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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Weekly Plan Week 1: Warm-up activity. Introduction to the course. Discussion of syllabus. Course requirements, assessments and grading system. Groupings Week 2 : What is culture? Week 3: Understanding yourself Managing first meetings Week 4: Communicating and listening effectively Outline Submission Week 5: Getting your message across successfully Communicating for international business Week 6: Building relationships Group Presentation Week 7: Business Correspondence within the context of intercultural setting Group Presentation Week 8: Working in international teams Negotiating Across Culture Group Presentation Week 9: International leadership Group Presentation Week 10: Language Referencing Group Presentation Week 11: Managing Diversity and Creativity Group Presentation Week 12. Profiling Your Intercultural Competence Group Presentation Week 13: Students final evaluation/Distribution of Grades
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Skills demonstration, Individual study, Practicum
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 10 hours per semester
- Team project (50/number of students)
- 10 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 15 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| Language competence at the level of SMA/AC8B or at B2 level of the Common European Framework for Languages. |
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| Participate in meetings in your area of expertise, if you have help understanding some points. Discuss general issues as they relate to perceptions and cultural norms. Talk about your personal and professional lifestyle, including a description of your life at work/school. Explain your education, experience, strengths and weaknesses, and discuss your career path and goals. Use appropriate language in social situations, including giving compliments, conveying and receiving criticisms as well as expressing sympathy. Discuss leadership qualities and develop intercultural competency in dealing with people from different background. Deal with relatively complex and challenging situations that arise in social and business contexts. |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| Student can: - understand what culture actually means and the significant role it plays in today's time, especially in a business context - recognize prejudices and cultural stereotypes and how to avoid them - communicate successfully across different cultures |
| - identifikovat základní kulturní odlišnosti a výzvy |
| - vyjmenovat nejčastější předsudky a stereotypy |
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| to characterize the concept of culture and its role today, especially in the commercial context - describe prejudices and cultural stereotypes - Provide advice on how to avoid prejudices and stereotypes - communicate successfully across different cultures |
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| Practicum |
| Skills demonstration |
| Individual study |
| Skills |
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| Practicum |
| Skills demonstration |
| Individual study |
| Competences |
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| Practicum |
| Skills demonstration |
| Individual study |
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| Knowledge |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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DIGNEN,B. Communicating across cultures. Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-521-181983.
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GIBSON, R. Intercultural Business Communication. Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0194421805.
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