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IBU637 Comparative International Management

Week 1 Discussion

Discuss the "Global Compact", p. 89 and how hyper norms can be reconciled with local norms and culture.

IBU637 Comparative International Management

Week 2 Discussion

Read Table 7.9 Negotiating Styles, p.233, and Negotiating with the Japanese, p. 234.

What steps should a US negotiator or salesperson adopt when negotiating with Japanese, Mexican managers?

IBU637 Comparative International Management

Week 3 Discussion

Discuss the importance of these two novel approaches/phenomena and how they are changing the way firms do business globally:

BOP Strategies, p.312

“Born-Global” firms, p. 318

IBU637 Comparative International Management

Week 4 Discussion

a. Motivating Employees in a Multicultural Context, p. 432

b. Global Leadership Development: An Emerging Need, p. 468

C. Global Teams, p.484        

--How would you use extrinsic vs. intrinsics rewards in the US and China

--What factors have been key in Roche's success attracting/creating and retaining a cadre of global managers?

--List 3 key factors needed to create successful global teams. Give an/several example(s)

IBU637 Comparative International Management

Week 1 Case Study

Case 1.2 The Ethics of Global Drug Pricing  page 113

IBU637 Comparative International Management

Week 2 Case Study

Case 2 : Case 2.1 Euro Disneyland page 262

IBU637 Comparative International Management

Week 3 Case Study

Case 3.1  Tata Nano the Peoples Car Page421                

IBU637 Comparative International Management

Week 4 Case Study

Case 4.1 HSBC in China page 563

IBU637 Comparative International Management

Current Event Paper

To get you involved with real-life applications ofinternational management theories, you are required to analyze an event that isrelevant to the chapters covered in class.

The Current Event Paper analyzes an internationalmanagement issue that is currently unfolding or is at most 1 year old. Examples:BREXIT,  USMCA, etc.

Purely domestic topics or topics not clearly linked tointernational management are not acceptable. The topic of the Current Eventcannot be used again for the Term Paper.

The source used might be a newspaper and/or magazine, suchas The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, The Economist, Financial Times, etc.

The Current Event Paper is due by the end of Week Two.

Guidelines forCurrent Event

No APA format required, single space, maximum 2 pages

Use bullet points to organize and summarize your thoughts. This will make for a more business-like report, compact and easy to read.

Avoid long sentences and repetition. Write brief and powerful phrases.

Provide facts, figures, numbers, statistics, tables whenever possible

Use (MBA-level) business language

IBU637 Comparative International Management

Entry Research Project

The Entry Research Project (ERP) will allow students to putinto practice the entry models covered in class. The ERP will analyze the entryof a Multinational Corporation (MNC) into a selected country (Host Country, HC)to set up a new business operation or expand an existing one. For this purpose,the ERP will develop an international strategy (IS) and recommend specificactions.  Students select an ERP topic onthe FIRST WEEK OF CLASS for approval by the instructor.

The term paper is individual.

Length

The project writes up should consist of a 12-page-long Body of thePaper. Besides the Body of the Paper, the project should also include a ½-pageoutline, a ½-page abstract, a ½-page executive summary, a ½-page Conclusions section,appendices and references. The total length of the body of the paper should notexceed 15 pages .

Focus of the project 

Focusyour analysis exclusively on international management issues and assume amarketing study already exists that shows there is demand for your product inthe Host Country. Your analysis is carried out ONLY from a management point of view.

Focus on the following internationalmanagement issues: Ethics (CSR, Code of Ethics, Corruption, Sustainability),Entry Strategy, Organizational Structure, National Culture (Hofstede, GLOBE,Trompenaars, etc.), Corporate Culture, Communications, Negotiations Style, Leadershipand Behavior, Control Factors, Motivational Factors, Human Resources, etc. Identifyand apply key factors that will make your planned international venture asuccess.

Usetwo or more of the following management analytical tools:

·      Cultural Factors (GLOBE, Hofstede, Trompenaars, etc.,)

·      KSF

·      PESTLE

·      SWOT

·      VRIO

·      DoingBusiness in ……, The World Bank rankings of the ease of doing business     around the world,

·      Othertools you are able to identify.