Module Key Qualification, Media Computer Science (Bachelor) (ER 2)

Participants learn to understand intercultural competence as a strategic competitive factor and to organise their own actions in a culturally appropriate way:

• Key aspects of intercultural communication (e.g. culturally determined norms, behaviours, values, verbal and non-verbal communication) with particular emphasis on differences between fact-oriented cultures such as Germany and relationship-oriented cultures such as China and India
• Influence of different cultural standards on international business relationships (e.g. business initiation, negotiations, employee management, decision-making, conflict resolution, etc.)
• Empirical studies (e.g. Geert Hofstede, Fons, Trompenaars etc.)
• Case studies from different cultural areas (e.g. Germany, France, USA, Japan, China, India, etc.).

• Introduction to the right
• That "Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch” (BGB)
• The "Handelsgesetzbuch” (HGB)
• The judicial procedure

To exist in the political, social, economical and cultural living nowadays the students must be able to held speeches and to participate in discussions without stoppages. This seminar shows how to express oneself independently of a concrete text.

PowerPoint slides

Lectures and practical exercises