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Overview
About the course
The specific aim of this Managing Language in International Organizations course at Aarhus University is to enable students acquire knowledge of the role of language in various management activities in international organizations.
This is achieved in the light of the cognitive link between language and corporate culture, namely the concept of company-speak. In international, multilingual settings, company-speak can be managed as a real asset and not just as a secondary, instrumental factor.
Although the expression ‘language’ is strongly polysemous and has many facets, yet language is mainly considered as a utility package. It is often ascertained that if people can speak any given language, then all communication problems will be de facto solved.
Theories and methodologies coming from the field of language for special purposes (LSP), corporate communication and terminology will be applied in order to shed light on the concept of company-speak in the framework of language management in daily international contexts.
Programme Structure
Structure:
- In the first part of the course, we explore the construction of meaning through language (names of products, services, departments, etc. and their linguistic and communicative creation).
- From a communicational point of view, it is important to take into account what the stakeholders need to understand in organizational discourses.
- Likewise, in human resources, the main issue is to keep a strong focus on the linguistic mechanisms of socialization and knowledge construction at work.
- In the second part of the course, we focus on a number of core issues in international language management, particularly the challenges of intercultural translation in a broad sense.
- As all companies need to translate, not only between languages but also within languages, they transform, adapt, and construe every day meanings for their managerial needs.
- We finally pay special attention to the reciprocal impact of digital technologies on language and communication.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 18 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
IELTS 6.5
TOEFL® IBT 83
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Credits
10 ECTS
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Language Studies Organisational Behaviour Corporate CommunicationWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
IELTS 6.5
TOEFL® IBT 83
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Other requirements
General requirements
- To apply for the course you must either be enrolled in a bachelor's degree, have a bachelor's degree or have passed a qualifying entry examination.
General:
- Exchange students: nomination from your home university
- Freemovers: documentation for English Language proficiency
Tuition Fee
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International
1400 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1400 EUR for the full programme during 18 days. -
EU/EEA
846 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 846 EUR for the full programme during 18 days.
Living costs for Aarhus
6639 - 10051 DKK /month
Living costs
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