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MAN-30089 - Module Specification
Keele Business School
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2023/24 Last Updated: 13 February 2024

MAN-30089 - International Business Cultures
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Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733094

Programme/Approved Electives for 2023/24

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2023/24


Aims
To interpret the role that culture plays in the international operation of business.
To explore how distinctive business cultures emerge.
To examine the relative strengths and weaknesses of diverse business cultures.
To assess and appraise the social, political, economic, institutional, ethical and technological factors that shape business cultures across time and space.

Intended Learning Outcomes

identify and explain the emergence of distinctive business cultures: 1,2
critically evaluate what constitutes a business culture and how it can be defined and assessed, using contemporary literature on national and organisational culture: 1,2
critically analyse successful business cultures to assess what constitutes "success" in given cases: 1,2
relate existing theoretical literature on business culture to different practical settings: 1,2
develop a practical insight to working internationally, including expatriatism and managing culturally diverse organisations and teams: 1,2

Study hours

23 hours of scheduled learning: lectures (10x1hrs), tutorials (10x1hrs), staff-group project meetings (3hrs)
30 hours of group work
94 hours of private study and preparation
3 hours exam

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Group Project weighted 50%
Group project to present a 20 minute presentation, followed by questions
Students work in groups of 4-6 and act as consultants to analyse the cultural issues within a business case and provide recommendations regarding future overseas expansion. This will be based on a fictional case study distributed to each group. The presentation will be developed collaboratively by each group, with a maximum length of twenty minutes, followed by questions and answers. The presentation should provide an executive briefing to the teacher, who will act as a client, and to the rest of the class, who may know little or nothing the specific business case. An overall group mark will be awarded to all group members.

2: Exam weighted 50%
3 hour exam
An open-book, single compulsory question, exam. The exam will last three hours, with an expected word count of less than 1500 words. Students will be allowed to take a single, A4-sized folder of notes into the exam.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 13 February 2024