课程简介（Course Description）
课程名称（学分）：跨文化管理（1学分）
课程编号：
任课教师：Prof. Dr. Anna Lupina-Wegener
University of Applied Sciences and Arts- State of Vaud (HEIG-VD), Switzerland
课程目标：
总体目标：
· 提高对自身文化的认知度；
· 对其它民族文化提供见解
· 诊断不同民族文化；
跨文化管理
· 展示文化如何影响管理实践；
· 了解文化如何影响沟通
· 为个人、团体、组织间的跨文化管理提供指导方针；
· 发展与来自东欧、西欧亚洲等不同文化背景公司合作的能力。
课程内容：
本课程帮助学生对不同文化间的管理问题进行深入了解。首先，我们将讨论文化在管理实践中的重要性；其次，我们将介绍探索不同文化的方法及框架以诊断不同类型的文化，如国家，公司，职能层面等；然后，我们将分析文化对沟通策略、组织结构及人力资源管理的影响；最后，我们将评估跨文化管理的不同方法，并探讨经理们及公司在全球经济中的作用。
教材与主要参考书：
课程相关阅读材料的电子版将在课程开始1个月前通过电子邮箱发给学生：
· SCHNEIDER, Susan Carol. Managing across cultures. Pearson Education, 2003. Chapter 1
· HOUSE, R. J., HANGES, P. J., JAVIDAN, M., DORFMAN, P. W., & Gupta, V. (2004). Leadership, culture, and organizations: The GLOBE study of 62 societies. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications. Chapter 3.
· HALL, E. T. (1977). Beyond culture. Random House Digital, Inc..
· TING-TOOMEY, Stella, OETZEL, John. Managing Intercultural Conflict Effectively. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2001. Chapter 2.
· CHEN, Ming-Jer & MILLER, Danny (2010). West meets East: Toward an ambicultural approach to management. The Academy of Management Perspectives, 24, (4).
· LUPINA-WEGENER A. A. (2013). Human resource integration in subsidiary mergers and acquisitions: evidence from Poland. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 26(2).
· ORR, G., & XING, J. (2007). When Chinese companies go global: An interview with Lenovo’s Mary Ma. The McKinsey Quarterly.
考核方式及成绩评定办法：
1）个人反省报告：50%
2）课堂参与：50%
先修课程：
建议选课对象：
备注：
课程开始两周前，学生将被要求填写以下调查问卷进行自我测评：
- 文化透视问卷
- 文化智商问卷
- 管理问卷
Course Name: Managing Across Cultures (1Credit)
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Instructor(s): Prof. Dr. Anna Lupina-Wegener
University of Applied Sciences and Arts- State of Vaud (HEIG-VD), Switzerland
Objectives:
General:
· to increase awareness of one's own culture,
· to provide insight into other cultures,
· to diagnose culture,
Cross-cultural management
· to demonstrate how culture affects management practice,
· to understand how culture affects one’s own cultural communication
· to provide guidelines on managing cultural differences as individuals, teams and organizations,
· to develop collaboration competencies with companies based in/ or originating from East and Central Europe, Asia.
Contents:
This course is designed to develop a deeper understanding of the issues in managing across cultures. First, we will question the importance and relevance of culture in management practice. Second, we will explore methods for discovering culture and develop a framework to diagnose culture whether national, corporate, functional, etc. Third, we will examine the impact of culture on communication strategy, structure, and human resource management. Finally, we will evaluate different approaches to managing cultural differences and question the role of managers and companies in a global economy.
Text Books and Reference Books:
Course reader will be distributed to the students by email one month in advance:
· SCHNEIDER, Susan Carol. Managing across cultures. Pearson Education, 2003. Chapter 1
· HOUSE, R. J., HANGES, P. J., JAVIDAN, M., DORFMAN, P. W., & Gupta, V. (2004). Leadership, culture, and organizations: The GLOBE study of 62 societies. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications. Chapter 3.
· HALL, E. T. (1977). Beyond culture. Random House Digital, Inc..
· TING-TOOMEY, Stella, OETZEL, John. Managing Intercultural Conflict Effectively. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2001. Chapter 2.
· CHEN, Ming-Jer & MILLER, Danny (2010). West meets East: Toward an ambicultural approach to management. The Academy of Management Perspectives, 24, (4).
· LUPINA-WEGENER A. A. (2013). Human resource integration in subsidiary mergers and acquisitions: evidence from Poland. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 26(2).
· ORR, G., & XING, J. (2007). When Chinese companies go global: An interview with Lenovo’s Mary Ma. The McKinsey Quarterly.
Performance Evaluation and Score Assessment:
Final grade: 50% individual self-reflection report, 50% class participation
Participation is evaluated based on: attendance, active participation, homework, filled-out questionnaires and handing in group/ individual assignments.
Prerequisites:
N/A
Targeted Students:
Additional information:
Two weeks before the class you will be asked to fill out three self-assessments:
- Cultural perspectives questionnaire
- Cultural intelligence questionnaire
- Management questionnaire