Area: | Graduate School of Business |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Discussion of anthropological concepts as they might apply to business. Investigating the cross-cultural considerations and institutional factors in international business and their impact on host countries and Australian business research. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have - Expanded research concepts and methodologies to an international context. Considered the effects of taken for granted methods of communication in other cultural settings. Criticised a piece of cross-cultural research. Utilised one cross-cultural method, decentering, so as to recognise etic and emic characteristics of research questions. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Trompenaars, F. (1993), Riding the waves of culture, Understanding cultural diversity in business. London, Nicholas Brealey. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Critical paper 40%. Critical paper 60%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 80300 Business and Management (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Perth City Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Lingnan Uni HK | Semester 2 | Y | | | | 2004 | Rajabhat Institute Thailand | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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