BSNS201-23S1 (C) Semester One 2023

Business and Culture

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2023
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 May 2023

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.

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.

Workload
The estimated workload breakdown for BSNS201 is:
Lectures 70
Tutorials 18
Tutorial Activities 14
Term Test 20
Final Exam 28
Total 150 hours

Learning Outcomes

  • 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.

    Graduate Attributes
    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
  • Biculturally competent and confident
  • Globally aware

    Learning Objectives, BCom
  • Students 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.
    • University Graduate Attributes

      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.

      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.

Prerequisites

Any 60 points. RP: ACCT102, ECON104, MGMT100

Recommended Preparation

Timetable Note

Lectures for BSNS201 are recorded using the ECHO360 lecture recording system.

Course Coordinator

Stephen Hickson

All course correspondence should be sent to
E-mail: BSNS201@canterbury.ac.nz

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Reflective Journal 1 5% Reflection 1 = 5% (due Week 3)
Reflective Journal 2 5% Due Week 9
Tutorial Participation 10% Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
Term Test 30% Week 6
Final Examination 50% Final Examination


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.
Note that (if you have not already done so in another course) you will need to complete the UC Academic Integrity module before you can submit Reflection 1.  See the instructions on Learn.  Do not leave this until the last minute.

2) Tutorial Activities (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 and participate in the tutorial activities of 5 out of the 6 offered tutorials. If you cannot attend your allocated tutorial, then you can attend another.  However, if the room exceeds capacity, then students enrolled in that tutorial will be given priority.

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) Test (30%)
Content assessed: Weeks 1-5

Date: Week 6 – Time and locations TBC

Duration/Location: 1.5 hours on campus
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. As such, students will be asked to respond to questions which draw from the ‘Self’ and ‘Local culture’ themes. The test will be 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.

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 the 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.

Notes

Class Representative
A 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.

You should also read the following:
• UC Business School Student Handbook on the UC Business School Students Learn page https://learn.canterbury.ac.nz/course/view.php?id=7744
General Course and Examination Regulations http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/regulations/general/general_regs_enrolment_courses.shtml

Dishonest Practice
The 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

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $868.00

International fee $4,075.00

* 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 .

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