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<title>Intercultural Management 4</title>
<cid>DFBME-404</cid>
<sapsubmodule>P610-0322</sapsubmodule>
<bkey>dfhim3</bkey>
<ctypes>
<hours>2</hours>
<type>VU</type>
</ctypes>
<cp>2</cp>
<semester>4</semester>
<mandatory>yes</mandatory>
<language>German</language>
<exam>Written exam 60%, presentation 40% Each exam must be passed on its own. </exam>
<curriculum>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>DFBME-404</cid>
<branch>Mechanical Engineering</branch>
<semester>4</semester>
<mandatory_tag>mandatory course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>DFBME-404</cid>
<branch>Mechanical Engineering</branch>
<semester>4</semester>
<mandatory_tag>mandatory course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
</curriculum>
<workload>
30 class hours (= 22.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.The total student study time is 60 hours (equivalent to 2 ECTS credits).There are therefore 37.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.</workload>
<prerequisites>
<prerequisite>
<pfcid>DFBME-304</pfcid>
<pftitle>Intercultural Management 3</pftitle>
</prerequisite>
</prerequisites>
<prerequisitesfor>
</prerequisitesfor>
<convenor>Dr. Julia Frisch</convenor>
<convenor-person-key>jfr</convenor-person-key>
<lecturers>
<lecturer>Dozierende des Studiengangs</lecturer>
<lecturer-person-key>all</lecturer-person-key>
</lecturers>
<objectives>After successfully completing this module, students will be able to:
•	explain intercultural competence models and apply and transfer them to various professional activities and environments
•	explain critical incidents from multicultural everyday and professional situations with regard to intercultural differences and propose solutions
•	use case studies from different contexts to work out individual cultural differences and peculiarities for themselves
•	explain strategies for building and working in multicultural teams and apply them to case studies
•	put leadership, team and management styles in an (inter)cultural context
•	critically question their own cultural imprint with regard to communication and conflict resolution in exercises/simulations
</objectives>
<content>•	Case studies from professional practice
•	Team building and work cultures in multicultural teams and projects
•	Intercultural competence models for different professional fields
•	Leadership and management styles
•	Culture shock, international assignments, global assignments
•	International contrast examples (not limited to Germany and France)
•	Multi-perspectivity and synergy potential in a multicultural working environment
</content>
<media>•	Lecturer presentations
•	(Interactive) exercises and case studies
•	Group work
•	Digital content via moodle
</media>
<literature>General literature recommendations for this module:

Barmeyer, Christoph: Konstruktives interkulturelles Management. Vandenhoeck &amp; Ruprecht, Göttingen, über utb, neueste Auflage.
Heringer, Hans-Jürgen: Interkulturelle Kommunikation. Grundlagen und Konzepte. utb, neueste Auflage.
Meyer, Erin: The Culture Map. Decoding how people think, lead, and get things done across cultures. Public Affairs, New York, neueste Auflage.
Schroll-Machl, Sylvia: Doing Business with Germans. Their perception, our perception. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck &amp; Ruprecht, neueste Auflage.


Spezifische Literatur + Material wird im Kurs zur Verfügung gestellt.
</literature>
<offered>
</offered>
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