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In this course, students will reflect on their own participation in multiple cultural forms: ethnic, occupational, gendered, national, digital, global, temporal etc. They will hear from academics and practitioners about their experiences of culture and their advice on how to engage with cultures. Students will learn how to build connections with people in ways which respect cultural traditions and allow for reciprocal, mutually beneficial relationships to develop in their future occupations and workplaces.
This course is about business and cultures. Culture can be seen as the assumptions and assessments we humans make about the world and the values and beliefs that guide or underpin them as we seek to create and maintain connections between people and with places. We think, write, talk and discuss culture in many different ways. For instance, occupational cultures help us make sense of the expectations people have of us in our roles as workers, organisational and business cultures are specific to particular entities, ethnic cultures can refer to groups of people who have common ancestry and history, and digital cultures create virtual meeting places for engagement. We can also envisage faith-based cultures, community cultures, national cultures and so on. Of course, cultures can also change as people respond to, and proactively engage in, different ways of doing things.In this course, students will reflect on their own participation in multiple cultural forms: ethnic, occupational, gendered, national, digital, global, temporal etc. They will hear from academics and practitioners about their experiences of culture and their advice on how to engage with cultures. A practical question that will help orient the course is, how can students build connections with people in ways which respect cultural traditions and allow for reciprocal, mutually beneficial relationships to develop in their future occupations and workplaces? The course is underpinned by all aspects of culture (such as those discussed above), but the course content is mostly structured around how students can engage with local, national and international cultures as well as reflect on their own cultures. As such, the course asks students to consider how their multiple, varied and perhaps conflicting cultural perspectives are part of, similar to, and different from, those of mana whenua, Māori, tangata whenua, Aotearoa New Zealand, and international cultures. It looks at the role Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi has in contemporary workplaces and the relevance of that role for the students’ subject majors, as well as the political and regulatory influences on business and the economy.WorkloadLectures 70 hoursTutorials 18 hoursReflections 14 hoursTerm Test 20 hoursFinal Exam 28 hoursTotal 150 hours
The objectives of the course are:LO1.2.2 Students will be able to explain political and regulatory influences on the economy;LO1.2.3 Students will be able to describe the key elements and processes of the New Zealand legal system relevant to a business context;LO2.1.5 Students can work effectively in a team in order to reach a common goal;LO3.1.1 Students can explain the influences of their own culture and identity when engaging with another culture;LO 3.1.2 Students can explain the role of tangata whenua in society and in commerce and how te ao Māori (primarily perspectives, values and mana whenua) could be applied in their discipline, field of study or future work place, and the reasons for their incorporation.LO3.1.3 Students can explain how the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi underpin the management of resources in Aotearoa New Zealand.LO5.1.1 Students can identify, consider and debate perspectives, processes and impacts relating to globalisation and localisation in different contexts, drawing on theory and practice when considering issues in their discipline or field of study.LO5.1.2 Students can identify, consider and debate perspectives, processes and impacts relating to the culture and identity of multiple stakeholders, drawing on theory and practice when considering issues in their discipline or field of study.Learning Objectives, BComStudents have an in-depth understanding of their majoring subject and are able to critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within the discipline.Students have a broad understanding of the key domains of commerce.Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers which can be used in a range of applications. Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree. Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.For quality assurance purposes the School is required to hold on record a number of assessment pieces as examples of differing standards of work. If you have any objections to the school holding your assessment for this purpose then email the course coordinator to ensure your assignment is not used for this purpose.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Biculturally competent and confident
Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
Globally aware
Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
Any 60 points. RP: ACCT102, ECON104, MGMT100
ACCT102, ECON104, MGMT100
Lectures for BSNS201 are recorded using the ECHO360 lecture recording system and can be live streamed.All course correspondence should be sent to:E-mail: BSNS201@canterbury.ac.nzUnless you cannot attend your assigned tutorial in which case you need to contact your specific tutor.
Matt Scobie and Tyron Love
1) Reflections (2 x 5% = 10% total)The reflective journal assessment component of this course asks you to think and write about your personal reaction to the lectures, readings and group work you will do in tutorials. NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.2) Tutorial Participation (2% per tutorial up to 10% total)Attending each tutorial and taking part in the tutorial activities will gain you 2% of your total course marks. To gain the full 10% you will need to attend 5 out of the 6 offered tutorials. IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND YOUR SCHEDULED TUTORIAL TIME CONTACT YOUR TUTOR TO ATTEND AN ALTERNATIVE TIME. Attending tutorials means: 1) You are present in the tutorial room on time (if you are more than 5 minutes late you will not be marked as present and will not gain marks for the tutorial); 2) You use your full name to sign into the tutorial so you can be checked off of the class list (if you use a name that does not correspond to your name on Learn, you will not be marked as present and will not gain marks for the tutorial); 3) You stay for the whole of the tutorial (if you pop in and out of the tutorial or do not stay for the full amount of time, you will not gain marks for attending the tutorial - unless pre-organised with the tutor). 4) Loading your final group answer to the correct Wiki on Learn during your tutorial. 5) You actively participate in tutorial discussions.3) Online test (30%)Content assessed: Weeks 1-4Date: Week 5 – Time TBCDuration/Location: 2 hours/Online (Submitted through Learn)The term test will consist of two short-answer questions and one essay question that respond to a specific case study and readings to be provided. The test will examine lecture material, text and course readings covered in weeks 1, 2, 3 & 4. The test will be a 2-hour online test and will be released and submitted through Learn. Open book.4) Exam (50%)Details to be confirmed in Week 12 exam revision class. Open book.The 45% rule: To pass this course you must not only achieve a final grade of 50% or higher, but also achieve a weighted average grade of at least 45% across all invigilated assessments. In this case, the final exam.
Readings will be provided via the course Learn site.
Class RepresentativeA class representative may be asked to volunteer in the first few weeks of class. Any problems with the course can be raised with the class rep. Their email can be found at UCSA. The class representative will take up any issues raised by class members with the lecturer concerned as they occur.Departmental Academic Policies Dishonest PracticeThe University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty. All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.Citations and referencing
Domestic fee $845.00
International fee $3,975.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
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