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The objective of the course is to provide the student with knowledge about cross-cultural understanding, global production, personal and social competencies and innovation management.
In addition, the objective is to enable the student to give an account of this knowledge and to use this knowledge in the following way to complete to the course:
- Within the cross cultural understanding the aim of the course is to give each
student a comprehensive introduction to cultural perspectives in a global context related to cross-cultural communication and interaction in the workplace. The cross-cultural understanding will prepare the course participants to function as manufacturing engineers in complex international or cultural diverse settings.
- Within the global production the aim of the course is to strengthen the students
knowledge of operations management in a global view.
- Within the personal and social competencies the aim of the course is to provide the student with basic knowledge about some of the interpersonal mechanisms existing between people.
- Within the innovation management part the aim is to provide the student with basic knowledge about idea creation processes.
Within the cross cultural understanding:
Management and manufacturing in a global cultural setting is a highly complex task affected by numerous understandings of culture both as individual, social and national bounded values, behaviour and skills and more functional as a company asset.
Through the course central debates on the concept of culture as well as how to approach diverse cultures in an organizational and international context will be outlined. The subject will be introduced in the light of both managerial and social science approaches and theories. Furthermore, case material will illustrate solutions of cultural conflicts and constructive understanding and communication across cultures which can be incorporated in working procedures.
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To describe the implications of cross- cultural understanding both theories and empirical case- material will be presented. Through group work and practical classroom exercises, the students will gain an insight to the implications of cross cultural behaviour and decision-making and central debates of the area.
Within the global production:
The world is a smaller place to do business in; even small or medium-sized companies are sourcing and selling their products and services on a global basis. Trade between widely dispersed parts of the world continues to grow, both for products and services. Considerable opportunities have emerged for operation managers to develop both supplier and customer relationships in new parts of the world. This development is at the time challenging and full of potential problems.
Even small and medium-sized companies could have an international dimension, and the question is how to handle this dimension.
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Poul Erik Nielsen
The teaching methods are a combination of the following:
Lecture
Group work
Teaching role/project work
Class discussion
Self study
Slack, Nigel: Operations Management, Pearson's, latest edition
Scientific based articles and notes
Individual assignment excl. oral defence
