OPF:SVPACV Culture Values in Business Com - Course Information

SVPACV Culture Values in Business Communication

Extent and Intensity

1/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Krystyna Heinz (lecturer)
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Krystyna Heinz
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina

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

• European Integration (programme OPF, N_HOSPOL)
• Marketing and Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)

Course objectives

The goal of the subject is to develop students´ knowledge in the area of intercultural competence so that they are able to participate efficiently in international business communication. The emphasis is put on culture values including religions which can have important impact on intercultural interactions. Attention is also devoted to stereotype and prejudice, and various religions and their principles. The course also involves the output of the project PEACE-Power Exchange through Acting InterCultural Experience submitted within Socrates-Grundtvig programme.

Syllabus

• 1 Intercultural Communication and intercultural training by means of the Galli Method
  2 Culture and culture values in intercultural interaction
  3 Stereotypes and their overcoming
  4 Prejudice and discrimination
  5 Significance of religions
  6 Ancient religions
  7 Judaism - the patriarchs and the exodus
  8 Judaism . History of Judaism in Czechoslovakia.
  9 F. Kafka.
  10 Key concepts of Islam
  11 The five pillars of Islam. Islam in Turkey - a secular state?
  12 Comparisons
  13 Revision
  
  1 Intercultural Communication and intercultural training by means of the Galli Method
  Globalization.
  Culture. Collective mental programming.
  The importance of intercultural training - the Galli Method.
  2 Culture and culture values in intercultural interaction
  The importance of culture values.
  Different culture values and their impact on international communication
  3 Stereotypes and their overcoming
  Barriers to Intercultural communication.
  National stereotypes.
  Self-stereotypes.
  4 Prejudice and discrimination
  Hofstede´s pyramid
  Sources of prejudice and discrimination and their overcoming
  5 Significance of religions
  Definition and base of religion
  Basic concepts and terminology
  6 Ancient religions
  Ancient Egyptian religion, Rituals.
  Stonehenge and other stone constructions. Rituals.
  7 Judaism - the patriarchs and the exodus
  Characteristics of Judaism
  The most important events in the life cycle
  8 Judaism . History of Judaism in Czechoslovakia.
  The most important Jewish holidays
  Significant concepts and terminology.
  9 F. Kafka.
  Characteristics of his works.
  His background
  10 Key concepts of Islam
  Mohammed and his exodus.
  Coran and sharria
  11 The five pillars of Islam. Islam in Turkey - a secular state?
  Belief, praying, tithe, fasting and pilgrimage
  Current reality in Turkey.
  12 Comparisons
  Comparing culture values.
  Comparing religions and their importance.
  13 Revision
  

Literature

required literature
• HEINZOVÁ, K., HORKÝ, E. Culture and Culture Values. Karviná: SU OPF Karviná, 2007. info

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

• Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2011, recent)
  
• Permalink: https://is.slu.cz/course/opf/winter2011/SVPACV