MIB640 International Management (3 cr.)

This course investigates business management in the international arena. Emphasis is placed on how managers in multinational organizations address such issues as strategic analysis, organizational structure, global coordination and control, communications, inter-organizational cooperation, and human resource management.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Differentiate among different cultural frameworks as well as apply these frameworks to real world examples.
2. Differentiate among different organizational strategies, structures and modes of entry, and justify their adoption in real-world multinational examples.
3. Compare and contrast cross-cultural communication differences and challenges in negotiations.
4. Analyze key implementation issues faced by a firm in developing a global organization structure and control system for effective human resource management.
5. Evaluate the importance of culture in business in how international operations can be formulated to achieve sustained global competitiveness.