604.650 (21W) Global Cultural Skills

Wintersemester 2021/22

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First course session
27.10.2021 14:00 - 16:00 Live Online (Zoom-Meeting) Off Campus
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Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be necessary to make changes to courses and examinations at short notice (e.g. cancellation of attendance-based courses and switching to online examinations).

For further information regarding teaching on campus, please visit: https://www.aau.at/en/corona.
Lecturer
Course title german Global Cultural Skills
Type Seminar (continuous assessment course )
Course model Online course
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 6.0
Registrations 31 (40 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction Englisch
possible language(s) of the assessment English
Course begins on 27.10.2021
eLearning Go to Moodle course
Remarks (english)

This course is reserved exclusively for International Management students who spend their semester abroad in summer/winter semester 2021 or who study under the Covid-19 regulation. Students who  start their International Management studies in October 2021 are advised to enroll in this course in a later semester. 

Time and place

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

The general theme of your assignment is: Business Opportunities for an Austrian company in ….!

Possible regions/countries:  Other EU or European countries outside EU, UK (Brexit), US, China, India, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Japan, Australia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic Congo, South Africa, Kenia, Uganda, Tanzania

(Feel free to suggest other regions/countries).

Discussion Areas

While preparing the course paper and presentation, please discuss the following:

  • Describe and analyze the region/country that you have been assigned to in detail (history, political system, economy, society, religion, health system, …). Introduce the region/country to the audience!
  • Pick an Austrian company (or found a start-up) and assume it planned a move to the region/country.
  • Prepare a market analysis for the company (e.g., PESTL) (this is related to topic 1 above) and estimate the market potential.
  • Which form of entry strategy do you recommend (e.g., export, joint venture, strategic alliance, franchise or merger/acquisition)? Why?
  • Describe/develop the company’s or products’ USP for the foreign market. Explain why you think that the move will be successful.  What is the positioning of the company/products in the new market? Why do you think customers will like it?  How does the company differentiate from competitors?  What are the most dangerous pitfalls of the move?
  • Develop the marketing mix: Product, price, distribution, communication (4 Ps or 7 Ps).

All these aspects will be taken into consideration when your paper is graded. 

The following readings can help get you on track:

  • Statistics from e.g. world bank, UN, WHO, EU, etc.
  • Hollensen, Svend (2017): Global Marketing, Pearson, 7th edition (or other textbooks on international/global marketing)
  • Solomon, Michael R. (2018):  Consumer Behavior, Global Edition, Pearson, 12th edition (or other textbooks on consumer behavior).
  • House, R.J., P.J. Hanges, M. Javidan, P.W. Dorfman, and V. Gupta, (2004, eds.), Culture, Leadership, and Organizations, Thousand Oaks: Sage
  • Hofstede, G. (2001). Culture’s consequences: Comparing values, behaviors, institutions and organizations across nations (2nd Ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
  • Hall, S. (1996). Stuart Hall: Critical Dialogues in Cultural Studies;
  • Schwartz, Sh. (1994). Beyond individualism/collectivism: New cultural dimensions of values. In Kim, Uichol; Triandis, Harry C.; Kâğitçibaşi, Çiğdem; Choi, Sang-Chin and Yoon, Gene (Eds). Individualism and collectivism: Theory, method, and applications. Cross-cultural research and methodology series, Vol. 18, (pp. 85-119). Thousand Oaks, CA, US: Sage Publications, Inc.

The list above is by no means exhaustive, so feel free to add appropriate sources.

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

Requirements

For this course you will be required to prepare a business analysis and

(1) submit it as a course paper (individual paper), and

(2) make a creative presentation of your findings, and

(3) attend the days of presentation and participate actively.

Important Dates and Deadlines: see Moodle

Prior knowledge expected

This course is reserved exclusively for International Management students who spend their semester abroad in summer/winter semester 2021 or who study under the Covid-19 regulation. Students who start their International Management studies in October 2021 are advised to enroll in this course in a later semester. 

Curricular registration requirements

The lecture is part of the master's degree programme "International Management" and can therefore only be attended by students registered for the particular programme.

Literature

See Moodle

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

Written Report

Presentation

Class attendance and participation

Examination topic(s)

Case description of a company's internationalization to one country

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

Quality of written report, completeness

Quality of presentation

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Master's degree programme International Management (SKZ: 908, Version: 19W.1)
    • Subject: Global Cultural Skills (Compulsory subject)
      • 8.1 Global Cultural Skills ( 0.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 604.650 Global Cultural Skills (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme International Management (SKZ: 908, Version: 16W.1)
    • Subject: Global Cultural Skills (Compulsory subject)
      • Global Cultural Skills ( 0.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 604.650 Global Cultural Skills (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)

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