Course Description

The major problems that confront managers who operate across international boundaries from a base in a single country or who maintain affiliates and subsidiaries in several national jurisdictions. Major emphasis is given to the problems involved in crossing national boundaries. Students will apply this knowledge through case studies evaluated by external judges.

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Athena Title

International Strategic Mgmt

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Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in MGMT 5560, MGMT 5560E

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Non-Traditional Format

Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time.

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Prerequisite

MGMT 3000 or MGMT 3000H or MGMT 3000E

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Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Student learning Outcomes

• By the end of this course students should be able to evaluate firms' competitive environment and develop strategic recommendations to enhance firm performance.
• By the end of this course students should be able to effectively develop, support, and express their opinions on how to enhance firm competitiveness in both written and oral form using language with clarity and precision.
• By the end of this course students should be able to consider and incorporate perspectives and feedback from group members and other collaborators when examining strategic challenges faced by firms.

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Topical Outline

• The International Manager and the Firm
• Cultural Variables in Global Management
• Management of Political Risk
• Strategy Formulation and Implementation in International Business
• Exporting and Importing
• Licensing and Franchising
• Strategic Alliances and Equity Investments
• Operations Management and Logistics
• Organizational Design and Control
• Human Resource Management
• Management of Employee Relations
• Managing Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility

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Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes

Analytical Thinking

The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.

Communication

The ability to effectively develop, express, and exchange ideas in written, oral, interpersonal, or visual form.

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