snhu int400 all week discussions latest 2017 october

Week 1 Discussion

Getting Started

First, share a little bit about yourself. Where are you from? Do you already have experience in international business? If so, share your experience. Also share what interests you most about international business. What do you find most exciting about it?

In INT 113, you gained a foundation for thinking about business in a global context. You analyzed a country for market entry, considering the sociocultural environment, the economic environment, and the political-legal environment before recommending market entry strategies.

First, share the country that you researched for INT 113 and share a few of your findings (e.g., what cultural differences would your company need to be aware of?). Then reflect on what you learned from that process and explain how you might expect that project to serve you in this course.

In response to your peers, expand upon their ideas. What similarities and differences can you see between the countries your peers researched and the country you researched? Help your peers discover how they can apply the concepts from the INT 113 country analysis project to the risk management report required in this course.

To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric document.

Week 3 discussion

Debate: Ethics, Culture, and Social Responsibility

After reading this week’s assigned chapters in your textbook, engage your peers in a debate about culture and corporate ethics. Address the following:

What effect does the local culture in which a company is doing business have on ethical practices?

What are the implications of local customs on the decision-making process of an international business?

Could there be conflicts of interest between local culture and corporate actions and strategies as applied to risk management?

Present examples to illustrate your views.

In response to your peers, seek out opinions that differ from your own, and engage your peers in a respectful debate. On what points do you agree, and on what points do your opinions diverge? Has your peer presented an aspect of the argument that had not occurred to you? Present a persuasive argument using research and examples to support your views.

To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric document

Week 4 discussion

Brainstorming: Steps for Strategic Decision-Making

Identify and research a recent (within the last 12 months) strategic decision by a global company that appears to have been made for the purposes of mitigating risk. Share the process you would have gone through as part of a risk committee to arrive at the decision made by the company.

In response to your peers’ examples, critique the process they have proposed and brainstorm ways to augment it. In other words, put yourselves on your peers’ risk committees and strengthen the process with your input. Identify additional strategies the company might have considered to mitigate the identified risk.

To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric document.

Week 5 discussion

Brainstorming: Strategic Monitoring

Identifying a risk, evaluating a risk, developing a strategy to manage the risk, and implementing the strategy are necessary steps in managing risk, but there is more to risk management. Once a strategy has been implemented, it needs to be monitored to ensure it has the intended consequences (and no negative unintended consequences).

In this assignment, you and your peers will brainstorm strategy-monitoring systems.

To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric document.