CVABPPDS Personal Development Skills for Mobilities

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Summer 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Eva Gawlasová (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 15:35–16:20 A412
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
CVABPPDS/01: Tue 16:25–17:10 A412, E. Gawlasová
Prerequisites
FAKULTA(OPF) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && (FORMA(P) || FORMA(Z))
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.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 4/20, only registered: 0/20
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 related to the recruitment procedure, including self-reflection evaluation as the basis for the design of an own case study and its presentation.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the course. Requirements.
    I. SOCIO-CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE
    2. EU. Communication in the EU. Language and social interaction. Lingua franca. Politeness theory. Pragmatics.
    3. Culture values and theory of cultures. Hofstede´s division of cultures. Trompenaar´s dimensions.
    4. Adaptation to target culture. Acculturation. acculturation models. Culture shock. Overcoming culture shock.
    5. Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination. Reasons for creating stereotypes. Prejudice in Europe. Discrimination in history and nowadays.
    II. PLACEMENT AND CAREER PLAN
    6. Recruitment proces. Preparation for a job interview. Confusing questions.
    7. Documents connected with recruitment. CV and cover letter. Content and structure.
    8. Intercultural team management. Specifics of working in a multicultural team. International business styles.
    9. International negotiating. Steps in the process of negotiating. Culture specifics. Gift giving.
    10. Creating of a case study. Elaborating the text. Presenting it to other students with the following analysis.
    11. Public speaking. Preparing a presentation. Content and structure.
    12. Student´s presentations. Evaluating and analysing the performance of students.
    13. Revision for the exam. Evaluating the course.
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
Skills demonstration
Seminar classes
Assessment methods
Combined exam: Presentation of a case study (5%). Creating a portfolio of documents (20%). Presentation of a chosen topic from the course by students (25%). Credit test (50%) + 70% participation in seminars.
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
70% participation in seminars.
Activity Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž 79
Přednáška 13
Seminář 13
Zkouška 40
Summary 145
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Summer 2015, Winter 2015, Summer 2016, Winter 2016, Summer 2017, Winter 2017, Summer 2018, Winter 2018, Summer 2019, Winter 2019, Summer 2020, Winter 2020, Summer 2021, Winter 2021, Summer 2022, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, summer 2024, Winter 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2023, recent)
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