BSNS201-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Business and Culture

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

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.

Learning Outcomes

1. to explain political and regulatory influences on the economy.
2. to describe the key elements and processes of the New Zealand legal system relevant to a business context.
3. to work effectively in a team in order to reach a common goal.
4. to explain the influences of their own culture and identity when engaging with another culture.
5. to 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 workplace, and the reasons for their incorporation.
6. to explain how the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi underpin the management of resources in Aotearoa New Zealand.
7. to 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.
8. to 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.

Prerequisites

Any 60 points. RP: ACCT102, ECON104, MGMT100

Recommended Preparation

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 15:00 - 16:00 C1 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 15:00 - 16:00 C1 Lecture Theatre
17 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Pals S
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00 Ernest Rutherford 460
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
02 Friday 11:00 - 12:00 Ernest Rutherford 225
24 Feb - 6 Apr
28 Apr - 1 Jun
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 09:00 - 10:00 Rehua 427 Technology Workshop
24 Feb - 2 Mar
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
02 Thursday 15:00 - 16:00 Jack Erskine 446
24 Feb - 2 Mar
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
03 Wednesday 16:00 - 17:00 Rehua 528
24 Feb - 2 Mar
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
04 Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00 Rehua 427 Technology Workshop
24 Feb - 2 Mar
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
05 Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00 Rehua 427 Technology Workshop (26/2)
F1 Lectorial (12/3, 26/3, 30/4, 14/5, 28/5)
24 Feb - 2 Mar
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
06 Wednesday 17:00 - 18:00 Rehua 427 Technology Workshop
24 Feb - 2 Mar
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
07 Friday 09:00 - 10:00 Jack Erskine 446
24 Feb - 2 Mar
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
08 Friday 14:00 - 15:00 Jack Erskine 121
24 Feb - 2 Mar
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
09 Friday 13:00 - 14:00 E12
24 Feb - 2 Mar
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
10 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 Meremere 526
24 Feb - 2 Mar
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
11 Thursday 09:00 - 10:00 Rehua 427 Technology Workshop
24 Feb - 2 Mar
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun
12 Wednesday 15:00 - 16:00 Rehua 427 Technology Workshop (26/2, 12/3)
Rehua 528 (26/3, 30/4, 14/5, 28/5)
24 Feb - 2 Mar
10 Mar - 16 Mar
24 Mar - 30 Mar
28 Apr - 4 May
12 May - 18 May
26 May - 1 Jun

Timetable Note

Lectures for this course are recorded using the ECHO360 lecture recording system.

Course Coordinator

Tyron Love

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Fortnightly Reflections 48%
Tutorial Attendance and Contribution 12%
Final Exam 40%


The ‘45% rule’ applies to this course. That is, student needs to reach 45% weighted average across invigilated assessments. Please refer here for further information.

Assessment in Te Reo Māori
In recognising that Te Reo Māori is an official language of New Zealand, the University provides for students who may wish to use Te Reo Māori in their assessment. If you intend to submit your work in Te Reo Māori you are required to do the following:

Read the Assessment in Te Reo Māori Policy and ensure that you meet the conditions set out in the policy. This includes, but is not limited to, informing the Course Coordinator 1) no later than 10 working days after the commencement of the course that you wish to use Te Reo Māori and 2) at least 15 working days before each assessment due date that you wish to use Te Reo Māori.

Textbooks / Resources

Readings will be provided via the course Learn site.

Course links

LEARN

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $946.00

International fee $4,363.00

* 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.

For further information see UC Business School Office on the departments and faculties page .

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