Code
MUFF MAN 2206
Level
L2
Field
Management
Language
Anglais/English
ECTS Credits
1
Class hours
12
Total student load
20
Program Manager(s)
Department
- Management, Marketing et Stratégie
Educational team
Introduction to the module
This module will cover all the aspects of working in an international context: knowledge of the constraints and specificities of a multinational entreprise and cultural differences and their consequences in the day-to-day work activities.
A business case by small groups will allow the students to apply the knowledge to a real and concrete case.
Learning goals/Programme objectives
- LG2 Having the ability to manage uncertainty and complexity with accuracy and rigor
- LG3 Having the foundations of responsible and sustainable management
- LG4 Having access to different cross disciplinary management approaches and tools
- LG5 Being open (minded) to others and to the world and looking for positive societal impact
Learning objectives/Intended learning outcomes
- 2.1 - Identify and analyze in depth problems, causes and impacts
- 2.2 - Explore solutions, decisions, and their relative and absolute impacts
- 2.3 - Identify optimal solution(s) and priorities toward implementation
- 2.4 - Implement a plan, prepare for changes, and measure the success of actions with regard to strategy and stakeholder
- 3.1 - Understand and employ basic concepts, knowledge and theories related to the discipline
- 3.2 - Apply discipline knowledge appropriately and effectively
- 3.3 - Identify the boudaries of the discipline and possible cross-disciplinary connections
- 3.4 - Select and employ judiciously appropriate techniques and tools within the discipline
- 4.2 - Understand and employ cross-disciplinary concepts, knowledge, theories
- 5.1 - Mobilize one's imagination and culture to understand contexts and interpret situations
- 5.2 - Understand and analyze situations from alternate perspectives with relevance and rigor
- 5.3 - Communicate and collaborate in different contexts
- 5.4 - Continually leverage skills and knowledge across borders and cultures
Rubrics
The students will understand the main constraints of an international company and how these constraints can be managed.
They will acquire a good knowledge of culture differences and how it influences the day-to-day activities in a multicultural company.
They will learn how to behave in international context, and act so to allow good relationship in any context.
It will raise their awareness on how things can be different without being better or worse.
Content : structure and schedule
Session 1 (3h): Work and culture
Session 2 (3h): Managing cultures in organizations
Session 3 (3h): Managing organizational cultures
Session 4 (3h): Intercultural management
Session 5 (4 x 1,5h in two groups): business cases
Final exam (1,5h)
Possible remedial exam (1,5h)
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal n°4 – Quality Education
Goal n°9 - Industry, Innovation et Infrastructure
Goal n°10 – Reduced Inequalities
Goal n°17 – Partnership for the goals
Number of SDG's addressed among the 17
4
Learning delivery
synchrone
Pedagogical methods
Lectures in plenary session with presentations of:
- academic work,
- surveys
- business examples.
Videos
Exercises/questions in plenary session
Individual work
Evaluation and grading system and catch up exams
The students will be evaluated following three criteria:
A grade on participation and submission of individual tasks (15%)
A grade on individual essay (85%)
In case of not reaching the sufficient level with this evaluation, a remedial exam submission will be required, following a similar format to the original one.
Module Policies
Professor-Student Communication
● The professor will contact the students through their school email address (IMT-BS/TSP) and the Moodle portal. No communication via personal email addresses will take place. It is the student responsibility to regularly check their IMT-BS/TSP mailbox.
● Students can communicate with the professor by emailing him/her to his institutional address. If necessary, it is possible to meet the professor in his office during office-hours or by appointment.
Students with accommodation needs
If a student has a disability that will prevent from completing the described work or require any kind of accommodation, he may inform the program director (with supporting documents) as soon as possible. Also, students are encouraged to discuss it with the professor.
Class behavior
● Out of courtesy for the professor and classmates, all mobile phones, electronic games or other devices that generate sound should be turned off during class.
● Students should avoid disruptive and disrespectful behavior such as: arriving late, leaving early, careless behavior (e.g. sleeping, reading a non-course material, using vulgar language, over-speaking, eating, drinking, etc.). A warning may be given on the first infraction of these rules. Repeated violators will be penalized and may face expulsion from the class and/or other disciplinary proceedings.
● The tolerated delay is 5 minutes. Attendance will be declared on Moodle during these 5 minutes via a QR code provided by the teacher at each course start.
● Student should arrive on time for exams and other assessments. No one will be allowed to enter the classroom once the first person has finished the exam and left the room. There is absolutely no exception to this rule. No student can continue to take an exam once the time is up. No student may leave the room during an examination unless he / she has finished and handed over all the documents.
● In the case of remote learning, the student must keep his camera on unless instructed otherwise by the professor.
Honor code
IMT-BS is committed to a policy of honesty in the academic community. Conduct that compromises this policy may result in academic and / or disciplinary sanctions. Students must refrain from cheating, lying, plagiarizing and stealing. This includes completing your own original work and giving credit to any other person whose ideas and printed materials (including those from the Internet) are paraphrased or quoted directly. Any student who violates or helps another student violate academic behavior standards will be penalized according to IMT-BS rules.
Textbook Required and Suggested Readings
Suggested reading:
Geert Hofstede: “Cultures and Organisations”
Edward T Hall: “Understanding Cultural Differences”
Fons Trompenaars: “Riding the Waves of Culture”
Erin Meyer: “The Culture Map”
Keywords
Cultures, international entreprises, international organisations, multicultural context
Prerequisites
None