Infopaket

International management

ОК 09

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

First

2021/2022

3 Semester

4

Know the essence of the concepts of "management", "globalization", "strategy" and "structure" of international business. An awareness of and interest in how institutions - formal and informal ones - impact business decisions. An understanding of the “other side” of international business, namely, local firms that often compete and/or collaborate with foreign entrants, especially in emerging economies. Illustrate the reality of business by using activities such as visits and lectures given by executives or by preparing case studies. Ability to take strategic business decisions that take into account economic, cultural, social, and political determinants specific to each area. Analyze the organization of businesses based on economic principles that make it possible to identify the most determining factors in results. Be able to make functional decisions within an organization with international activity.

1. Knowledge of the basics of cultural studies, religious studies, economic studies, and conflictology. 2. Ability to analyze the main approaches to the organization and implementation of corporate traditions by cultural characteristics. 3. Have the basic skills to identify barriers and challenges that may arise due to differences in corporate management. 4. Proficiency in English.

Course Introduction. Theme 1. Globalization. International Business Environment. Theme 2. Understanding Global Strategy. Theme 3. Global Industries. Managing Global Competitive Dynamics. Theme 4. Resource-Based View and International Business. Entering Foreign Markets Theme 5. Structure of International Business. CSR and International Business. Theme 6. Global Production, Outsourcing, and Logistics. Accounting in the International Business. Theme 7. Designing Global Products and Services. Global R&D. Global Marketing. Theme 8. Global Human Resource Management.

1. Bartlett, C. A., and Beamish, P. W. (2014) Transnational Management: Text, Cases, and Readings in Cross-Border Management, McGraw-Hill (latest edition). 2. Deresky, H. (2014) International Management: Managing across Borders and Cultures, Text and Cases, Addison Wesley (the latest edition). 3. Verbeke, A. (2013) International Business Strategy, New York: Cambridge University Press. 4. Denk, N., Kaufmann, L. and Roesch, J-F. (2012) “Liabilities of Foreignness Revisited: A Review of Contemporary Studies and Recommendations for Future Research”, Journal of InternationalManagement, 18(4), 322–334. 5. Florida, R. (2004) "America's looming creativity crisis", Harvard Business Review, 82(10), 122-136.

Lecture, seminar, individual work (underlined in the syllabus), viewing the fragments of educational documentaries, speech contest

1. Surveys at seminars, tasks for individual work, consideration of hypothetical interstate disputes (moot court format), analysis of the dispute in the case-study format – up to 42 points. 2. Modular control works – up to 18 points. 4. Exam – up to 40 points.

English