Intercultural Business Communication

Faculty

Institute of Management and Engineering

Version

Version 8.0 of 03/03/2021

Code of Module

75B0183

Modulename (german)

Intercultural Business Communication

Study Programmes
  • Betriebswirtschaft und Management - IMT (B.A.)
  • Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen (Bachelor) (B.Sc.)
Level of Module

1

Responsible of the Module

Wierschke, Annette

Lecturer(s)

Wierschke, Annette

Credits

5

Concept of Study and Teaching
Workload Dozentengebunden
Std. WorkloadLehrtyp
28Vorlesungen
28Übungen
Workload Dozentenungebunden
Std. WorkloadLehrtyp
26Veranstaltungsvor-/-nachbereitung
33Literaturstudium
35Referate
Recommended Reading

Chaney, Lillian / Jeannette S. Martin: Intercultural Business Communication, 2010

Costas, Jana: “’We are all friends here’: Reinforcing Paradoxes of Normative Control in a Culture of Friendship” in: Journal of Management Inquiry 21 (4): 377-395

Hall, Edward T.: The Silent Language. (1956 first ed.) New York, NY, 1990

Hall, Edward T.: The Hidden Dimension. New York, NY, 1990

Hall, Edward T. and Mildred R. Hall: Understanding Cultural Differences. Germans, French and Americans. Maine, 1990

Hofstede, Geert / Gert Jan Hofstede: Cultures and Organizations. Software of the Mind. Intercultural Cooperation and its Importance for Survival, 2010 (3rd ed.)

Hofstede, Geert: Culture´s Consequences. Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions, and Organizations across Nations. London, 2003 (2nd ed.)

Jandt, Fred E.: An Introduction to Intercultural Communication. Identities in a Global Community, 2017 (9th edition)

Kirkman, Bradley, Vas Taras, Piers Steel: “The biggest Culture Gaps are Within Countries, not between them” in: Harvard Business Review. March 18, 2018

Lewis, Richard D.: When Cultures Collide. Managing Successfully across Cultures. London, 2018 (4th edition)

Marshall, Tim: Prisoners of Geography. Ten Maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics. London, 2015

Marx, Elisabeth: Breaking through Culture Shock. What you need to succeed in International Business. London, 1999

Mole, John: Mind your Manners: Managing Business Cultures in the New Global Europe. London 2003 (3rd ed.)Nakata, Cheryl (ed.): Beyond Hofstede. Culture Frameworks for Global Marketing and Management. New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2009.

Scollen, Ron/Suzanne Wong Scollen/Rodney H. Jones: Intercultural Communication. A Discourse Approach, 2010

Storti, Craig: Cross-Cultural Dialogues. 74 Brief Encounters with Cultural Difference, 1990

Trompenaars, Fons/Charles Hampden-Turner: Riding the Waves of Culture. Understanding Cultural Diversity in Business. London, 2012 (3rd ed.)

Trompenaars, Fons/Charles Hampden-Turner: Building Cross-Cultural Competence. How to create Wealth from Conflicting Values. New Haven, 2000

Graded Exam

Portfolio exam

Duration

1 Term

Module Frequency

Only Winter Term

Language of Instruction

English