Title: Study PrepProg Multicultural Workplace

Building My International Career

 Goals

You will further define your career objectives and find further information about career alternatives in different fields. You will also further develop and deepen your digital skills needed in your studies and workplace that you started to learn in Digital Skills. You learn about the significance of culture in a multicultural workplace.

 Contents

The course consists of three modules. Multicultural workplace is worth 1 ECTS, Digital skills for studies and work 1.5 ECTS, and My career path is worth 2.5 ECTS. The modules form one unit worth 5 ECTS, which will be assessed and credited as one unit.

General
  Key Content and Learning Objectives
  Schedule
  Study Instructions and Assessment
  Teacher Bulletins
  Questions/Answers Discussion Board
Zoom lessons and homework
  Task 1 - Orientation
  Task 2 - Multicultural workplace
  Task 3 - Comparison of values
  Slide show 2: Cultural taxonomies
  Slide show 1: Introduction slides
  Slide show 2: Cultural taxonomies
  Homework 1 / DL XX
  Homework 2 / DL XX
  Homework 3 / DL XX
  Finnish Work Culture (by The European Business Review)
1 Values in Society
  Finnish values (by InfoFinland)
  Video: Finnish Working Culture (link to YouTube)
  A Guide to Finnish Customs and Manners (by This Is Finland)
  World Values Survey (link to the homepage of World Values Survey)
2 Hierarchy and power distance
  Power distance as introduced by Dr. Geert Hofstede (link to MIndTools.com)
  Finnish Work Culture.pptx
  Flat Hierarchy (link to video by Audrey Poudrier-Tremblay)
  Finnish work culture (by Aalto University)
3 Equality and fair play
  Equality and non-discrimination at work
  Equality and equal opportunities
  Equality and equal opportunities in working life (InfoFinland)
  Equality planning (Non-Discrimination Ombudsman)
  The Ombudsman For Equality at Your Service
  QUIZ: Do you know your rights at work?
4 Initiative and responsibility
  Initiative and responsibility (InfoFinland)
5 Honesty, trust and modesty
  Communication culture in the Finnish workplace
  Aleksi Himself: 8 Tips to Understand Finnish Working Culture
6 Reliability and punctuality
  Reliability and observing timetables
  FINNISH PUNCTUALITY: HOT OR NOT?
7 Diversity and inclusion
  Diversity and inclusion in an expert organization
  Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace
  Information about multicultural workplace
8 Small talk, demeanor and taboos
  Talking to Coworkers – Finnish Workplace Conversation Phrases
  Her Finland: Finnish small talk
  Finnish small talk: Minimal but effective
  Almost Finns: 7 secrets of Finnish small talking (ENGLISH subtitles)
9 Task orientation vs. relationship orientation
  Relationship-Oriented vs Task-Oriented At The Workplace (Podcast)
  W&L in Finland: Episode 8 – Finnish Working Culture
  Unwritten and unspoken rules in the Finnish workplace (work in progress)
10 Dress code and body language
  Business Dress Code in Finland
  Finnish body language
11 What is said about Finns?
  What are Finns like? (by Visit Finland)
  Why Finnish people tell the truth (BBC)