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| Code: | 235550 |
| Module title: | Intercultural Communication and Foreign Language Skills |
| Version: | 1.0 (09/2017) |
| Last update: | 26.09.2022 12:29:25 | Person responsible for content: | M.A. Tettenborn, Oliver oliver.tettenborn@tu-dresden.de |
| Offered in 5 study courses: | Integrated Management Systems (M.Sc.) valid from class 2023 | Integrated Management Systems (M.Sc.) valid from class 2025 | Integrated Management (M.Sc.) valid from class 2020 | Integrated Management (M.Sc.) valid from class 2021 | International Management (M.Sc.) valid from class 2019 |
| Semester according to timetable: | SoSe+WiSe (summer and winter semester) |
| Module level: | Master |
| Duration: | 1 semester |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Place where the module will be offered: | Zittau |
| ECTS Credits: | 5 |
| Student workload (in hours): | 150 |
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| Learning and teaching methods: | Lectures (1 hr/wk), practical sessions (2 hrs/wk), seminars (1 hr/wk) and self-study. Lectures and seminars in this module are held in English; exer-cises may also be completed in English if the student wishes. |
| Further information: | This module is a core module for the Business Ethics and Responsible Management and International Management master’s degree programmes. Credit points are earned upon successful completion of the module. This module is examined with one exam at the end of the semester in English of 120 minutes. The total workload for this module is 150 hours. Of these, 60 hours are allocated for lectures and teaching activities and 90 hours for self-study, including exam preparation and the examination itself. |
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| Assessment | Major written exam | 120 min | 100.0% |
| Syllabus plan/Content: | This module covers a) models of communication b) models of intercultural communication c) dialectic and rhetoric d) discourse ethics and concepts of respect e) foreign language skills. |
| Learning Goals | |
| Subject-specific skills and competences: | Students will learn about the fundamental models of communicative rela-tions with a focus on intercultural communication. They will understand how these relate to philosophical and discourse ethics, with a focus on respect. They will be able to apply their acquired theoretical knowledge in specific cultural contexts and gain some practical experience in a foreign or multi-cultural environment. Students will possess knowledge of a foreign lan-guage which will form the basis of, and be a useful tool for, intercultural communication. |
| Generic competences (Personal and key skills): | see "Subject-specific skills and competences" |
| Prerequisites: | none |
| Literature: | Bowie, N. (2013): Business Ethics in the 21st Century, Springer. Brenkert, G.G. u. Beauchamp T.L. (publisher.) (2012): The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics. Oxford. Crane, A. and Matten, D. (2016): Business Ethics: Managing Corporate Citizen-ship and Sustainability in the Age of Globalization. Oxford. DeGeorge, R. (2014): Business Ethics. 7th. ed., Pearson India. Enderle, G. (ed.) (1999): International Business Ethics. Challenges and Ap-proaches, University of Notre Dame Press. Kline, J. (2010): Ethics for International Business: Decision-Making in a Global Political Economy, Routledge. Sethi, S.P. (2003): Setting Global Standards. Guidelines for Creating Codes of Conduct in Multinational Corporations, John Wiley & Sons. Steinmann, H./Löhr, A. (2015): “Grundlegung einer republikanischen Unter-nehmensethik”, in: van Aaken, D./Schreck, Ph. (publisher.): Theorien der Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik, pp. 269–314, Frankfurt/M: Suhrkamp. Steinmann, H./Löhr, A. (1996): “A Republican Concept of Corporate Ethics”, in: Urban, S. (Ed.): Europe?s Challenges. Economic Efficiency and Social Soli-darity, Wiesbaden 1996: Gabler, pp. 21–60. Velasquez, M.G. (2013): Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases. Essex. |