Course Catalog 2013-2014
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Course Catalog 2013-2014

KIE-08106 Intercultural Workplace, 2 cr

Additional information

Students will be enrolled on the course according to the time of sign-up, priority given to 1) students who have completed the Intercultural Communication Skills (KIE-08006) course; 2) TUT students to whom the course is compulsory. 18 participants will be enrolled. To ensure the group diversity, ca. 40% of students from international master's degree programmes and 60% of students from degree programmes in Finnish

Person responsible

Galyna Dubova, Lauri Tolkki, Elina Nurminen

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Assignment


 


 


 
 2 h/week
 2 h/week


 
KIE-08106 2013-01 Tuesday 12 - 14, K2113
Friday 12 - 14, K2117B

Requirements

80% attendance and active participation in classes, completion of the course key tasks, team project (examination of an intercultural workplace) and oral presentation, final written assignment.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course the students • can apply knowledge and skills of intercultural communication in multicultural workplaces and international business • will be able to approach intercultural issues with competence later in work life • will be able to understand and interpret cultural differences

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Intercultural encounters in multi-cultural workplace and international business     
2. Examination of case studies      
3. Team project: visiting and examining a multicultural workplace     
4. Designing and delivering a presentation about a multicultural workplace      
5. Producing a written assignment     

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

Attendance and active participation in classes and excursions, completion of final assignment

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
KIE-08006 Intercultural Communication Skills Mandatory    

Additional information about prerequisites
Alternative prerequisite: KIE-9306 (academic year 2012-13 or earlier)

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
KIE-08106 2013-01 Group 1        

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