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Business culture

SUMMARY OF THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE

" Business culture "

Recommended for the first year (bachelor's) students higher education level

The purpose of the academic discipline is to form a system of knowledge and practical skills in professional and business culture and ethics, to improve and develop the skills of effective self-organization and business interaction in entrepreneurial activity. The discipline "Business Culture" is focused on forming an understanding of the importance of the cultural component of human communications in the business sphere of modern business. Culture, exploring, first of all, the patterns of interpersonal relationships of people as people, that is, their humanistic potential, explains the essence and structure of the human value system. Understanding and analysing the ethical component of modern business relations is a condition for high-quality analytics of communications in the business environment, a guarantee of the productive activity of a professional in any field of entrepreneurial activity, and a necessary condition for maintaining a positive psychological climate at the enterprise and in the environment of all business contacts of the enterprise. Thus, knowledge about the features of cultural relations contributes to a more complete and qualitative understanding of professional problems in the sphere of modern business.

The interdisciplinary connections of the discipline "Business Culture" are determined by the specifics of bachelor's training and are based on the theoretical foundation of entrepreneurship and methodological provisions of related economic disciplines, in particular, business economics, entrepreneurship, management, marketing, psychology and pedagogy of social responsibility of business, labour economics and social and labour relations.

Learning outcomes and methods, diagnostic tools (assessment forms)

Table 1 – Teaching methods and means of diagnosing learning outcomes in the academic discipline “Business Culture” in accordance with learning outcomes

Learning outcomes by academic discipline		Teaching methods	Means diagnostics
1.	Knowledge:
1.1	key categories and the latest theories, concepts in the field of business culture and ethics, taking into account the socio -cultural components of business interaction in entrepreneurial activity	lectures, discussions	Surveys, testing, independent work
1.2	technologies and methods of formation and support corporate culture as a component of the culture of business relations	discussions, case studies and
1.3	essential and meaningful aspects of the business reputation of the enterprise as a defining component of the culture of business relations	discussions, case studies
1.4	principles of forming cultural business communications	discussions, brainstorming
1.5	technologies for preventing and resolving business conflicts	discussions, case studies
1.6	methodological approaches to assessing the business culture of an enterprise	discussions, practical tasks
2.	Skills/Abilities:
2.1	identify forms of interaction between market relations entities and their business cultures	brainstorming, report preparation
2. 2	identify factors that influence the formation of an enterprise's business culture and analyse the degree and dynamism of their influence in space and time	educational game , brainstorming	Analysis of independent work (projects, reports), reflection
2. 3	use analytical and methodological tools to understand the logic of making management decisions by various economic agents in accordance with the socio-cultural components of business interaction in entrepreneurial activity	case study and brainstorming
2.4	solve professional tasks in modelling the business culture of entrepreneurial structures and cultural problem solving in crisis situations, taking into account external and internal influences	brainstorming, fore sighting
3.	Communication
3.1	ability to maintain business communication (public speaking, business correspondence, electronic communications, etc.)	educational game, training	Analysis of independent work (projects, reports), self-analysis, reflection
3.2	ability to work independently and in a team, demonstrate interpersonal skills while performing tasks	training
3.3	the ability to preserve and multiply moral, cultural, scientific values and achievements of society based on understanding the patterns of development of business culture	discussion, brainstorming
4.	Responsibility and autonomy
4.1	decisions independently during carrying out entrepreneurial activities taking into account cultural characteristics and demonstrating an understanding of personal responsibility for their implementation.	case study and brainstorming	Presentation and analysis of the results of the work performed, reflection

Content of the academic discipline by topics:

Topic 1. The essence and model range of business cultures

Topic 2. Culture and its importance in the activities of the enterprise

Topic 3. Formation of corporate culture as a component of the culture of business relations

Topic 4. Substantive aspects of the business reputation of an enterprise as a defining component of the culture of business relations

Topic 5. Business Ethics

Topic 6. Business social responsibility as a factor of sustainable development

Topic 7. Entrepreneurial success

Topic 8. Fundamentals of forming cultural business communications

Topic 9. Socio-psychological aspects of business communications

Topic 10. Contractual relationships and partnerships in entrepreneurship

Topic 11. Technologies for preventing and resolving business conflicts

Topic 12. Business design

Topic 13. Methodological approaches to assessing the business culture of an enterprise

Topic 14. Methodological approaches to assessing the corporate culture of an enterprise

Topic 15. Methodological approaches to assessing the business reputation of an enterprise

Academic staff and their email addresses

Vita KOVTUN, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department Business Economics and Entrepreneurship, kovtun.vita @ kneu.edu.ua

Recommended information sources

1. Pedko A.B. Fundamentals of entrepreneurship and business culture: a textbook. – Kyiv: TsUL, 2023. – 168p.

2. Khymich I.G., Kuzhda T.I., Yurik N.E. Business culture: types of models of organizational culture of an enterprise. Problems of modern transformations. Series: economics and management. 2023. No. 7. URL: https://reicst.com.ua/pmt/article/view/2023-7-04-01/2023-7-04-01/

3. Sytnyk O.Yu. Development of corporate culture as a means of effective building of social partnership at the micro level [Electronic resource] / O.Yu. Sytnyk. – Access mode: http://dspace.kntu.kr.ua/jspui/bitstream/123456789/899/1/53.pdf

4. Kolot V.M. , Repina I.M., Shcherbyna O.V. , Shergina L.A. , Kovtun V.P. Entrepreneurship: organization, efficiency , business culture: workshop –K.: KNEU ( electronic version : http://irbis.kneu.edu.ua/cgi-bin/cgi 64 / cgiirbis_64.exe )

5. Sikorska L. V., Lesko O. Y. Formation of corporate culture of the enterprise. URL: http://ir.lib.vntu.edu.ua/bitstream/handle/123456789/63uen .

Last redaction: 20.02.25

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