The course will take place in the Spring term 2012 and will be taught for the last time by Prof. em. Dr. Norbert Thom and Elena Hubschmid.

Due to the new data protection regulations of the University of Berne, the exam results of the 1st and 2nd sessions of the exam on Intercultural HRM will be no longer published on our institute’s homepage. All the results will be forwarded directly to the dean’s office of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences. Students will be informed of the exam results via personal email through the direct mailing system of the ePUB.

Supplementary course

Prof. Dr. Prof. h.c. Dr. h. c. mult. Norbert Thom
Lecture assistant: Elena Hubschmid, MScBA

Lectures will be delivered by Norbert Thom on the following dates: 22.02/07.03/21.03/28.03/04.04/18.04/02.05/16.05/23.05/30.05

Lectures will be delivered by Elena Hubschmid on the following dates: 22.02/29.02/14.03/25.04

Here you can find a detailed schedule and general information about the course.

From now on READERS can be purchased at the secretarys office at the Engehaldenstrasse 4 ONLY! (updated on Feb 29, 2012)

Topics (chapter headings of course manual):

Part A:
Introduction (incl. relevance for Swiss economy and business)

Part B:
Culture and Theories of Culture

Part C:
The Organizational Context

Part D:
Intercultural Human Resource Management

Part E:
Intercultural Communication, Leadership and Collaboration

Part F:
Multicultural Teams and Diversity Management

Case Study: The Siebers on Safari

Case Study: Pharma Inc.

Exam details

Studying the reader

Note: changes in the course schedule are possible and will be announced by the lecturer.

Summer term 2006

Summer term 2007

Spring term 2008

Spring term 2009

Spring term 2010

Spring term 2011

1. Course manual (will be available online)
2. Reader (can be purchased immediately before the 1st lecture or at the secretarys office throughout the semester)
3. Book: Dowling, Peter J./Festing, Marion/Engle, Allen D. (2008): International Human Resource Management, London  

   • Path at Ilias: Magazin → iTools → Angebote der Universitätsbibliothek → Archiv Digitale Semesterapparate HS2007-HS2011 → Digitale Semesterapparate FS2011 → Thom

   • Chapter 5: 109-136
   • Chapter 6: 137-158
   • Chapter 7: 159-181
   • Chapter 8: 183-214

The chapters are available online on www.ilias.unibe.ch (password will be provided in the lecture)

• Main session: Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 2:15-3:30 pm, room 001 at Engehaldenstrasse 8
• 2nd session: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 2:15-3:30 pm, room 001 at Engehaldenstrasse 8
• For general info on exams and registration requirements, see the exam information site. 
• Registration through ePUB will open in April 2012.
• Registration closes 7 working days before the exam date.