Intercultural Сommunication in Business
The course offers an opportunity to raise students’ cross-cultural awareness and enhance their intercultural communicative competence in international business settings. The program aims to acquire essential skills and competences necessary for working in a modern global community. The efficiency of cross-cultural communication processes clearly determines the success of business in international settings. To get the most from intercultural communication in business students need a deep knowledge of culture systems and its applications in a different environment. The program includes numerous opportunities to apply and develop skills through practical tasks.
Admission information
Place of study: ETU "LETI", Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Language: English Duration: 2 weeks Summer School: 4 July – 15 July, 2023 Winter School: 24 January – 04 February, 2023 Outcome: ETU "LETI" certificate, 4 ECTS/ online-2 ECTS Requirements: English language proficiency at a level not lower than Intermediate Deadlines for Summer Schools: Deadlines for Winter Schools: |
Tuition fees: |
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30000 RUR |
Summer SchoolOnline |
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30000 RUR |
Summer School |
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30000 RUR |
Winter School |
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includes training, excursion program, study materials, migration support. |
Key points
- Excellent academic teaching and facilities for practical classes, friendly atmosphere make ETU LETI the right place for international students;
- Students will benefit from visiting Saint Petersburg, the cultural capital of Russia and being involved in the educational program delivered by ETU LETI, one of the leading educational and scientific centers in Russia;
- The course will raise students’ awareness of cross-cultural issues to prepare them to communicate in global situations, develop skills required to manage successfully in international and intercultural contexts;
- The course offers an exciting fusion of skills and experience that could accelerate career;
- The course intends to establish a model, or approach, which can be applied to intercultural communication regardless of situation, culture or country.
Modules
Module 1 - Cultural Peculiarities in Business Based on “Cultural Web”
This module deals with the key concepts of cultural diversity dimensions in terms of Hofstede, Hall and Trampenaars theories frameworks and discusses «cultural web» as one of the applied instruments for business threats and perspectives analysis.
Module 2 - Intercultural Communication in Effective Management Strategy
This module is aimed to define, analyze and discuss the possible impact of various cultural aspects on strategic management and business development of a company planning to expand on foreign markets.
Module 3 - Modern Theories for Business Communications
In this module the postulates and principles of the theory of spiral dynamics of K. Graves and its application for increasing the efficiency of business communications in the organization will be disclosed.
Module 4 - Cultural Awareness as a Competitive Advantage: The Case of St. Petersburg / The Case of Russia
This module provides an overview of excellent opportunities that Russia presents for skillfully-designed foreign projects that take into account local specifics.
About schools
Winter schools 2020
Opening of winter schools 2020
Summer schools 2019
Opening of the summer schools 2019
Winter schools 2019
About the Faculty
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in LETI was established in 1989. It became the first faculty of humanities in Technical University in Saint-Petersburg. In 1993 professional student teaching in the field of humanities and social sciences started. Graduates of this faculty are needed on job market. They work in the government, press services, PR agencies, travel agencies, mass media, institutions of higher education, joint companies and international organizations.

Yulia Filippova
Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages
Intercultural Сommunication in Business Program coordinator, Author of Module 4, PhD in Philology

Alexandra Sokolova
Assistant Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages
Author of Module 1, PhD in German Philology, Specialist in Linguistics and Intercultural Communication

Olga Zhiravleva
Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Languages
PhD in History

Aigul Petrova
Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Personnel Management
Author of Module 3, Information Measuring Systems Engineer, MBA, coach
Contacts
International Students Office
Mon.-Fri.: 10:00-17:00 (admission 10:00-16:30) | |
197022, Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Professora Popova str., 5, building 3, 2nd floor (room 3243) | |
+7 (812) 234-35-53 | |
2343553@mail.ru |