This course is a study of international management focusing on the role of executive, middle, and front-line management in directing and improving organizational performance in a global environment. Major topics include strategic, cultural, behavioral, legal, socio-ethical issues, and functional aspects of international management. Concepts covered include the management of various types of international risk, strategic planning, operations, communications , negotiations, legal and socio-ethical issues facing modern institutions. Development of management systems, as well as, the functions, strategies, and structures of management will be discussed. This course will, integrate the management of the international firm with the implications of international business.
Additionally, the functional areas of international business such as human resources, manufacturing, marketing, finance, and management information systems (MIS) will be examined from a managerial perspective. This principles and functions of management will be integrated, resulting in a model for developing and building businesses in the global community. Students will be exposed to the tools of management used in the international environment - techniques that will be further developed through the balance of the core curriculum. |