People and Culture (5cr)

Intro

Without people there is no business. On this course, you will learn how organizational structures, culture and people management affect teams and employees in multicultural, international organizations. You will discover elements and practices of organizing, managing and leading a diverse workforce with an ethical, inclusive and sustainable mindset. This course will enable you to learn what constitutes responsible culture and people management in a multicultural environment.

Learning objectives

After completing this course or achieving an equivalent competence level, you:

- Recognise the forms and structures of organisations
- Understand the role of culture in international organisations
- Identify and analyse ethics, responsibility, and sustainability (ERS) in people management
- Demonstrate diversity and inclusion in multicultural collaboration (DEIB)

Contents

The main themes of this course are:

- Psychological safety
- Organisational culture and identity
- DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging)
- CSR (corporate social responsibility)
- Multicultural teams
- Organisational structure

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Implementations: Contact, Blended, Online and DEMO.

If you already meet the learning objectives of this course, you can demonstrate your knowledge. You can do this by taking the DEMO implementation, which you need to sign up for through PEPPI.

If you complete the course through a competence demonstration (DEMO-implementation), the demonstration assignments are the following:

1. Recorded Presentation (40%)
Prepare a recorded presentation (10–15 minutes) to demonstrate your competence in the course’s subject areas. Both the presentation content/slides and the presenter must be visible simultaneously during the entire presentation. The video must also be subtitled. You also need to connect your knowledge to relevant theoretical frameworks/knowledge bases.

2. Reflection of Learning and Competence Development (60%)
Write a reflective assignment about your personal learning process and competence development in the areas of teamwork and project management. You may base your reflection on prior work experience, academic study, independent learning, or a combination of these. Connect your reflection to theoretical frameworks and explain how your knowledge has developed.

Learning materials

Lecture materials, course literature, videos, articles, collaborative learning

Assessment criteria - grade 1

When the implementation type of the course is CONTACT, ONLINE or BLENDED it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule. If you are absent more than 25 %, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50 %, the course is failed.

You know some of the organizational structures. You can describe diversity and inclusion practices in a multicultural organization. You can list factors affecting collaboration and well-functioning organization. You know the meaning of ethics and social responsibility at work.

Assessment criteria - grade 3

You recognize different organizational forms and structures suitable for various circumstances. You can describe the impact of diversity and inclusion practices in a multicultural organization. You distinguish various factors affecting collaboration and a well-functioning organization. You recognize diverse stakeholders requirements for ethics and social responsibility in people management.

Assessment criteria - grade 5

You recognize various organizational forms and structures and can asess their suitability for various circumstances. You rationalize and apply inclusive practices to support diversity in multicultural work environments. You analyze diverse stakeholders requirements for ethics and social responsibility in people management.