Postgraduate Course: Management across Cultures II (CLLC11100)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Common Courses (School of Lit, Lang and Cult) | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This course responds in particular to the increasing need of future managers, working in a globalised economy, to acquire cross-cultural skills and competencies. Furthermore, the course intends to stimulate a critical discussion of cross-cultural issues that often seem to be neglected even by the management of multinational companies. It is believed that a better understanding of these issues will assist managers in dealing with cross-cultural problems. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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WebCT enabled:  No | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
		| Location | 
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| Central | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  |  |  |  09:00 - 10:50 |  
| First Class | 
First class information not currently available |  
| No Exam Information | 
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
| The course aim is to develop a knowledge and an understanding of how important cross-cultural competence is for successful management; how national culture influences the perceptions and practices of management; the major business systems in the world; how globalisation affects the need for responding to cross-cultural differences in management; how to communicate and negotiate across cultures; how to co-operate in an international strategic alliance; how to co-ordinate the integration process of international mergers & acquisitions; how to deal with the specific problems related to expatriation (As an expatriate, a line manager or a HR manager). | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
one key findings report 50% 
Essay of 2500 words including an in class presentation 50% 
The in class presentation will be marked on a scale of =/1 10 marks based on the essay mark. |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| For Master of Chinese Studies students |   
 
Additional Information 
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Contacts 
| Course organiser |  | 
Course secretary | Mrs Kate Marshall 
Tel: (0131 6)50 4114 
Email:  | 
   
 
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