OR6-1008 Management

Contents and structure

The course includes dimensions of management from both national and international perpective and presents research and theories within defined fields. Culture and values are central concepts as to both management of organizational culture and cross-cultural management. 

The perspectives presented and discussed in this course are equally important for organizations operating on the home market as for global firms, as stakeholders in general and staff in particular are increasingly multicultural in many organizations. This demands deep knowledge about multicultural management.

Topics:

• Management of organisational behaviour and management styles.
• Management of organizational culture
• Cross-cultural management and national cultures impact on management: The cutural dimensions perspective.
• Cutural synergy as an approch to management.
• Multicultural communication
• Multicultural negociation
• Change management

Learning Outcome

Knowledge

• Knowledge about management processes and management styles in organizations
• Knowledge about organizational culture and its effects on management.
• Knowledge about cultural differences across the world from the cultural dimensions perspective and effects on organisations and management. 
• Knowledge about cultural synergy as an approch to management.

 

Skills

• Identify and evaluate different management styles for organisations.
• Identify consequences of organizational culture.
• Identify differences and similarities in national cultures across nations.
• Plan for multicultural and international communication
• Plan for multiculturalcultural and international negotiations.

 

General competencies

• Develop awareness of and knowledge about the multitude of dimensions and task related to management in organizations.
• Develop awareness of and knowledge about cultural differences and develop the ability to reflect upon consequences of cultural differences on organizational management and change management.
• Develop awerness of and stimulate reflections related to multicultural differences both on personal and professional level.

Entry requirements

OR6-1005 Strategy or equivilant.

Recommended previous knowledge

OR6-1001 Organisational theory or equivalent.

Teaching methods

Lectures and team work.

Assessment

Written school exam.

4 hours.

Examination support material

None

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Course reductions

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