OPF:SVBKPDS Personal Develop. Skills for M - Course Information

SVBKPDS Personal Development Skills for Mobilities

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

• Public Economy and Administration (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)

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.

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Konzultace	6
Ostatní studijní zátěž	93
Přednáška	6
Zkouška	40
Summary	145

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