UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE
Faculty of Management
MGT 3650A – Introduction to International Management
Summer 2005 Course Outline
Instructor: Dr. Intan Osman
Office: E-453
Telephone: 329-2322
E-mail: intan.osman@uleth.ca
Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays: ____________ or by appointment
Course objectives: This course provides:
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an overview of the political, legal, economic, technological, social and cultural forces that
influence international management
an understanding of and using strategies that can be adopted by organizations and
individuals to assert themselves in a global environment
an understanding of what it takes to be a global manager and leader; and how to motivate,
hire, train, appraise and enhance career of human resources across cultures.
Course pedagogy: A variety of approaches including lectures, case studies, exercises, videos
and student presentations are adopted to explore and analyze various international management
issues and to provide students with basic international management skills.
E-mail: I would like to assume we communicate regularly by e-mail.
Required text:
Deresky, Helen (2006). International Management: Managing Across Borders and Cultures.
USA: Pearson Prentice-Hall.
References
Hodgetts, R.M. & Luthans, F. 2003. International management: Culture, strategy, and behavior.
Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Supplementary readings:
Supplementary readings will be provided during the course of the semester. They are an integral
part of the course and will be included in the exams.
Evaluation:
Class attendance and participation
Group assignment 1
Group assignment 2
Exam 1
Exam 2
10%
20%
20%
25%
25%
Grading scheme:
86 – 100%: Excellent
74 – 85.9%: Very good
62 – 73.9%: Satisfactory
50 – 61.9%: Pass
86 – 89.9: A90 – 94.9: A
74 – 77.9: B78 – 81.9: B
62 – 65.9: C66 – 69.9: C
50 – 57.9: D
95 – 100: A+
82 – 85.9: B+
70 – 73.9: C+
58 – 61.9: D+
Class attendance and participation:
You are expected to attend classes and to be an active participant in the discussions. Full
attendance entitles you to 5 points of the 10% participation mark. The remaining 5% depends on
the extent to which you make meaningful comments on the chapters, cases, supplementary
readings and individual readings of the business press. Make sure you complete class
requirements when scheduled, so that class time can be used effectively.
Exams:
Exam 1 covers chapters 1 to 6 (inclusive).
Exam 2 covers chapters 7 to 11(inclusive).
The exams require you to answer a variety of questions related to a short case and/or the
readings, videos, cases and exercises covered in the course. Please note the date of the exams on
the outline, as missing an exam for reasons other than extenuating circumstances beyond the
student’s control will result in a zero for the exam. No make-up exams will be given.
Group assignments: Form a group of 2-3 members during the first week of class. There will
be two group assignments
 The first assignment, worth 20% of the course grade, has an oral and a written
component. A case or an experiential exercise will be assigned to your group. Your group
is required to make a presentation or conduct a class discussion related to the case or
exercise in no more than thirty minutes of class time. You also need, as a group, to
provide the instructor with a written report on the case or exercise.
 The second assignment, worth 20% of the course grade, also has an oral and a written
component. It requires the group to choose 2 articles from the business press and to make
a presentation on these articles to the class. The group is required to relate the article to
the concepts addressed in the course. Two-three written pages each on the concepts
addressed and how they are related to the articles have to be handed in to the instructor.
Late work carries a penalty. More information on the assignments will be provided during the
semester.
Peer evaluation:
All group assignments are subject to peer evaluations. Group members need to discuss and agree
on the contribution that each member should make to the group assignment. If you think all your
group members contributed their fair share to the group assignment, you do not need to fill out a
peer evaluation form. However, if you think that one or more of the members did not contribute
their fair share, then you need to fill out the peer evaluation form that I will forward to the class
before I allocate the assignment grades. I reserve the right to question your justification for
giving a lower rating to a colleague.
Note: University policies in the 2005/06 Calendar apply in this course.
Below is a tentative course schedule. During the semester, we may need or decide to make some
changes to the outline. Any changes will be announced in advance.
Schedule Mgmt 3650.
Week 1
Introduction and contracting course
1 &11
assignments/requirement
Chapter 1: Assessing the Environment
Chapter 2: Managing Interdependence
Week 2
1 & 11
Week 3
1 &11
Chapter3: Understanding the Role of
Culture
Chapter 4: Communicating Across
Culture
Chapter 5: Cross Culture Negotiation and
Decision Making
Chapter 6: Strategy Formulation
References
Additional
cases/exercises will be
provided as & when
the need arises
Deresky, Chap 1;
Hodgetts, Chap 1, 2
&3
Deresky, Chap 2;
Hodgetts, Chap 5, 6,
&7
Deresky, Chap 5:
Hodgetts, Chap 8
Deresky, Chap 6;
Hodgetts, Chap 9
Week 4
1 & 11
Chapter 7: Global Alliances & Strategy
Formulation
Exam 1 (Chapters 1– 6)
Deresky, Chap 7;
Hodgetts, Chap 11
Week 5
1 & 11
-Supplementary reading: Balancing
immigrants’ customs with human rights
-Chapter 8: Structure & Control Systems
Market Expansion & Global Strategy in
2001/2002 (Setting: Japan)
Deresky, Chap 8;
Hodgetts, Chap 12
Week 6
1 &11
-Chapter 9: Staffing & Training for
Global Operations
Chapter 10: Developing a Global
Management Pool
Deresky, Chap 9;
Hodgetts, Chap 14,
15 & 16
Week 7
1
-Exercise: Canadian subcultures –
(Group)
Deresky, Chap 10;
Hodgetts Chap 16
Cases facilitation
during class:
Group/Case
(Deresky)
Dynamites. Reebok:
Managing Human
Rights pp 63. July 7
Pacific. Trouble
Computer Corp. pp.
114. July 12
TKD. Elizabeth
Visits GPC’s pp 145.
July 14.
Blue Rain. Martinez
Construction
Co….pp 174. July
19
Ist Assignment due.
Presentation
SNY: TelSys
International. pp
200. July 21
BGW. Moto:
Coming to America.
pp215. July 26
Ras. Asea Brown
Boveri (ABB). Pp
304. Aug 2.
RDM. FedEx Vs
UPS. Pp 309. Aug 4.
Korcan.
Starbuck’s..pp323.
Aug 9. 2nd
Assignment due.
Presentation
-Video: Body language
Chapter 11: Motivating & Leading
Review
11
Final Test (Chaps 7-11)
6/07/05