

Module Code: CULT C3303
Module Title: International Business Culture
Title: International Business Culture
Module Level:: 7
Credits:: 10
Module Coordinator: Martin Meagher
Module Author:: Sharon Harris Byrne
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Module Description: The aim of this module is to give students a thorough understanding of cross-cultural management; the comparison of organizational behavior across countries and cultures: and importantly to give them a basis from which to understand and improve the interaction of co-workers, clients, suppliers, and alliance partners from cultures and companies across the world.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Demonstrate an understanding of cultural diversity and its relevance to issues of management in the organisation.
LO2 Demonstrate sensitivity to own and other cultural backgrounds and distinguish between different cultural clusters.
LO3 Evaluate key models of cultural dimensions and their influence on communication, negotiation, decision-making.
LO4 Identify components of effective programmes for global assignments.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
Introduction to cross-cultural management
Importance of cross-cultural management Definitions of culture; ethnocentrism/parochialism/stereotyping; blunders in international business.
Hofstede's dimensions of culture
Individualism; power distance; uncertainty avoidance; masculinity index. Applications to business, limitations.
Profiling clusters
Western clusters; eastern clusters; mini-cases on cultural issues.
Trompenaars' dimensions
Universalism, individualism, sequential, neutral, achievement, inner-directed, and applications to business situations.
Further dimensions of culture
Hall's silent language: high and low-context cultures, monochronic and polychronic cultures.
Work behaviour across cultures
Cultural different of managerial styles; Laurent's research into worldwide differences in managerial styles and applications.
Cross-cultural motivation
Transferability of motivational theories across cultures. Universality of Maslow's, Herzberg's, McClelland's theories of motivation.
Issues in cross-cultural negotiation
Characteristics of effective negotiators; cross-cultural considerations; negotiation guidelines; Weiss framework.
Global Assignments
Issues in staff selection; factors in expatriate selection;culture shock and its minimisation
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment100.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Project % of Total Mark 30
Timing Week 7 Learning Outcomes 1,4
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Individual Report
Assessment Type Presentation % of Total Mark 70
Timing Sem 1 End Learning Outcomes 1,2,3
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Team Research and Presentation
No Project
No Practical
No End of Module Formal Examination
Reassessment Requirement
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Class time Every Week 6.00 6
Independent Learning Non Contact blackboard, research, reading, independent work Every Week 7.00 7
Total Weekly Contact Hours 6.00
Workload: Part Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 1.50 1.5
Independent Learning Non Contact No Description Every Week 5.50 5.5
Total Weekly Contact Hours 1.50
 
Module Resources
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Browaeys, M.J., Price, T.. (2015), Understanding Cross-Cultural Management, 3rd. Financial Times Press.
  • Adler, N.J.. (2002), International dimensions of organizational behaviour, 4th. Southwestern Pub.Co..
  • Trompenaars, Fons. (1997), Riding the waves of culture-understanding cultural diversity in business, Random House.
  • Hofstede, Geert. (1993), Cultures and Organisations, software of the mind, Harper Collins.
  • Branine, M. (2011), Managing Across Cultures. Concepts, Policies, Practices, Sage Publications.
  • Naharandi, A. (2021), The Cultural Mindset, Sage Publications.
  • Thomas, D., Peterson, M.. (2017), Cross Cultural Management, 4th. Sage Publications.
This module does not have any article/paper resources
This module does not have any other resources
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