Course Catalog 2014-2015
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Course Catalog 2014-2015

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

Carlos Mendoza Santana, Lauri Tolkki

Lessons

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

 

  		 2 h/week
 2 h/week

 

  		KIE-08106 2014-01 Monday 10 - 12 , K2108
Wednesday 14 - 16 , K2108
Lectures
Excercises

 

 

  		 2 h/week
 2 h/week

  		KIE-08106 2014-02 Monday 10 - 12 , K2108
Wednesday 14 - 16 , K2108

Requirements

Attendance and active participation in classes and excursions, completion of the final assignment.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course the student can apply knowledge and skills of intercultural communication in multicultural workplaces and international business. Students will gain an understanding of actions and reactions of colleagues, clients and customers.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Multicultural workplace      
2. Intercultural communication skills      
3. Intercultural teamwork      
4. Global mindset and leadership      

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 2014-01 Group 1        
KIE-08106 2014-02 Group 2        

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