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This is a student-focused and student-led module about collaboration in an international business environment. International firms increasingly seek new ways of organizing work in an international context; global teams that operate across organisational boundaries, time zones and geographic locations, with members from multiple countries, are used more and more to achieve organizational objectives by multinational enterprises (MNEs), internationally active small and medium-sized enterprises, in strategic alliances, international joint ventures and virtual corporations. The objective of this module is to combine conceptual learning with experiential learning and learning-by-doing with reflective learning. Students will acquire and develop skills and competencies related to working in multicultural face-to-face and global virtual teams. This course will contribute to enhancing the student’s self-confidence (know-what) and professional conduct (know-how) in collaborating within diverse groups and organising work in multicultural global virtual teams. In this module students will learn how to build, organise and lead a global virtual team to successfully achieve outcomes. They will be provided with numerous tools for doing so, decide on how best to use these tools and implement them in working through a real-life problem within a global virtual team. Students will prepare for and reflect on their experiences both individually and in collaborative learning groups.
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