OPFBPCSM Preparatory Course for Student Mobilities

School of Business Administration in Karvina
summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
8/0/12. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz (lecturer)
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz (seminar tutor)
Ing. Radmila Unucková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz
School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Ing. Radmila Unucková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
OPFBPCSM/01: Mon 20. 5. 8:05–10:30 VC015, Tue 21. 5. 8:05–10:30 VC015, Wed 22. 5. 8:05–10:30 VC015, Thu 23. 5. 8:05–10:30 VC015, Fri 24. 5. 8:05–10:30 VC015, K. Heinz
OPFBPCSM/02: Mon 3. 6. 8:05–10:30 VC015, Tue 4. 6. 8:05–10:30 VC015, Wed 5. 6. 8:05–10:30 VC015, Thu 6. 6. 8:05–10:30 VC015, Fri 7. 6. 8:05–10:30 VC015, K. Heinz
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(OPF) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives (in Czech)
The course has been designed as preparation for student mobilities both in bachelor and master studies using a modern critical incident technique requiring active and creative students´ attitude. Students will acquire knowledge in the following three interconnected areas needed for successful stays in target cultures: 1 Solving critical incidents related to major potential problems in target cultures followed by the clarification of typical culture phenomena in the background and justification of proper solutions. 2 Creating a portfolio of documents necessary for stays in foreign countries, including CVs, motivation letters, self-reflective questionnaires evaluating students´ progress in the area of intercultural skills and submitting students´own critical incidents after their return to the home country. 3 Developing students´culture awareness and sensitivity to foreign cultures leading to empathy and tolerance.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Unit 1 Communication - addressing people, different attitudes to hierarchy. Unit 2 Non-verbal dimension ? intensity, culture differences Unit 3 Division of cultures Unit 4 Overcoming stereotypes and prejudice Unit 5 Adaptation to a foreign culture ? overcoming culture shock Unit 6 Working in a multicultural team Unit 7 Intercultural negotiating Unit 8 Creating documents related to recruitment Units 9-12 Students´ presentations of their target cultures and of document portfolios in the class with the following discussion.
Literature
    required literature
  • HEINZ, K. Preparatory Course for Mobilities (forthcoming). info
    recommended literature
  • VYMĚTAL, J. Průvodce úspěšnou komunikací: efektivní komunikace v praxi. Praha, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2614-4. info
  • BORSHEY, J., SWAN, R. Crossing Cultures. 2007. ISBN 9788853609755. info
  • PRUCHA, J. Interkulturní psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-885-6. info
  • GIBSON, R. Intercultural Business Communication. Spain: OUP, 2002. ISBN 0194421805. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 8 HOD/SEM, Seminář 12 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
ActivityDifficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž40
Přednáška8
Seminář12
Zkouška30
Summary90
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Summer 2015, Winter 2015, Summer 2016, Winter 2016, Summer 2017, Winter 2017, Summer 2018, Winter 2018, Summer 2019, Winter 2019, Summer 2020, Winter 2020, Summer 2021, Winter 2021, Summer 2022, Winter 2022, Summer 2023, Winter 2023.
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