SPR652 – Global Project Communication in Business, Technology & Society

Module
Global Project Communication in Business, Technology & Society
Global Project Communication in Business, Technology & Society
Module number
SPR652
Version: 1
Faculty
Angewandte Sprachen und Interkulturelle Kommunikation
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Summer semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. Ines Busch-Lauer
Ines.Busch.Lauer(at)fh-zwickau.de
Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Ines Busch-Lauer
Ines.Busch.Lauer(at)fh-zwickau.de
Course language(s)

English
in "Global Project Communication in Business, Technology & Society"
ECTS credits

4.00 credits

Workload

120 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (4.00 SCH Seminar)
Self-study time

60.00 hours

Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

schriftliche Prüfungsleistung
Module examination | Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 66.67% | not to be compensated
in "Global Project Communication in Business, Technology & Society"

alternative Prüfungsleistung - Projektarbeit und Präsentation
Module examination | Examination time: 20 min | Weighting: 33.33% | not to be compensated
in "Global Project Communication in Business, Technology & Society"
Media type
No information
Instruction content/structure
  • Working in a Global Business Environment
    • State-of-the-art in domestic and global business and economics
    • Major organization patterns and developments (R&D, QA, PS)
    • Setting up a successful business (start-up support)
    • Development of the project- and product life-cycle, project work and management
    • Customer care (acquisition, communication, project development and follow-up)
    • Human resources (staff recruitment, relocation, assignments, outsourcing)
  • Developing Cultural Awareness
    • Cultural values at work and in society
    • Management of time and space in global project settings
    • Hotspots and critical incidents (project case studies on various cultures)
  • Practising oral and written academic and business genres (adapted to students’ needs)
    • Academic genres (executive summary, scientific article)
    • Business-related genres (business plan, financial reports, business correspondence)
    • Technical genres (e.g. data sheets, requirements specifications)
    • Legal documents (e.g. diverse types of agreements)
Qualification objectives

- English fluency (level C1 or higher, CEFR) in communicating professional, business and project-
  related issues

- Strategies to avoid or cope with miscommunication in multicultural communication settings

- Awareness of the role of verbal, nonverbal and paraverbal communication patterns

- Effective information retrieval and management in multicultural business and project settings

- Effective management of selected academic, business and technical genres both in written and oral
  formats
Special admission requirements

Minimum Level B2+ (CEFR)
Recommended prerequisites
No information
Continuation options
No information
Literature

Reader (customised to the needs of the student group, current  internet resources)
Notes
No information
Assignment to curriculum

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