SVBPPDS Personal Development Skills for Mobilities

Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné
léto 2014
Rozsah
1/1/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz (přednášející)
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz (cvičící)
Mgr. Emil Horký, PhD. (cvičící)
Garance
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz
Katedra ekonomie a veřejné správy – Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné
Předpoklady
No conditions must be fulfilled and the subject can be registered indepedently.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
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 and its presentation.
Osnova
  • 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
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • HEINZOVÁ, K. Personal Development Skills. Karviná: OPF, SU, 2011. info
    doporučená literatura
  • 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
Výukové metody
Demonstrace dovedností
Seminární výuka
Metody hodnocení
Kombinovaná zkouška
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Presentation of a case study, creating a portfolio and a credit test, 70% participation in seminars.
AktivityNáročnost [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž79
Přednáška13
Seminář13
Zkouška40
Celkem145
Další komentáře
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Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích léto 2013, léto 2015.