Modulbeschreibung

Today’s business managers find themselves in an increasingly globalized and agile environment.
People of different origins have to work together be it in an international setting, be it within a company
with a multicultural workforce. It is therefore crucial for them to develop and foster a sensitivity to
intercultural differences and similarities to thrive across cultures – in brief, to develop their own
intercultural competence.

In this module, the students apply the content of the module ICPD, reflect on the intercultural
experiences which they gather in their semester abroad and relate them to intercultural theory (various
intercultural models such as acculturation, cultural dimensions, and communication styles).

The goal of the module is to foster the students’ sensitivity to intercultural interactions and to develop
their intercultural competence.

INDE consists of:

• Pre-departure training: Input and individual assignments
• Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) (full time students: 3rd and 6th semester, part-time students:
  4th and 8th semester)
• A mid exchange assignment
• A final reflection report
• Exchange report
• PR report or PR video

The exchange report contains further relevant information about the host country and the host
institution, so that future exchange students have access to this information

By taking a process-oriented learning approach consisting of the preparation training, the mid-exchange
assignment and the final reflection report, students will be continuously supported to develop their
intercultural competence.