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Postgraduate Course: Managing Across Borders and Cultures (CMSE11125)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits15
Home subject areaCommon Courses (Management School) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course is designed to provide programme participants with a thorough understanding of the management across culture. It responds in particular to the increasing need of future managers seeking to work abroad as international executives. By reviewing the concepts, patterns, behaviours and experiences of cross-cultural issues (e.g., International Human Resource Management, comparative management systems between Europe and Asia, ethical dilemma and corporate social responsibility) and by discussing a range of related cases in the contemporary international business, the course aims to familiarise students with key issues and debates on cross-cultural management. At the end of the course, participants are expected to develop the capacity for dealing with cross-cultural problems and developing reflective applications in practice.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Subject specific knowledge and skills:
* Obtaining knowledge and understanding of managing across culture in the international marketplace, and of the major theoretical and empirical studies investigating cultures.
* Utilising relevant concepts to explain the context and significance of cross-culture and management
* Understanding a range of international management practices and how culture impacts upon them
* Knowledge of comparative management models and their implications for management in different national/regional contexts: Comparison between European (e.g., the UK, Germany) and Asian (e.g., China, Korea) management models

Cognitive abilities and non-subject specific skills:
* Analysing concepts and issues of cross-cultural management applied to practical conditions through case studies.
* Researching and identifying divergent patterns of cultural management in international business through case studies and analysis.
* Application of know-how to new problem areas in the international business, such as ethical decision and sustainability management.
* Development of other skills including group working, oral and written presentation skills with consensus and relevant arguments.
Assessment Information
The overall grade for this module is based on two components:
1) A group presentation 20%
2) An individual essay/ personal reflection 30%
2) An individual written examination 50%
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Kenneth Amaeshi
Tel: (0131 6)50 2146
Email: Kenneth.Amaeshi@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk
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