This paper provides students with the skills and knowledge to become competent and confident in culturally diverse contexts, locally and globally, and to understand how people behave in culturally diverse organisational contexts.

The paper focuses on behaviour at the individual, group, inter­group and organisation level with particular emphasis on the management of behavioural outcomes, and applies it in a culturally diverse context.

This paper examines basic concepts of intercultural competency where consideration is given to an individual and cross-cultural values and practice in the organisational context. Through lectures, participative activities, tutorials and assessments, students develop an understanding of concepts such as cultural understanding and awareness, perceptions and personality, teams, diversity, and leadership. This will enable students to become competent in communicating and collaborating effectively in culturally diverse contexts, developing them to become effective leaders in local and global organisations.

This paper is structured as a flipped classroom. In a traditional classroom, we deliver a lecture; you listen, take notes and do your study. In a flipped classroom, you will prepare for your tutorial each week by reading articles and case studies, watching videos and TED talks as well as absorbing elements of the local culture and cultural diversity around you. You will also need to prepare questions and articulate your thoughts and opinions for the group discussions prior to your tutorials. The structure of this paper means less passive learning in class, better use of your time, and more active, collaborative learning.

The flipped classroom approach has been described as student-centred learning. Your learning in this paper, therefore, depends on the amount of time and effort you put into your own learning. It is expected that every student will prepare for every session ahead of time and contribute actively to activities and discussions in class. The tutorials become much more interactive and designed to cover the learning that has been introduced for each week. Therefore, it is very important to be prepared before your tutorial so you can inquire into the topic and reflect on it before engaging meaningfully in the tutorial and doing quizzes, reflective questions and assignments. You receive marks for participating in the tutorials and doing the work.
Assessments involve a mix of individual and group work, with a strong emphasis on case analysis and reflective questions.

Assessments Overview: there are five parts to the assessment for MNMGT202:

1. Individual Reflections – 32% (Individual)
2. Tutorials – case studies based on topics – 24% (Individual)
   There will be active case study discussions in tutorials. You will have 8 case study sessions, with each session earning 3%. You will analyse the case before the tutorial, and submit your analysis on Sunday of the week of the tutorial on or before 23:30 pm. You also need to demonstrate active participation. See the Tutorials description for details and instructions.
3. Learning moment #1 and #2 – 15% (Group)
   Group members (individually) must each maintain a journal where they capture their learning moments. As a group, you need to collate all these individual key learning moments and present them as themes in your Learning moments #1 and #2 group reports. Learning moment #1 is due on the 6th September 2020 on or before 23:30 pm, and Learning moment #2 is due on the 23rd October 2020 on or before 23:30 pm. Each Learning moment report will earn you 7.5%.
4. Group project presentation – 25% (Group)
You are a team that specializes in training and development for your organization. Your multinational organization is headquartered in New Zealand and is to send a group of managers to a foreign country ‘A.’ Your team has been tasked to look at the (1) national culture of Country A, (2) how that translates to the way people work in their organization, (3) the key differences in the way people work between Country ‘A’ and NZ, and (4) what behavioural changes the expatriated managers should make. You are given the task to prepare slides and do a 12-minute presentation to the group of managers who are being expatriated. For this group assignment, you must decide on the Country ‘A.They will then present their group work on the week of the 12 October 2020 in their tutorials.

1. Synopsis of guest presentation – 4% (Individual)
   Students have to individually write a 150 word synopsis of their key learning with a photo that shows evidence of their presence in the guest presentation. This is worth 4%. This has to be uploaded to Moodle by Sunday 11 October 2020 before 11.30pm.

This is a 15 point paper. You are expected to spend 150 hours across the trimester on study, lectures, reading, tutorials, group work and assessments for this paper.

Remember: It is up to you to complete the required readings and preparation for class. Just showing up to tutorials is not enough to get a good grade in this paper.