Master
2023/2024
Research Seminar "Intercultural Communication in the Asia-Pacific Region"
Type:
Compulsory course (International Business in the Asia-Pacific Region)
Area of studies:
Management
Delivered by:
Department of Management
When:
1 year, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Liudmila S. Veselova
Master’s programme:
International Business in the Asia-Pacific Region
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
6
Contact hours:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course provides students with fundamentals of intercultural context together with complex knowledge of modern development of Asia. It is also devoted to communication between different cultures and includes the study of theoretical aspects of intercultural communication, covering the key-concepts with a wide variety of examples, supported by a comprehensive reading list. The course will focus on: differences between “interaction” and “communication”, “intercultural”, “multicultural” and “cross-cultural”; basic categories of Asian traditional cultures and their modern interpretations; stereotyping in the process of Intercultural Communication in Asia; national character and main features of Asian business etiquette; intercultural communication and dialogue of cultures in the sociocultural space of modern Asia.