Business Communication 2 – Spring 2022 Olten

Session /Wk Lecturer Topic - Aims Self-guided Study

Session 1 Due Feb 24, 17:00
Self-study Vlog 1
Feb. 21, 22 & 24 Pre-Semester Survey
My Culture and Communication Today: Course Introduction
See Moodle and slides for
Session 2 − Defining culture
reading and or short
Feb 28, March 1 & Larssyn Staley − Communication analysis – analysis of personal assignments
3 communication style
− Establish teams and objective criteria
Describing and Analyzing Culture See Moodle and slides for
Session 3 March
Larssyn Staley − Cultural dimensions (Trompenaars) reading and/or short
7, 8 & 10
− Attribution theory assignments
Collaborative & Interpersonal Talk I
See Moodle and slides for
Session 4 March Larssyn Staley − Role of culture in leadership (GLOBE)
reading and/or short
14, 15 & 17 (on MSTeams) − Working in teams: differing expectations & communication assignments
styles
Session 5 Larssyn Staley Working in intercultural teams & analyzing cases See Moodle and slides for
March 21, 22 & + Adriana − Case analysis 1 reading and/or short
24 Musso − Moodle Task - Self & Team - Assessment 1 assignments
Becoming Interculturally Competent
Adriana Musso − Culture identity & my personal programming See Moodle and slides for
Session 6 March reading and/or short
− Describing other cultures and communication styles (Hall) assignments
28, 29 & 31
− Bennett
Collaborative & Interpersonal Talk II
Session 7 − Feedback with teams on Case 1 and teamwork See Moodle and slides for
April 4, 5 & 7 Larssyn
− Face; (in)directness; Politeness (neg. + pos.) reading and/or short
Staley
− Assertiveness & feedback assignments
− How to avoid breakdown & restoring communication

Complete reading
April 11, 12 & 14 Self-study Reading week: The Culture Jungle
assignment on Moodle
 Compulsory: Watch
Self-study − Case analysis 2: American Factory Netflix’s American Factory
Session 8
(Easter
April 18, 19 & 21 − Moodle Task – Self & Team Assessment 2
Monday)

Collaborative & Interpersonal Talk III

− Rapport building See Moodle and slides for
Session 9 April
Larssyn Staley − Building trust reading and/or short
25, 26 & 28
− Listening, silence, and minimal responses assignments
− Feedback with teams on Case 2 and teamwork
See Moodle and slides for
Session 10 May 2, reading and/or short
Sabine Künzi Presentation skills 1
3&5 assignments
Presentation Skills 2 – Virtual group presentations See Moodle and slides for
Session 11 Sabine Künzi − Mock team case analysis reading and/or short
May 9, 10 & 12 (on MSTeams) − Peer feedback on another group’s video presentation assignments
− Rolling self-assessment 3
Wrap-up See Moodle and slides for
Session 12 May − Open questions reading and/or short
Larssyn Staley assignments
16, 24 & 19 − Key learnings
− Feedback with teams on mock team case and teamwork

May 23, 17 & 26 Self-guided study

Self-study Study week
(Auffahrt)

See Moodle and slides for

Larssyn Staley Semi-spontaneous presentations of team case analysis (45%)
May 30, 31 & reading and/or short
& Sabine Künzi Individual and peer teamwork reflection (10%)
June 2 assignments
(on MSTeams) Post-Semester Survey

Exam week Individual Presentation (45%)