Courses Bachelor Display 2022-2023
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| Course title | Global Citizenship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course code | EBS2076 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS credits | 4,0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment | Pass / Fail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level | Introductory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinator |
Mark Vluggen For more information: m.vluggen@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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| Language of instruction | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals |
* Understand the key components of cultural intelligence and its role in affecting business and personal communication and decision making.
* Develop an awareness of your own intercultural communication skills, along with an understanding of areas in which your cultural intelligence can be enhanced. * Improve your general reflection skills, i.e. your ability to reflect on your own behaviour and competencies. * Learn to apply Erin Meyer’s culture map in effectively planning for intercultural experiences. |
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| Description |
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT METHOD(S) USED IN THIS COURSE IS WITH RESERVATION. A RE-EMERGENCE OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND NEW COUNTERMEASURES BY THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT MIGHT FORCE COORDINATORS TO CHANGE THE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT METHODS USED. THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEACHING/ASSESSMENT METHOD(S) WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE COURSE SYLLABUS.
It is widely accepted that universities have a responsibility to train students capable of being change agents for good in their community. With this in mind, the School of Business and Economics (SBE) of Maastricht University wishes to prepare students to become global citizens, and promote the values of a civil society. For Emerging Markets students, the internship abroad is one of the instruments used to accomplish this. This online skills training has been set up to educate students about one specific aspect of the broader concept of global citizenship: the development of cultural intelligence (CQ). The ability to interact effectively in multiple cultures is not a skill possessed by all; yet, it is important in today's business world (Crowne, 2008). A common intercultural failure is to excessively identify individuals with one cultural identity and its assumed characteristics. This carries the risk of mindless stereotyping. At the same time, it is also problematic if cultural differences simply get ignored, acting as if business managers are the same throughout the world. In this training we will seek the middle ground between these two approaches, and we will view culture and personality as mutually constituent, instead of one determining the other. |
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| Literature |
Meyer, E. (2014). The Culture Map. PublicAffairs, NY. Crowne, K.A.
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Lecture / Assignment / Papers / Coaching | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Assignment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evaluation in previous academic year | For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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