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GMBA8104 – Become a Global Citizen

2022 – Coursera term 5, Online-scheduled-weekday

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff
Frances Chang
frances.chang@mq.edu.au
Credit points Credit points
5
Prerequisites Prerequisites
Admission to GMBA or GradCertGlobalBusPrac
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

Businesses and organisations everywhere are facing challenges and finding opportunities brought about by a globalised business environment and an increasingly diverse workforce. It is imperative that business managers develop a high level of cultural intelligence to effectively manage diverse workforce and interact with stakeholders across cultures. Learning how to be a culturally intelligent manager is a key future-focused capability required of every leader. This unit develops future business leaders' cultural intelligence through a series of structured learning activities with real world case studies and assessments. Students will develop their cultural intelligence, gain practical skills in diversity management, and develop global perspectives in business and personal communication and decision making. Particular focus is placed on the skills and knowledge that equip business leaders to make sense of a wide variety of attitudes, values, norms, beliefs and perceptions from individuals with different cultural backgrounds and the cultural sensitivity that business leaders need to acquire to effectively manage self and others in a globalised business environment.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Critically evaluate the key components of cultural intelligence and its role in affecting business and personal communication and decision making.
  • ULO2: Develop strategies of acquiring cultural intelligence and applying it in a variety of business contexts when managing self and others.
  • ULO3: Develop global perspectives and cultural sensitivity in managing diversity and interacting across cultures.

General Assessment Information

Late Assessment Submission Penalty (written assessments) 

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55 pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.  

For any late submissions of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Diversities and affinities 40% No Week 3
Cultural intelligence in organisations 60% No Week 6

Diversities and affinities

Assessment Type 1: Reflective Writing
Indicative Time on Task 2: 8 hours
Due: Week 3
Weighting: 40%

 

Length: max 1,000 words (excl. references) Task type: Reflective writing Groupwork: No Task: In this assignment, you will be asked to reflect on the diversities and affinities in your environment. Please refer to the section Resources - Assessment Information in your online unit for detailed information on this assignment as well as the marking criteria.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Critically evaluate the key components of cultural intelligence and its role in affecting business and personal communication and decision making.

Cultural intelligence in organisations

Assessment Type 1: Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 16 hours
Due: Week 6
Weighting: 60%

 

Length: max 1,800 - 2,000 words (excl. references) Task type: Case study/analysis Groupwork: No Task: In this assignment, you will analyse how cultural intelligence can be leveraged by an individual and an organisation Please refer to the section Resources - Assessment Information in your online unit for detailed information on this assignment as well as the marking criteria.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Develop strategies of acquiring cultural intelligence and applying it in a variety of business contexts when managing self and others.
  • Develop global perspectives and cultural sensitivity in managing diversity and interacting across cultures.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

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Unit Schedule

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Unit information based on version 2022.03 of the Handbook