Warsaw, Poland

International Management and Intercultural Communication

Master's
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⇑International Management and Intercultural Communication at UW

Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: economy and administration
Kind of studies: full-time studies
University website: en.uw.edu.pl

⇑Test: Is International Management and Intercultural Communication the right fit for you?

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10 questions · two minutes

1. At work, you’re preparing a meeting with a business partner from a country with a very different work culture. What do you do?

2. One person in your international team never speaks up in meetings, even though their work is excellent. How do you read the situation?

3. Have you come across ideas such as cultural dimensions – for example, different attitudes to hierarchy or time?

4. You’ll debate, write essays and run projects in English in an international environment with people from many cultures – your own intercultural communication lab. How does that sound?

5. A campaign that worked brilliantly in one country has sparked a wave of criticism in another. What do you do?

6. A colleague from another country communicates very directly, while you’re used to a softer tone. How do you react?

7. You’re asked to lead a team spread across several time zones. What matters most to you?

8. Are you learning languages other than English, or are you interested in other cultures?

9. How do you see your role after graduating?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in International Management and Intercultural Communication?

⇑Definitions and quotes

Communication
Communication (from Latin commūnicāre, meaning "to share") is the act of conveying intended meanings from one entity or group to another through the use of mutually understood signs and semiotic rules.
Intercultural Communication
Intercultural communication is a discipline that studies communication across different cultures and social groups, or how culture affects communication. It is used to describe the wide range of communication processes and problems that naturally appear within an organization or social context made up of individuals from different religious, social, ethnic, and educational backgrounds. Intercultural communication is sometimes used synonymously with cross-cultural communication. In this sense it seeks to understand how people from different countries and cultures act, communicate and perceive the world around them. Many people in intercultural business communication argue that culture determines how individuals encode messages, what medium they choose for transmitting them, and the way messages are interpreted.
International
International mostly means something (a company, language, or organization) involving more than a single country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries. For example, international law, which is applied by more than one country and usually everywhere on Earth, and international language which is a language spoken by residents of more than one country.
Management
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a not-for-profit organization, or government body. Management includes the activities of setting the strategy of an organization and coordinating the efforts of its employees (or of volunteers) to accomplish its objectives through the application of available resources, such as financial, natural, technological, and human resources. The term "management" may also refer to those people who manage an organization.
Management
Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.
Sun Tzu (c. 6th century BC) The Art of War
Management
You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.
Grace Hopper (1987), quoted in "The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper" by Philip Schieber, OCLC Newsletter, No. 167 (March/April 1987)
Management
The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that management can be a kind of a con job.
Akio Morita (1987). Made in Japan, p. 154
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