SVBKPDS Personal Development Skills for Mobilities

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Summer 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Prerequisites
No conditions must be fulfilled and the subject can be registered indepedently.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The goal of the subject is to develop students´ linguistic, communicative, socio-cultural and intercultural skills as a preparation for student´s and professional mobilities during which students can face misunderstandings, conflicts, problems with adaptation to target cultures and various stereotypes and prejudice. The students will be able to use their skills on their future job positions in public sector institutions and in social work. The main output of the course in creating of a portfolio comprising documents and questionnaires related to the recruitment procedure, including self-reflection evaluation as the basis for the design of an own case study.
Syllabus
  • I Socio-Cultural Knowledge
    1 Language and social interaction
    2 Culture values and theory of cultures
    3 Adaptation to target culture
    4 Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination
    II Placement and career plan
    5 Recruitment process
    6 Intercultural team management
    7 International negotiating
    8 Public speaking
    III Marketing yourself - creating a portfolio of documents
    9 CV, a letter of application and a covering letter
    10 A videotaped presentation in front of the class with the following analysis
    11 Working with self-evaluating documents and questionnaires
    12 Creating an own case study and presenting it to the class
    13 Revision
    ad 1) Lingua Franca, Politeness theory, Pragmatics
    ad 2) Division of cultures, Hofstede´s research, Trompenaar´s dimensions
    ad 3) Acculturation, acculturation models, Culture shock, Overcoming culture shock
    ad 4) Reasons for creating stereotypes, Prejudice in Europe, Discrimination in history and nowadays
    ad 5) Preparation for a job interview, Coping with confusing questions, Documents connected with recruitment
    ad 6) Specifics of working in a multicultural team, International business styles, Barriers to doing business internationally
    ad 7) Steps in the process of negotiating, Culture specifics, Gift giving
    ad 8) Preparing a presentation, Content and structure, Delivery of a presentation
    ad 9) Characteristics of the written style, Basic rules of formal writing, Appropriate language structures
    ad 10) Video-recording of presentations, Their analysis, Recommendation of improvements
    ad 11) Filling in questionnaires, Their evaluating, Comparing with other students
    ad 12) Creating of a case study, Elaborating the text, Presenting it to other students
    ad 13) Revising the most important items, Evaluating the course - a questionnaire, Evaluating the performance of students and teachers
Literature
    required literature
  • HEINZOVÁ, K. Personal Development Skills. Karviná: OPF, SU, 2011. 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
  • GIBSON, R. Intercultural Business Communication. Spain: OUP, 2002. ISBN 0194421805. info
Teaching methods
One-to-One tutorial
Skills demonstration
Students' self-study
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Kombinovaná zkouška
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 12 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Creating a portfolio and a credit test.
ActivityDifficulty [h]
Konzultace6
Ostatní studijní zátěž93
Přednáška6
Zkouška40
Summary145
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2013, recent)
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