OPF:CVANPACV Culture Values in Business Com - Course Information
CVANPACV Culture Values in Business Communication
School of Business Administration in KarvinaWinter 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Krystyna Heinz (lecturer)
Mgr. Jaroslava Hošková (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Krystyna Heinz
Department of Tourism and Leisure Activities – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: PhDr. Janusz Karpeta, Ph.D. - Timetable
- Tue 13:55–14:40 VC008
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites
- FAKULTA ( OPF ) && TYP_STUDIA ( N ) && ( FORMA ( P ) || FORMA ( Z ))
The course is recommended for students with intermediate or upper-intermediate level of English. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 8/18, only registered: 0/18 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN, specialization Accounting and Taxes)
- Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN, specialization Business)
- Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN, specialization Corporate Finance)
- Business Economics and Management (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN, specialization Marketing and Trade)
- Economics and Management (programme OPF, B_EME)
- 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.
The Koran
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.
- 1. Intercultural Communication and intercultural training by means of the Galli Method
- Literature
- required literature
- HEINZOVÁ, K., HORKÝ, E. Culture and Culture Values. Karviná, OPF, SU, 2009. info
- recommended literature
- BORSHEY, J., SWAN, R. Crossing Cultures. 2007. ISBN 9788853609755. info
- LANCASTER, B. Judaismus. Ikar, 2000. ISBN 80-7202-704-2. info
- not specified
- HOLTBRŰGGE, D., 2022. Intercultural Management. London: Sage Publications Ltd. ISBN 9781529789744
- Teaching methods
- Skills demonstration
Seminar classes - Assessment methods
- Credit
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period. - Teacher's information
- Presentation (30%), active participation in seminars (20%), credit test (50%), 70% participation in seminars
Activity Difficulty [h] Ostatní studijní zátěž 47 Přednáška 13 Seminář 26 Zápočet 30 Summary 116
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2023, recent)
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