Leadership and Hierarchy
Module 6 of 8
Module Overview
The aim of this module is to introduce managers and employees of multicultural organisations to the importance of leadership and hierarchy-related issues that influence quality of work. The participant will acquire knowledge and competences on differences in management styles and on developing leadership. The participant will identify culture and management factors related to leadership development in the organisation, and will be able to use them to improve the quality of work.
In this module the participants will understand how and why it is important to determine artefacts in the multicultural organisation (i.e. behaviours of the employees towards new employees, meetings of employees outside the company aimed at their better integration, other ceremonies and rituals in the organisation).
Time to complete module: 8 hours.
It contains the following topics:
- Elements of organisational structure
- Diversity of cultures in multicultural organisation
- Hierarchy and relations in multicultural organisation
- Introduction of changes in multicultural organisation
- Self-evaluation test
- The final knowledge assessment test
Steps to be completed:
In order to complete this module you must do the following:
- Study topics in suggested order
- Get acquainted with the provided learning resources
- Prepare practical tasks and assignments
- Complete a quiz after each part
- Leave your feedback after the module
- Repeat some topics if needed
- Go to the next module
Module Units
6.1: Elements of Organisational Culture
6.2: Diversity of Cultures in Multicultural Organisation
6.3: Hierarchy and Relations in Multicultural Organisations
6.4: Introduction of changes in multicultural organisation
6.5: Final Activities
Knowledge and Competencies
Knowledge
- to identify artefacts in the multicultural organisation (i.e. behaviours of the employees towards new employees, meetings of employees outside the company aimed at their better integration, other ceremonies and rituals in the organisation)
- to identify basic norms and values in the organisation
- to describe different cultures in the organisation (i.e. masculinity or femininity culture)
- to draw how to divide responsibilities in the organisation
- to identify the relations between people in the multicultural organisation
- to draw how to introduce changes in the organisation
Competences
- to determine artefacts in the multicultural organisation (i.e. behaviours of the employees towards new employees, meetings of employees outside the company aimed at their better integration, other ceremonies and rituals in the organisation)
- to apply basic norms and values in the organisation
- to outline different cultures in the organisation (i.e. masculinity or femininity culture)
- to classify responsibilities in the organisation
- to analyse the relations between people in the multicultural organisation
- to model changes in the organisation
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