07 English Task

Intercultural Issues in Project Management and Presentations 2016

English lecturers

Anton Ledergerber Douglas MacKevett

An assessed assignment for W.ICE09_VOP for the IWI International Campus Experience in Santa Clara, California.

Task: Students write a Critical Review of their Santa Clara experience reflecting on intercultural issues in EITHER a) project management OR b) presentations. The style should be persuasive and follow the AEI format shown in WIWSP03 and WIWSP04.

Purpose: Students reflect on their experience in the USA and the contents of WIWSP03 and WIWSP04. Based on theoretical readings and these reflections, they will give recommendations to the English Team for keeping, changing, and/or removing existing materials.

Deadlines: students will be briefed before leaving for the US; online submission of the assignment will take place by the last day of their campus experience.

Background Reading:

Elena, R. D. (2010). Cultural differences in project management. Annales Universitatis Apulensis: Series Oeconomica, 12(2), 657.

Hofstede, G. (2011). Dimensionalizing cultures: The Hofstede model in context. Online readings in psychology and culture, 2(1), 8.

Wursten, H., Lanzer, F. (2012). The EU: the third great European contribution to the world. Retreived May 23, 2016, from http://www.academia.edu/22416977/The_EU_ the_third_great_European_cultural_contribution_to_the_world

Assessment: as per WIWSP03 and 04 "Assessment Chart" (Complex Writing). Swiss Scale of 1-6.

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May 2016 lea/mkd