BCS22020-2021

BUSINESS COMMUNICATION PRE-MASTER 2020 - 2021 SEMESTER 2

COURSE COORDINATOR: KARINE DUBOIS LECTURERS:

LARS DRINKROW BRIAN HOFER FRANCOISE LEBLANC ROGER MARTIN ANNE O’SHEA NICOLE VAN MAASTRICHT SARAH WILLIAMS EDDIE RYAN SUSHMITA KASHYAP ALICIA PINDI RAYMOND KERTOKARIJO

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NUMBER OF HOURS: 18 SEMESTER: 2 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME: 2 ECTS COURSE COORDINATOR: Karine DUBOIS – Karine.dubois@edhec.edu

COURSE OBJECTIVES   

To develop communicative competence and business vocabulary knowledge.

To provide students with the necessary skills for effective professional managerial communication.

To practise business register awareness through the drafting of various business documents

Check out the LRC Edhec Planet page for the latest news LEARNING OUTCOMES After having taken this course, participants will be able to/are expected to know or understand (knowledgebased outcomes)  

LO1 Intercultural negotiation techniques, BATNA, language of negotiation LO2 Ethical communication in business

More specifically, participants should be able to (skill- and competency-based outcomes)  L03 handle crisis communication in English  LO4 participate actively and effectively in professional managerial situations (negotiation meetings, written communication, business presentations)

PREREQUISITES Students are expected have reached to at least a C1 level to be comfortable in this course.

Remedial resources will be available at the beginning of the semester on Blackboard if extra grammatical and/or lexical work is needed

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COURSE CONTENT Session

TOPIC

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The language of numbers

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Writing business emails

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Crisis communication

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Negotiating

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Negotiating

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Presenting skills (Level 2)

TEACHING & LEARNING METHODS Blended-learning: An e-learning component as input and preparation work for each class lesson Small group case study work Discussions, simulations and role plays in class Web-based activities

ASSESSMENT METHODS ASSESSMENT

NATURE

Business Writing Evaluation

40-Minute writing exercise

DETAILS

LEARNING OUTCOME EVALUATED

35 %

Due date: Check the schedule section on Blackboard

Write effective business documents Develop business writing style

Negotiation

30-minute negotiation

35%

Oral evaluation – Class 4 or 5 – Info provided by your teacher in class

In-class participation Grade

Continuous assessment

20%

E-learning participation

5 online modules

% OF THE TOTAL MARK

10%

Schedule

Acquire negotiation skills

Check the schedule section on Blackboard

Engagement Interaction E-learning E-learning 1 E-learning 2 E-learning 3 E-learning 4 E-learning 5

Input acquisition

READING Students will be provided with a course package at the beginning of the semester All other course documents are available on BlackBoard

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Course coordinator: Karine DUBOIS Karine.dubois@edhec.edu

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INTRODUCTION

Input 1 : (recommended duration : 1h) 1) Listening 2) Reading 3) The language of numbers (Due date: 19/01/2020 - midnight)

Get ready for face to face class 1!

Put your numeracy skills into action in a presentation.

Go further: Learn more.

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Input 2 : (recommended duration : 1h) 1) Listening 2) Reading 3) The language of e-mails Assessed !

Due date : 2/02/2020 Midnight

Get ready for face to face class 2: Make the most of your intercultural business writing skillsď Š

Go further 1: Discover more about pitching

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INTRODUCTION

Input 3 : (recommended duration : 1h) 1) Listening 2) Reading 3) The language of recruitment

Assessed !

Due date : 16/02/2020 - Midnight

Get ready for face to face class 3: Prepare your role to take part of a meeting to decide how a fast food company should react to a recent news story that is bringing bad publicity to this company.

Go further 3: Learn more about ethics in business 12

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INTRODUCTION

Input 4 / 5 : (recommended duration : 1h) 1) Listening 2) Reading 3) The language of interviewing Assessed !

Due date : 8/03/2020 - Midnight

Get ready for face to face class 4/5: Be prepared to be take part in a negotiation meetin.

Go further 4 / 5: To develop even better negotiation skills.

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INTRODUCTION

Input 6 : (recommended duration : 1h) 4) Listening 5) Reading 6) The language of meetings Assessed !

Due date : 26/04/2020 - Midnight

Get ready for face to face class 6: In class 1, you presented investment opportunities. You are going to work in the same teams to prepare a follow-up presentation on that investment.

Go further 6: Learn how to speak so that people actually listen (TED Talk) and how to avoid death by PowerPoint (TED talk)

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