Open AccessFostering complex understandings of international business collaborations in the higher education classroom
Author(s) -
Kristin Rygg,
Paula Rice,
Anne Linda Løhre
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jphe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2003-3605
DOI - 10.47989/kpdc104
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , essentialism , class (philosophy) , space (punctuation) , pedagogy , sociology , work (physics) , focus (optics) , reflection (computer programming) , mathematics education , psychology , epistemology , engineering , computer science , world wide web , mechanical engineering , philosophy , physics , optics , programming language , operating system , anthropology
This article gives an account of how an intercultural business project was used as a case study in class without providing learners with theoretical information about national or work cultures prior to the session. By removing the focus from the essentialist view that misunderstandings on intercultural collaborations must be due to cultural differences, we provided the learners with a space in which to consider other interpretations, making more explicit the various communities to which an individual belongs. The extent to which the classroom session delivered on its aim of fostering a more complex understanding of international business collaborations is assessed based on learners’ reflection notes and classroom discussions.