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MANAGEMT 7081 - Managing in a Global Context

North Terrace Campus - Trimester 3 - 2014

This course will prepare you for a leadership role in the globalised world. It provides an overview of the diversity and complexity of the global environment and how that environment affects local, national and international organisations. It introduces core theories and frameworks that guide systematic thinking about aspects of economic, institutional, and cultural diversity across and similarity between countries that matter in the context of managing a contemporary organisation. It will help you to develop a managerial global mindset and acquire skills to leverage this diversity and similarity for value creation in the organisational context. You will learn to identify challenges and opportunities brought about by globalisation, generate insights necessary to manage them successfully, and build skills needed to become a successful leader in the global environment.

  • General Course Information
    Course Details
    Course Code MANAGEMT 7081
    Course Managing in a Global Context
    Coordinating Unit Adelaide Business School
    Term Trimester 3
    Level Postgraduate Coursework
    Location/s North Terrace Campus
    Units 3
    Contact Up to 3 hours per week
    Prerequisites MANAGEMT 7086, MANAGEMT 7103, MANAGEMT 7100 & MANAGEMT 7104
    Assessment Exam/assignments/tests/tutorial work as prescribed at first lecture
    Course Staff

    Course Coordinator: Dr Olga Muzychenko

    Course Timetable

    The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

  • Learning Outcomes
    Course Learning Outcomes
    This course has the following objectives:
    1. To develop a high degree of awareness of existing differences in ‘country’ level political, economic, legal and cultural environments and the practical impact of such differences on international business activities;
    2. To understand behaviour of major stakeholders in the global economy such as national governments, supranational organisation and multinational companies;
    3. To explore a managerial perspective of those aspects of the global business environment which directly affect a business’s foreign trade and environment;
    4. To develop sound knowledge of strategies that may be used by a firm to manage challenges and seize opportunities presented by globalisation of the world economy and international business operations;
    5. To gain sufficient understanding of cross-border business functional issues to be in a position to contribute to decisions about the internationalisation of business
    最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attributes

    This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

    最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s)
    The ability to locate, analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from a wide variety of sources in a planned and timely manner. 1,5
    An ability to apply effective, creative and innovative solutions, both independently and cooperatively, to current and future problems. 3,4,5
    Skills of a high order in interpersonal understanding, teamwork and communication. 2,3,4
    An awareness of ethical, social and cultural issues within a global context and their importance in the exercise of professional skills and responsibilities. 1,2,5
  • Learning Resources
    Required Resources
    Course materials pack: Readings and case studies Course materials posted on MyUni: Case studies, lecture notes, exercises, and library links to readings.
    Recommended Resources
    Books:
    Bartlett, C.A. & Ghoshal, S. 1989. Managing across borders: The transnational solution. Harvard Business School, Boston, Mass.
    Cavusgil,T., Knight, G. and Riesenberger, J. 2011. International business. 2nd edition. Prentice Hall.
    Doz, Y., Santos, J. and Williamson, P. 2001. From Global to Metanational: How Companies Win in the Knowledge Economy, Harvard Business School Press
    Dunning, J.H. 1993. Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy, Addison Wesley.
    Fukuyama, F. 1992. The end of history and the Last Man. New York: Free Press.
    Ghemawat, P. 2007. Redefining global strategy: Crossing borders in a world where differences still matter. Harvard Business School Publishing.
    Ghemawat, P. 2011.World 3.0: Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It. Harvard Business School Publishing.
    Hill, Charles (2013), International Business, 9th ed, McGraw Hill International.
    Huntington, S. P. 1996. The clash of civilizations and the remaking of the world order. New York: Simon and Schuster.
    Johansson, J. 2008. Global marketing: Foreign entry, local marketing, and global management. McGraw Hill/Irwin.
    Khanna, T. and Palepu, K. 2010. Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution . Harvard Business School Publishing.
    Lasserre, P. and Schutte, H. 2006, Strategies for Asia Pacific: Meeting new challenges, Macmillan Business, Sydney.
    Lewis, R. (2006). When cultures collide: Managing successfully across cultures. Nicolas Brealey Publishing, London
    Ohmae, K. 1990. The Borderless World, Harper Business Press.
    Porter, M.E. 1986. Competition in global industries. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
    Porter, M.E. 1990. The competitive advantage of nations. The Free Press, New York.
    Rugman. A. 2001. The end of globalisation: Why global strategy is a myth and how to profit from the realities of regional markets. Amacom.
    Sen, A. 1999. Development as freedom. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
    Stace, D. 1997. Reaching out from Down Under: Building competence for global markets. McGraw- Hill, Sydney.
    Trompenaars, F., and Hampden-Turner, C. (1997). Riding the Waves of Culture, Nicholas Brealey, London.
    Trompenaars, F., and Hampden-Turner, C. (2001). Building Cross-cultural competence: How to create wealth from conflicting values . New York: John Wiley and Sons.
    Trompenaars, F., and Hampden-Turner, C. (2004). Managing people across cultures. Chichester: Capstone.
    Trompenaars, F., and Hampden-Turner, C. 2004. Managing people across cultures. Chichester: Capstone.
    Walker, D., Walker, T. And Schmitz, J. 2003. Doing business internationally. 2 ed. McGraw-Hill
    Warner, M. (ed) 2003. Culture and management in Asia. Routledge Curzon.
    Yip, G. 2011, Total Global Strategy, 3rd ed, Prentice Hall- Pearson Education International.
    Zeng, M. & Williamson, P.J., 2008. Dragons at your door: How Chinese cost innovation is disrupting global competition. Harvard Business School Press.

    Annual Reports:
    United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): Annual World Investment Reports.
    World Economic Forum: Annual Global Competitiveness Reports.
    World Trade Organisation: Annual reports.
    World Bank: Annual Reports

    Journals:
    Academy of Management Journal
    Harvard Business Review
    Journal of International Business Studies
    Management International Review
    Journal of World Business
    McKinsey Quarterly
    The Economist
    Business Week

    Databases (available online via UoA library)

    Business Source Complete (EBSCO ) A very large database covering all aspects of business / commerce related subjects for over 1,200 journals some indexed back to 1886. contains a high percentage of active, peer-reviewed, business related journals Additional full text, non-journal content, includes financial data, books, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more. Search tip - type "" (quotation marks if you need to find a phrase eg: "interest rates").
    Products and trade names guide (B2NB) by Dun & Bradstreet Search for products & services of 最新糖心Vlogn public and private companies, by company name, brand or UNSPSC code. Also details information on 最新糖心Vlogn companies.
    AusStats 最新糖心Vlogn Bureau of Statistics website Everything on the ABS web site is accessible free of charge. Special access arrangements apply to Confidentialised unit record files (CURFs).
    Mint Global [Bureau van Dijk] Mint Global is the ORBIS database of over 50 million companies from around the world. Includes listed and unlisted companies. The information is presented in five modules: companies, news, market research, directors and scanned reports. Export data to spreadsheets.
    Osiris [Bureau van Dijk] A fully integrated public company database ... Financial information [is included] on 57,000 listed and major unlisted/delisted companies worldwide (45,500 are non-US companies). The information includes: standardised and "as reported" financials (including restated reports), SEC filings, images of annual reports, corporate actions and dividends, detailed earnings estimates including recommendations, ownership, stock data, news and ratings.
    ZEPHYR [Bureau van Dijk] containing M&A, IPO and venture capital deals with links to detailed financial company information. ZEPHYR now contains information on over 600,000 transactions (as of December 2008). Up to 100,000 new deals are added per year. ZEPHYR has nine years of global coverage and includes deals involving European companies going back to 1997.
    GMID (Global Marketing Information Database) GMID contains over a million demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries worldwide. The database also contains 6-year historic market size data for more than 330 consumer products in 52 countries, plus 5-year forecasts.
    CEIC Macroeconomic, industry and financial time series database for global emerging and developed markets. product information
    SourceOECD A major source of international statistics and reports. Hint: click on Advanced search (under the Search for box) to add limits by date, field name or format (eg: statistics, working papers etc).
    UN Comtrade Delivers international trade statistics. See also the Statistics database of the World Trade Organization.
    ViewsWire - Asia - E I U. Analyses (including Excel spreadsheets) for each country under the following headings:-
    Politics / News analysis, Background, Political structure, Outlook. Economy / News analysis, Background, Economic structure, Latest indicators, Outlook, 5-year forecast, 5-year summary, Country risk rating, Background Data. Finance/ News analysis, Outlook, EIU currency forecasts, Consensus currency forecast, Interest rate forecast, Equity prices, Euro exchange rate, Daily US dollar exchange rates Business / News analysis, Background, Business environment, Outlook, Corporate strategy, Industry overview Regulations / News analysis, Investment, Competition and price, Licensing and IP, Trade, Foreign exchange, Tax Country forecasts / Country Risk Summary / Country briefing (see also: ViewsWire in Factiva)
    World development indicators online (WDI) World Bank Obtain country time series indicator (spreadsheets) such as: consumption, savings, education, employment, banking, health, roads, agriculture, stocks, markets etc. (see the online help).
    WTO (World Trade Organization) Statistics database The Trade Profiles section provides standard information on the structural trade situation and trade policy measures of members, observers and other selected economies. The profiles are complemented with general macroeconomic indicators. The Time Series section provides a searchable database on international trade in merchandise and commercial services.
    Economist Intelligence Unit - Asia Provides independent, authoritative analysis and forecasts on country, industry and management analysis. Note: the Library provides access to other Economist Intelligence Unit titles via the Factiva database (click on Source and search for Economist Intelligence)
    GMID (Global Marketing Information Database) [Euromonitor] GMID contains over a million demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries worldwide. The database also contains 6-year historic market size data for more
    Online Learning
    In preparation for each lecture please visit MyUni course site www.myuni.adelaide.edu.au to access course materials. The lecturer’s PowerPoint files and other relevant material for each session will be posted on MyUni weekly. Power point lecture notes offer both a summary of important material and some supplementary information. MyUni will also be used be the lecturer to post important messages.
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    Course Grading

    Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

    M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
    Grade Mark Description
    FNS   Fail No Submission
    F 1-49 Fail
    P 50-64 Pass
    C 65-74 Credit
    D 75-84 Distinction
    HD 85-100 High Distinction
    CN   Continuing
    NFE   No Formal Examination
    RP   Result Pending

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