Course: Global Business Behaviours credits: 5
- Course code
- LBVB24GBB1C
- Name
- Global Business Behaviours
- Study year
- 2025-2026
- ECTS credits
- 5
- Language
- English
- Coordinator
- P.A.M. van Heugten
- Modes of delivery
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- Education
- Assessments
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- Assignment - Assignment
Learning outcomes
- Intercultural Relationship Management: Develop the ability to effectively cultivate and manage relationships with diverse stakeholders from various cultures to achieve organizational goals. This includes building and maintaining strong partnerships, establishing trust and rapport through inclusivity and empathy, and tailoring communication to different cultural contexts.
- Strategic Stakeholder Engagement: Gain skills in identifying, selecting, and prioritizing international stakeholders, including partners, suppliers, distributors, and customers. Learn to assess stakeholder profiles and employ suitable relationship management, communication, and negotiation strategies to build and maintain beneficial partnerships.
- Effective Communication and Negotiation: Master the art of clear and concise communication tailored to diverse cultural backgrounds, enhancing interpersonal interactions. Develop negotiation and bargaining skills to advocate for organizational interests while maintaining positive relationships across different cultures and disciplines.
- Digital Collaboration and Conflict Management: Enhance abilities to coordinate implementation processes and collaborate effectively with stakeholders using digital tools. Learn to manage conflicts constructively, seeking mutually beneficial solutions while maintaining respect and professionalism.
- Personal and Professional Development: Establish and pursue clear personal and professional goals, understanding one's own strengths, weaknesses, values, and motivations. Continuously seek feedback, reflect on actions and performance, and adapt to diverse cultural and professional settings for ongoing improvement.
- Leadership in Multicultural Environments: Cultivate leadership skills to effectively lead and collaborate in multicultural and multidisciplinary teams. Learn to navigate uncertainty, change, and challenges in the international business environment, adapting to different settings while maintaining team cohesion and goal alignment.
- Resilience and Well-being in Business: Prioritize and maintain mental and physical health to build resilience and well-being, essential for sustained performance and success in the demanding international business context. This includes recognizing the importance of work-life balance and self-care strategies.
Content
This course focuses on developing essential skills for business professionals and enhancing international business awareness to achieve mutual business goals. In the process of creating a personal development plan linking to Global themes (e.g., sustainability) and intercultural competency, students develop skills such as networking, relationship and stakeholder management, negotiation skills, professional identity, etc.
Working alongside the ABC and Simulation modules, in Global Business Behaviour you will explore and reflect on a meta level about international business interactions. This module gives you the opportunity to develop (in real time) your competencies relating to human behaviour, intercultural competence, and effective and professional communication skills.
The end result is not necessarily the most important factor, but the approach and learning throughout the module is critical.
SDGs: 3, 4, 8, 16
Working alongside the ABC and Simulation modules, in Global Business Behaviour you will explore and reflect on a meta level about international business interactions. This module gives you the opportunity to develop (in real time) your competencies relating to human behaviour, intercultural competence, and effective and professional communication skills.
The end result is not necessarily the most important factor, but the approach and learning throughout the module is critical.
SDGs: 3, 4, 8, 16
Included in programme(s)
School(s)
- International Business School