This global business course will critically review existing and new evidence in the areas of culture, market selection, partnering, and strategy to ensure that aspiring managers are provided with the knowledge and skills to be successful in a global market.
The knowledge and skills developed in this course are particularly valuable for emerging global leaders, established managers of multi-national corporations, and entrepreneurs with an eye to import export.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Recognise the challenges of managing dynamic and complex organisations in a global context.
- Consider how external environments impact on organisations.
- Recognise the social and ethical implications of management decisions in both domestic and international contexts.
- Reflect on the emerging evidence about changing nature of management, institutions, and markets.
Course Syllabus
Week 1: Future and the challenge of globalization
Key challenges impacting organizations from a global perspective.
Week 2: Formal institutional environment
Formal institutional environments impacting on global management.
Week 3: Cultural and ethical environment
Different cultural and ethical considerations in different international markets.
Week 4: International HRM
Evaluating the human resources needed to support internationalization.
Week 5: International strategic management
Collection, synthesis and analysis of evidence in support of different international marketing strategies.
Week 6: Organizing international business
Review and reflect on the application of different management strategies in different international contexts.