Culture models in business 2600-z3MKBf

Topics:
Models of national cultures G. Hofstede, F. Trompenaars with Charles Hampden-Turner, Edward T. Hall, GLOBE.
The Competing Values Model by K. Cameron and R. Quinn
Dimensions of national cultures and organizational models of enterprises.
Models of organizational cultures of enterprises most common in a given country.
Cultural effectiveness of Transnational Corporations (TNCs) conditioned by the applied model of intercultural management.
Changes in the national culture of Poles and changes in organizational models.

Course coordinators

Marek Bagiński

Type of course

elective courses

Mode

Remote learning

Learning outcomes

Student after completing the course:

In terms of knowledge:
– explains without problems the basic concepts of culture, intercultural management, national cultures and organizational cultures;
- recognizes process phenomena in culture and is able to describe them in the form of trends (impact of culture on business);
- recognizes new phenomena in the field of cross-culture management and is able to demonstrate the factors that led to these changes in an global context;

In terms of skills:
– inquisitively analyzes ongoing changes (using examples) in the field of cross-culture management;
- can determine which of the noticed new processes may be local and which are global;
- is able to assess which of the observed trends are beneficial and which are not, from the point of view of the employee/employer/state, including Poland.
- is able to present his knowledge during a public speech.

In terms of attitudes:
- is an intelligent observer in the international business environment;
- is able to cooperate with other participants (regardless of gender, age and ethnicity) in achieving a common goal;
- shows initiative..

Assessment criteria

Assessment criteria based on completed tasks delivered orally and posted in written/graphic form on the dedicated Padlet platform:
4. group work (PPT presentation - oral presentation) (30%)
5. attendance at classes (30%).
6. one individual survey questionnaire on "Cultural aspects of the functioning of institutions - reality vs. employee expectations" with a description of the result (40%).
Additionally possible (+ 10%) for activity during classes

Bibliography

Throughout the duration of classes, literature is constantly updated on the dedicated Padlet platform, constantly available (all items) to students.
Required literature:
Trompenaars F. & Hampden-Turner Ch., 2007, Siedem wymiarów kultury. Znaczenie różnic kulturowych w działalności gospodarczej, Oficyna Ekonomiczna, http://www.home.umk.pl/~lechziel/teaching/Siedemwymiarowkultury.pdf
Czerniawska A., 2020, Kultura organizacyjna instytucji finansowej- pomiędzy rzeczywistością, a oczekiwaniami pracowników. Studium socjologiczne, Praca doktorska na UŚ (dostępne w Internecie https://rebus.us.edu.pl/bitstream/20.500.12128/20575/1/
Czerniawska_Kultura_organizacyjna_instytucji_finansowej.pdf

Selected supplementary literature (available in course materials):
Dodd SD., 2002, Metaphors and meaning: A grounded cultural model of US entrepreneurship, Journal of Business Venturing, 17 (5), pp. 519-535.
Rozkwitalska M., 2008, Kultury organizacyjne przedsiębiorstw w biznesie międzynarodowym// Problemy zarządzania we współczesnych organizacjach: teoria i praktyka : praca zbiorowa/ ed. redakcja naukowa Waldemar Pawlak, Tadeusz Noch. Gdańsk: Wydawnictwo Gdańskiej Wyższej Szkoły Administracji, s.227-246 (dostępne w Internecie).
Dancewicz B., 2017, Płeć i pochodzenie etniczne: postrzegane szanse i bariery w międzynarodowej karierze zawodowej, Kobieta i Biznes / Women and Business”, nr 1–4, s. 23–32.