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COURSE OUTLINE

MGT4640A–2016Summer Session II

Cross Cultural Study in Hungary

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT

UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE

Instructor:Gizelle Tiponut

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Course Description:

This course is designed to allow students direct exposure to the economic, social and cultural environment of Hungary. The six weekcourse provides student with visits to cultural sites, group study tours, weekly seminars on aspects of Hungarian culture,better understanding of the corporate and organizational work environment, and the opportunity to live in Budapest. The emphasis will be on understanding and resolving complex and dynamic issues associated with the design,execution, and improvement of operations and processes.

Course Requirements:

Journal/blogDaily entries anda 4-page analysis of personal cultural response/adaptation

15% Due Aug 12thbased on your journal(typed, double-spaced)

GroupEssay/PresentationDiscussion, research and analysis of different Hungarianwork environments norms.

35%Due Aug 12th(three students/paper)* 10-12pages (typed, double-spaced)

(paper 25%; Aug 3 - seminar discussion of paper 10%)

Speaker synopsis1-page overview discussion of one speaker’s presentation topic (typed, double

10 %Due first Monday after talkspaced, no research needed)

ParticipationSupervisor'sand instructor's assessment & seminar attendance/active participation

40%

Assignments should be emailed to

Group members for research paper (sample companies):

Group 1 / Group 2 / Group 3 / Group 4 / Group 5
Student 1
Encosoft / Student 4
Atalian / Student 7
Bonitas / Student 10
Bonafarm / Student 13
Ingram Micro Ltd.
Student 2
VM KOMM / Student 5
Csanyi Pinceszet / Student 8
Cajprivous / Student 11
Vodafone / Student 14
Red Bull Hungary
Student 3
GE / Student 6
TESCO / Student 9
Erste Bank / Student 12
UniCredit / Student 15
Michelin Hungary

Speakers Series:sample schedule

Topic / Date
Introduction to culture and diversity issues in the Hungarian workplace / July 7 (Thursday)
7pm
Canada-Hungary trade relations / July 12 (Tuesday)
7pm
Outsourcing- risk-benefit analysis / July14 (Thursday)
7pm
Knowing the Hungarian costumer / July19 (Tuesday)
7pm
Global logistics and Risk Management / July 21 (Thursday)
7pm
Discussion of group research paper and Hungarian work norms. / Aug10 (Wednesday)
7pm

Field trip: Details to follow (Dates and location subject to change)

  • Culture and history in Europe -trip to Vienna – Jul 27-30 (Wednesday-Saturday)

Grading Scale:

The following is the letter grade distribution that has been adopted by the Faculty of Management as a suggested grade scale/breakdown for all management courses and will be followed in this course:

A+ / 100-95 / B+ / 85-82 / C+ / 73-70 / D+ / 61-58
A / 94-90 / B / 81-78 / C / 69-66 / D / 57-50
A- / 89-86 / B- / 77-74 / C- / 65-62 / F / 49-0

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