Instructor: Gizelle Tiponut
Email: gizelle.tiponut@uleth.ca
Course Description:
This course is designed to allow students direct exposure to the economic, social and cultural environment of Hungary. The six week course provides student with visits to cultural sites, group study tours, weekly seminars on aspects of Hungarian culture, better understanding of the corporate and organizational work environment, and the opportunity to live in Budapest. The emphasis will be on understanding and resolving complex and dynamic issues associated with the design, execution, and improvement of operations and processes.
Course Requirements:
Journal/blog
15% Due Aug 14 th
Daily entries and a 4-page analysis of personal cultural response/adaptation based on your journal (typed, double-spaced)
Group Essay/Presentation Discussion, research and analysis of different Hungarian work environments norms.
35% Due Aug 14 th
Speaker synopsis
10 %
Due first Monday after talk
Participation
(three students/companies per paper)* 10-12 pages (typed, double-spaced)
(paper 25%; Aug 3 - seminar discussion of paper 10%)
2-page overview & discussion of one speaker’s presentation topic (typed, double spaced, no research needed)
Supervisor's and instructor's assessment & seminar attendance/active participation
40%
Assignments should be emailed to gizelle.tiponut@uleth.ca
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Group members for research paper (sample companies):
Group 1 Group 2
Student 1
Citibank
Student 4
MOL
Student 2
Panasonic
Student 3
GE
Student 5
Vodafone
Student 6
TESCO
Speakers Series: sample schedule
Group 3
Student 7
Microsoft Hungary
Student 8
CIB Bank
Student 9
Erste Bank
Group 4
Student 10
Samsung
Student 11
Audi Hungary
Student 12
UniCredit
Group 5
Student 13
Ingram Micro Ltd.
Student 14
Hewlett Packard
Student 15
Michelin Hungary
Topic Date
Introduction to culture and diversity issues in the Hungarian workplace
Canada-Hungary trade relations
Outsourcing - risk-benefit analysis
Supply chain management in Hungary
Global logistics and Risk Management
Discussion of group research paper and Hungarian work norms.
July 9 (Thursday)
8pm
July 15 (Wednesday)
8pm
July 22 (Wednesday)
8pm
July 29 (Wednesday)
8pm
Aug 5 (Wednesday)
8pm
Aug 12 (Wednesday)
8pm
Field trips: Details to follow (Dates and location subject to change)
 Culture and history in Europe - trip to Prague or Wienna – Jul 24-26 (Friday-Sunday)
 Visit to a Hungarian historical site (Eger or Visegrad) – Aug 8 (Saturday)
Grading Scale:
The following is the letter grade distribution that has been adopted by the Faculty of Management as a suggested grade scale/breakdown for all management courses and will be followed in this course:
A+ 100-95 B+ 85-82 C+ 73-70 D+ 61-58
A 94-90 B 81-78 C 69-66 D 57-50
A- 89-86 B- 77-74 C- 65-62 F 49-0
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