•   The Farm Manager's Intercultural Communication VAL20041-3001 08.12.2021-20.01.2022  5 sp +-
    Studieperiodens (kursens) lärandemål
    The student will achieve the following competences during the course:

    - identifies that different cultures have different customs, standards, social norms, and thought patterns

    - develops intercultural communication skills, not only language skills, and willingness to accept differences and adapt to them

    - achieves skills how to work in an intercultural environment
    Förkunskapskrav
    No prior knowledge required
    Studieperiodens (kursens) innehåll
    Social norms, customs and thought patterns

    Communication and feedback

    Multicultural teams

    Body language
    Tilläggsuppgifter
    Students need access to a computer or pad with internet connection, earphones and a microphone. A web camera is desirable.
    Lärarens/ansvarspersonens namn

    Lars Fridefors

    Studiematerial och rekommenderad litteratur

    Fred E. Jandt, An Introduction to Intercultural Communication, SAGE Publication Inc., 2020

    Robert J. Sternberg, Social Intelligence and non verbal Communication, Springer Nature, Switzerland AG, 2020

    Ian Tuhovsky, Communication Skills: A Practical Guide to Improving Your Social Intelligence, Presentation, Persuasion and Public Speaking, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

    William Isacs, Dialogue and the art of thinking together, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1999

    Undervisningsmetoder

    Lectures, field studies, individual assignments, projects, literature studies, online meetings with group discussions, and written discussions in the learning platform Moodle

    Study teams to support each other’s learning, assignments, projects and your own development as Farm Manager

    Undervisningsspråk

    Engelska

    Tajmning

    08.12.2021 - 20.01.2022

    Anmälningstid

    07.04.2021 - 07.12.2021

    Antal studerande (min. - max.)

    8 - 48

    Lärare

    Lars Fridefors

    Tilläggsuppgifter för studerande

    Students need access to a computer or pad with internet connection, earphones and a microphone. A web camera is desirable.

    Utbildning

    Bioekonomi

    Verksamhetspunkt

    Ekenäs, Raseborgsvägen 9

    Andel virtuell undervisning

    5 sp

    Vitsordsskala

    Godkänd/Underkänd

    Praktik- och arbetslivssamarbete

    Cooperation Partners specified on the course Moodle site

    Tidtabell för examination (t.ex. tentamina, omtentamina)

    Home exams during the course

    Individual development work or development work in teams, final deadline 20th of January 2022

    Tid och plats

    Timing: 12th of January 2021 - 8th of March 2022

    Preliminary course introduction in Teams meeting 12th of January at 17:00 Finish local time

    Online studies with at least two common sessions with lectures and all students participating
    (12th of January and 8th of March, 2022)

    Project work in small teams and team meetings

    Resource meetings week 2, 4, 6 and 8

    Studerandes tidsanvändning och belastning

    Workload 27 h / credit, totally 135 h

    Bedömningskriterier
    Godkänd / Underkänd

    Active participation in lectures, team work, field studies
    Completed and assessed assignments and projects
    Passed home exams