Business and World Culture
General
Prefix
ANTH
Course Number
372
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Role of culture in influencing business practices and cross-cultural business interaction. Culture theory and its application to the business world. The impact of international business on cultural process and national development.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
No
Cultural Diversity
No
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Compare and assess the ways members of different societies assign cultural significance to specific business practices in relation to such distinctions as nationality, ethnicity, race, class, and gender.
Outcome
Define the anthropological concept of culture and apply it to business.
Outcome
Explain the ways that international business practices affect the societies and cultures with which they come into contact.
Outcome
Prepare an anthropological case study that analyzes the practices of a specific international business.
Outcome
Apply culture theory to the business world.