READY FOR THE WORLD:
minor Cross Cultural Business Skills explains exactly what works and what doesn't work in many selected countries of the world.

EVALUATION RESULTS: highest evaluation-score already since 2014 (previous grade 9,4).

MOBILE MINOR: everything in this minor can be done on your smartphone! Practically all of the assignments, readings, meetings and lectures will be available right in the palm of your hand.

FOREIGN STUDY TRIP: join the optional Spring School (end of April), or the Summer School (end of August).

SCHEDULE: only classes on TUESDAY (campus - afternoon or evening for part-time), THURSDAY (online)
and half an hour MS Teams coaching by appointment. All classes are video recorded, so accessible when it convenes you.

INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR: ready around Sinterklaas mid-Dec. (semester 1) or end of May (semester 2).

BECOME PUBLISHED AUTHOR: the class co-writes a real management book, so you can add a professional ISBN to your CV.
Go get published on your own name, become available in any library, via GooglePlay: https://tinyurl.com/CCBSongoogleplay.
Release the author in you!

OWN TEXTBOOK: CCBS uses a free 100% tailor-made textbook. Everything in just one single e-book.
Any project-question directly explained, plus step-by-step guidelines.

We use MS TEAMS + WHATSAPP as communication tools between students and lecturers, only a few mails.

EXCHANGE: we welcome and highly appreciate foreign participants.

CREDITS: two small exams (5 EC), int. survey (6 EC), book chapter (8 EC), Interview (2 EC), and individual task (4 EC).

LANGUAGE: offered in (easy) English.

100% TRAVEL PROOF: Enhance world-skills and insights you will take along, anywhere you go!

English video

The student can:
Describe principles of effective cross-cultural communication for 30 selected national cultures.
Obtain applied research in the field of cross-cultural business communication.
Match the impact of national cultures during a one-week foreign project.
Be able to find professionals with the use of databases, social networks or via third (professional business) parties.
If you need to explain your choice at your own institute/programme: ask us our accreditation document,
containing everything you need to ask permission to join our course.

The students intake-level for this minor is after the second study year, with an average understanding of the English language.

TXTBK semester syllabus and reader, ISBN: 978-90-79646-77-7, CCBS press.
This book is offered as a free PDF on MS Teams.

Other (free of charge) sources are:
- Our online MS Teams folder which is the mandatory depository.
- Almost every CCBS lecture is made available via YouTube.
- Mandatory use of recommended AUAS (HvA) and academic databases.

All campus classes are scheduled on Tuesday and online on Thursday. In a normal campus based model: plenary afternoon classes are from 15:20-17:00. You can also choose the evening classes from 18:40-21:30 hrs. Part-time students only have evening classes, full-time students also may have day-time thematic workshop days. Occasionally you will have a half hour MS Teams coaching appointment, we make appointments fitting your own schedule where possible. Almost all lessons are also offered via (masked) YouTube links, allowing you study when and where you want. We have several remote students each semester, studying from other countries and/or time-zones. All team assessments are done fully online with comments inside your team's Word documents, within the MS Teams app. Easy does it. You will like our working method and lessons, as said we received the highest student-evaluations for seven years in a row now.

Contact time: The contact time consists of lectures, practical coaching, obtaining respondents worldwide and doing localised research.

Minor Cross Cultural Business Skills Internationaal (MCCBS) Voltijd en Deeltijd 30 EC

Toets- en werkvorm
1. International Survey (Qualtrics) – 6 EC
- Digital (web) - International Survey TS – 6 EC
- Coaching - International Survey BG – 0
- Clinics - International Survey WC – 0

Toets- en werkvorm
2. Country Profile (CP) on ResearchGate – 8 EC
- Written - Country profile TS – 8 EC
- Coaching - Country profile BG – 0 EC
- Clinics – Country profile – 0

Toets- en werkvorm
3. Mid-term exam – 5 EC
- Written - Mid term exam TS – 5 EC
- Classes - Mid term exam HC – 0 EC

Toets- en werkvorm
4. Stream task – 4 EC
- Assessment - Stream task AS – 4 EC
- Coaching - Stream task BG – 0
- Product – Stream task PD – 0

Toets- en werkvorm
5. YouTube & Spotify assignment – 2 EC
- Product(s) - YouTube & SoundCloud TS – 2 EC
- Coaching - YouTube & SoundCloud BG – 0
- Clinics - YouTube & SoundCloud WC – 0

Toets- en werkvorm
6. Final Exam – 5 EC
- Written - Final exam TS – 5 EC
- Classes (evening) - Final exam HC – 0 EC

If a student fails to successfully complete the minor in the period in which she took the minor it is possible to finalize the minor in a following period in which the minor is given.

If a minor is no longer offered or in case the minor is rewritten, the degree programme will offer students a further two opportunities to finalize this minor in the following year.

Question about the minor?
Contact Sander Schroevers, s.schroevers@hva.nl
of Aynur Dogan a.dogan@hva.nl

Questions about the Kies op Maat procedure?
Contact Chiara Tdlohreg, onderwijsbureau.fbe@hva.nl

The info-page of the CCBS elective course: amsterdamuas.com/ccbs

​Costs

Only one book (35 EUR) is prescribed: available from StudyStore campus bookshop at HvA Fraijlemaborg location or studystore.nl.
If you should desire to join the optional spring, summer or autumn school, travel and administration expenses are on individual basis (the trips are depending on pandemic developments unfortunately).

Applications will be processed in the order of receipt of signed learning agreements.