Asian Market and Business Culture

Course description

After completing the course, the student have some beginning ideas on how to understand and negotiate business in East Asian countries China, Japan, in South Asia on India and some countries in South East Asia including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

The student will  have some understanding of how to work with business managers in Asia, how to build business relationships in Asia, and how to understand and approach cultural differences that he/she may encounter

1. Module: General features of Market and Business Cultures in East Asia, South Asia and South East Asia
2. Module: East Asian market and business culture, China and Japan
3. South Asian market and business culture, India
4. South East Asian market and business culture, Thailand, Vietnam, Malesia and Indonesia

Assessment criteria

Grading scale: 0-5

No exams, grading based on the assignments

Course way of working and time table

Self-learning material, lessons, assignments

Course implementation is 100% online.

Learning material and additional links are placed in Itslearning learning environment.

3 credits course requires approximately 81 hours of work.

Digital learning environment in Centria and for this course is itslearning. The student needs a computer and working internet access.