Welcome to class of International Management by Dr. Satyendra Singh University of Winnipeg Canada Principles of Business • A National perspective • A Global perspective Why Global Perspective? • 10 years from now, will the overall impact of foreign trade or investment have ↑ or ↓ in my country? • What am I doing to prepare myself and my constituency? What is Global Perspective? • A State of Mind • An entrepreneurial Process • A conscious effort to place one’s agenda into the proper global context Matrix: What Do We Do? Internationalization Ongoing Multinational Mgmt SMEs ??? ??? MNEs ??? ??? SME= Small and medium sized enterprises, MNE=Multinational enterprises Your Exposure to the World? Region # of Countries Which u have visited % Africa North America and Caribbean South America W. Europe E. Europe Central Asia Middle East Asia Pacific 54 ?? ??/54 Total 206 ?? ?? 29 12 27 19 17 16 34