GBPGBP (Global Business Program)

This course will teach the students how the place where you grew up shapes the way you think, feel, and act. We will employ the eight-scale model of Erin Meyer for discussing how managers of culturally diverse teams can improve their effectiveness by analyzing the positioning of one culture relative to another and correctly decoding the meaning of some actions and gestures.

By the ending of this course, the students are expected to be able to explain the application of the eight-scale model for decoding how cultural differences impact international business. The students also are expected to be able to share their thoughts and opinions with classmates actively through the interactive learning experiences.

This course is strongly related to the"DP1-1", "DP2-1", "DP2-2", "DP4" and "DP5" diploma policies and fairly related to the "DP3" policy.

英語 / English

The entire course will be delivered in an interactive manner, facilitating the students to get involved in the class actively. Students will be assigned to give two presentations (chapter-based presentation and original research presentation) as well as to write a term-paper.
Feedback on class assignments will be given through the Hosei University Course Management Support System (Hoppii).

あり / Yes

なし / No

授業形態/methods of teaching：対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

Week 1[オンライン/online]：Introduction to the course

·Objectives and goals of this course
·How you can participate in the course effectively
·Evaluating and grading

Week 2[対面/face to face]：Navigating cultural differences and the wisdom of Mrs. Chen

·Invisible boundaries that divide our world
·Being open to individual differences is not enough
·Eight-scales that map the world's cultures

Week 3[対面/face to face]：Visit of Internship Students

·Presentations based on internship experience
·Review and discussion based on the topics brought by presenters

Week 4[対面/face to face]：Listening to the air: Communicating across cultures

·The interplay of language and history
·What makes a good communication
·Strategies for working with people from different context cultures

Week 5[対面/face to face]：The many faces of polite:Evaluating performance and providing negative feedback

·Upgraders, downgraders, and the art of translation
·What does it mean to be polite?

Week 6[対面/face to face]：Why versus how:The art of persuasion in a multicultural world

·Two styles of reasoning:principles-first versus applications-first
·Country positions on the persuading scale
·Strategies for persuading across cultures

Week 7[対面/face to face]：How much respect do you want?:Leadership, hierarchy, and power

·Historical and cultural factors that affect the leading scale
·Leading to manage in a hierarchical culture

Week 8[対面/face to face]：Big D or little d:Who decides, and how?

·Consensual or top-down:Which do you prefer?
·The Japanese Ringi system:Hierarchical but ultra-consensual
·Avoiding culture clashes when making decisions

Week 9[対面/face to face]：The head or the heart:Two types of trust and how they grow

·Trust from the head, trust from the heart
·Task-based versus relationship-based cultures
·Strategies for building trust across cultural divides

Week 10[対面/face to face]：The needle, not the knife:Disagreeing productively

·Confrontation:Loss of face or spirited debate?
·Getting global teams to disagree agreeably

Week 11[対面/face to face]：How late is late?:Scheduling and cross-cultural perceptions of time

·Relationships: A key to understanding the scheduling scale
·The framing strategy for cross-cultural leaders

Week 12[対面/face to face]：Putting the culture map to work

·Putting it all together
·Bridging the fault lines
·We are all the same, we are all different

Week 13[対面/face to face]：Original Research Presentations and Review (1)

·Individual presentation based on a personal research topic
·Review and discussion based on the topics brought by students

Week 14[対面/face to face]：Original Research Presentations and Review (2)

·Individual presentation based on a personal research topic
·Review and discussion based on the topics brought by students

The students are expected to read the materials for each class beforehand and prepare for discussions during the class. Each student should prepare two presentations, which are a presentation based on the given materials and on the personal topic. In addition, each student should submit a term-paper after the course closes. Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours each.

Meyer, E. (2014) The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business. PublicAffairs.

Supplementary reading materials and/or websites will be shared through Hoppii (Hosei Portal Site).

Participation in discussions: 40%
Chapter presentation: 20%
Original research presentation: 20%
Term paper: 20%

Not applicable.

We'll use Hoppii (Hosei Portal Site) for sharing reading materials and handouts, and submitting papers.

None

Please note that the teaching approach may vary according to which threat level we are at: at level 1, this course will be held on campus, though at level 2, it will be held online.