Ecourse package S2 2022_2023

BUSINESS COMMUNICATION PRE-MASTER 2022-2023 SEMESTRE 2

COURSE COORDINATOR:

AGNIESZKA LARQUET

INSTRUCTORS:

ANNE O’SHEA CAREY CHRISTIAN CHIELBERT CRIELAARD CHRISTINA DENIS FRANCOISE LEBLANC MARINA FARVACQUE NICOLE VAN MAASTRICHT ROGER MARTIN SARAH BENNEWORTH

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Course description NUMBER OF HOURS: 18 SEMESTER: 2 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME: 2 ECTS COURSE COORDINATOR: Agnieszka Larquet agnieszka.larquet@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

LEARNING OUTCOMES After having taken this course, participants will be able to/are expected to know or understand (knowledge-based outcomes) • •

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

More specifically, participants should be able to (skill- and competency-based outcomes) • LO3 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 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.

COURSE CONTENT Session

TOPIC

1

The language of numbers

2

Writing business emails

3

Crisis communication

4

Negotiating

5

Negotiating

6

Presenting skills (Level 2)

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

ASSESSMENT METHODS NATURE

% OF THE TOTAL MARK

Negotiation

30-minute negotiation

DETAILS

LEARNING OUTCOME EVALUATED

15%

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

Acquire negotiation skills

Presenting skills

15-minute oral group presentation

15%

Oral evaluation – Class 6 - Info provided by your instructor in class

In-class Participation Grade

Continuous assessment

10%

E-learning Participation

5 online modules

ASSESSMENT

Final exam

10% 50%

E-learning 1 E-learning 2 E-learning 3 E-learning 4/5 E-learning 6

Produce your own presentation, with complete mastering of body language, tone and language Engagement Interaction E-learning

SCHEDULE

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Input acquisition

READING Students will be provided with a digitalized course package at the beginning of the semester.

All other course documents are available on Blackboard.

Course coordinator: Agnieszka Larquet

agnieszka.larquet@edhec.edu

Input 1: 1) 2) 3)

Listening Reading The language of numbers

Get ready for face to face class 1: Put your numeracy skills into action in a presentation.

Go further 1: Learn more about the language of numbers and describing trends.

Input 2: 1) 2) 3)

Listening Reading The language of e-mails

Get ready for face to face class 2: Get ready and make the most of your intercultural business writing skills a business writing assignment in your next class (35% of your final grade).

Go further 2: Discover more about business writing.

Input 3: 1) 2) 3)

Listening Reading The language of crisis management

Get ready for face to face class 3: Prepare your role to take part in 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.

Input 4/5: 1) 2) 3)

Listening Reading The language of interviewing

Get ready for face to face class 4/5: Be prepared to take part in a negotiation metting (35% of your final grade).

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

Input 6: 1) 2) 3)

Listening Reading The language of meeting

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).