KIE-08106 Intercultural Workplace, 2 cr
Additional information
Students will be accepted on the course according to the time of sign-up, priority given to 1) students who have completed the KIE-08006 Intercultural Communication Skills course or KIE-08906 Intercultural Project Work; 2) TUT students to whom the course is compulsory; 3) students that enrolled earlier. Exchange students will be accepted to the group only on a space-available basis.
To ensure the group diversity,. 40% of students from international master's degree programmes and 60% of students from degree programmes in Finnish
Person responsible
Carlos Mendoza Santana
Lessons
| Implementation | Period | Person responsible | Requirements |
| KIE-08106 2017-01 | 1 |
Carlos Mendoza Santana |
A minimum attendance of 80% is compulsory. The student also must complete the individual and team tasks assigned in the course. |
| KIE-08106 2017-02 | 3 |
Carlos Mendoza Santana |
A minimum attendance of 80% is compulsory. The student also must complete the individual and team tasks assigned in the course. |
| KIE-08106 2017-03 | 4 |
Galyna Dubova Carlos Mendoza Santana |
A minimum attendance of 80% is compulsory. The student also must complete the individual and team tasks assigned in the course. |
Learning Outcomes
During this course, students focus on learning and practicing intercultural competencies that enhance collaboration among individuals from different cultures and in multicultural teams. Students will be able to identify the advantages and challenges encountered frequently in the intercultural workplace in todays globalized world. Students will analyze real cases of challenges that employees, employers and companies have faced while working in an intercultural workplace or a cultural foreign environment. Students will be able to: identify intercultural competencies in the workplace apply strategies to work and manage projects in multicultural (virtual) teams identify the influence of cross-cultural differences on job interviews recognize core working values of a culture of their interest distinguish different strategies to solve conflicts across cultures contrast the similarities and differences between local, national and corporate culture
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | -Importance of employee mobility and internationalization of companies -Language and non-verbal communication on interviews in a foreign and the local cultural environment | ||
| 2. | - Task-oriented and people-oriented cultures - Working cultures around the globe | ||
| 3. | -Strategies to form and set succesful multicultural teams -Strategies to solve challenges in multicultural teams | ||
| 4. | - Success factors for multicultural virtual teams -Strategies to solve conflicts in different cultures |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
A minimum attendance of 80% is compulsory. The student also must complete the individual and team tasks assigned in the course.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)
Partial passing:
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| KIE-08006 Intercultural Communication Skills | Advisable | |
| KIE-08906 Intercultural Project Work | Advisable |
Additional information about prerequisites
Alternative prerequisite: KIE-9306 (academic year 2012-13 or earlier)
Correspondence of content
There is no equivalence with any other courses