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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Management Sciences Program
Lecture Code WMF02500 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 異文化ビジネスコミュニケーション
Subject Name
(Katakana)
イブンカビジネスコミュニケーション
Subject Name in
English
Intercultural Business Communication
Instructor RO TOU
Instructor
(Katakana)
ロ トウ
Campus Higashi-Senda Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  Second Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2nd) Fri13-14:Higashi-Senda Seminar Rm 4
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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This course aims for a better understanding towards cross-cultural communications and an approach to improve one’s cross-cultural communicative skills through an comprehensive and innovative reading of related works.It will be my great privilege if the course can provide some assistance to the improvement of cross-cultural communication capabilities not only for businessmen,but also for attendants serving in  administration and/or education departments. 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 6 : Graduate Advanced
Course Area(Area) 24 : Social Sciences
Course Area(Discipline) 04 : Management
Eligible Students
Keywords  
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline
This course aims for a better understanding towards cross-cultural communications and an approach to improve one’s cross-cultural communicative skills through an comprehensive and innovative reading of related works.It will be my great privilege if the course can provide some assistance to the improvement of cross-cultural communication capabilities not only for businessmen,but also for attendants serving in  administration and/or education departments. 
Class Schedule 0.Introduction:Communication,Business,and What It Means to be Cross-cultural
1.Business Communication Within the Scope of Cross-cultural Communication Studies
2.Business and Non-verbal Communication
3.A Genealogy of International Business Communication Studies
4.Cross-cultural Negotiations Today
5.Aspects of Business Communication Between Japan and China
6.Business Communication in the Global Era
 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
盧  濤(2013)『日本における異文化コミュニケーション研究の潮流』(私家版)
参考書
1.宮智宗七(1998)『いま、なぜビジネスコミュニケーションか』アルク
2.Iris Varner & Linda Beamer. 2005.Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace.
3.福原英子他(2006)『ビジネスコミュニケーションを学ぶ』春風社
4.Mary Ellen Guffey 2006. Business communication:  process & product. Thomson/South-Western.
 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) PC. 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
To search for information regarding:
1.Business communication.
2.Non-verbal communication.
3.International business communication.
4.Cross-cultural negotiation.
5.Business communication between Japan and China.
 
Requirements  
Grading Method Involvement in class 50% and final exam results 50% 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
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Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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