MGC3120
International management
Unit Guide
Semester 1, 2014
Copyright © Monash University 2014. All rights reserved. Except as provided in the Copyright Act 1968,
this work may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the host Faculty and
School/Department.
The information contained in this unit guide is correct at time of publication. The University has the right
to change any of the elements contained in this document at any time.
Last updated: 21 Feb 2014
Table of Contents
MGC3120 International management - Semester 1, 2014......................................................................1
Mode of Delivery..............................................................................................................................1
Workload requirements....................................................................................................................1
Additional workload requirements........................................................................................1
Unit Relationships........................................................................................................................................2
Prerequisites....................................................................................................................................2
Prohibitions......................................................................................................................................2
Chief Examiner(s)........................................................................................................................................2
Campus Lecturer(s).....................................................................................................................................2
Clayton.............................................................................................................................................2
Tutor(s)........................................................................................................................................................2
Clayton.............................................................................................................................................2
Your feedback to Us....................................................................................................................................2
Previous Student Evaluations of this Unit....................................................................................................3
Academic Overview...................................................................................................................................4
Learning Outcomes.........................................................................................................................4
Unit Schedule.............................................................................................................................................5
Teaching Approach..........................................................................................................................5
Assessment Summary.....................................................................................................................6
Hurdle Requirements...........................................................................................................6
Second marking...................................................................................................................7
Return of final marks............................................................................................................7
Exam viewing.......................................................................................................................7
Assessment criteria..............................................................................................................7
Assessment Requirements......................................................................................................................8
Assessment Tasks...........................................................................................................................8
Assessment task 1...............................................................................................................8
Assessment task 2...............................................................................................................9
Examination(s)...........................................................................................................................................10
Examination 1................................................................................................................................10
Learning resources....................................................................................................................................11
Feedback to you........................................................................................................................................11
Referencing requirements.........................................................................................................................11
Assignment submission.............................................................................................................................11
Hard copy submission...................................................................................................................11
Online submission.........................................................................................................................11
Prescribed text(s) and readings.....................................................................................................11
Recommended text(s) and readings..............................................................................................11
Field trips...................................................................................................................................................12
Additional subject costs.............................................................................................................................12
Examination material or equipment...........................................................................................................13
Other Information....................................................................................................................................14
Policies..........................................................................................................................................14
Graduate Attributes Policy.................................................................................................14
Student Charter.........................................................................................................................................14
Student services........................................................................................................................................14
Monash University Library.........................................................................................................................14
Moodle 2....................................................................................................................................................14
Disability Liaison Unit................................................................................................................................15
MGC3120 International management - Semester 1, 2014
This unit highlights the challenges of managing the global activities of international companies; examines
the environmental foundations and cultural contexts for international management; discusses the impact
of national cultures on management, negotiation and communication; and provides an overview of
strategic, operational and human resource management issues in the dynamic international economy.
Mode of Delivery
Clayton (Day)
Workload requirements
3 hours per week
Additional workload requirements
To be successful, it is expected you will need to invest 12 hours per week in this unit. To meet this
university expectation, you will need to invest nine (9) hours in self-directed study, in addition to the three
(3) hours of class contact, each week. Importantly, invest the 12 hours per week evenly over the
semester, starting in Week 1. As such, a fulltime student load is 48 hours per week, for 32 weeks of the
year, leaving 20 weeks without this investment. The time invested in study consequently means that,
during semester, other commitments may have a lower priority, which is then regained once semester is
finished.
A generally suggested time allocation each week is:
• 3 hours preparation for class (taking notes whilst completing readings, exercises, previewing
lecture notes and the like)
• 3 hours class time (in class taking notes, discussion, asking and answering questions, exercises
and the like)
• 3 hours completing assessment tasks (translating the preparation and class time activities into
assessment items, as well as undertaking further research as required)
• 1 hour self-reflection (reviewing notes and assessment as to the achievement of the topic’s
learning objectives – identify successes and continuing gaps)
• 1 hour study group (in a group of 4-5 students, reviewing the achievement of the topic’s learning
objectives and filling the learning gaps, and preparing for the next topic)
• 1 hour exam preparation, if applicable (reviewing the learning objectives to design probable exam
questions, and answering other students’ or provided practice exam questions). If your unit
doesn’t have an exam, this hour should be allocated to one or more of the above activities, as
appropriate.
It is recommended that these above tasks are distributed across the week (do not have one day on just
this unit), and that you also allocate a day or two each week without study (for any unit).
If you have not previously invested this amount of time in study, or feel you may need assistance
developing an appropriate time plan for yourself, please register for a time-management workshop with
Health and Wellbeing or the Library: https://my.monash.edu.au/news-and-events/bookings/
1
MGC3120 International management - Semester 1, 2014
Unit Relationships
Prerequisites
MGC1010
Prohibitions
MGF3681, MGG3681, MGW3681, MGP2278
Chief Examiner(s)
Dr Wendy Smith
Campus Lecturer(s)
Clayton
Dr Wendy Smith
Campus: Clayton
Phone: +61 3 990 59250
Email: Wendy.Smith@monash.edu
Contact hours: Mondays 11am-1pm; Thursdays 2-4pm; otherwise by appointment
Tutor(s)
Clayton
Dr David Chin
Campus: Clayton
Phone: +61 3 990 55434
Email: David.Chin@monash.edu
Contact hours: By appointment. Room W1113, building 11, Clayton Campus
Your feedback to Us
Monash is committed to excellence in education and regularly seeks feedback from students, employers
and staff. One of the key formal ways students have to provide feedback is through the Student
Evaluation of Teaching and Units (SETU) survey. The University’s student evaluation policy requires that
every unit is evaluated each year. Students are strongly encouraged to complete the surveys. The
feedback is anonymous and provides the Faculty with evidence of aspects that students are satisfied
and areas for improvement.
For more information on Monash’s educational strategy, see:
www.monash.edu.au/about/monash-directions/ and on student evaluations, see:
www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/education/quality/student-evaluation-policy.html
2
MGC3120 International management - Semester 1, 2014
Previous Student Evaluations of this Unit
Changes: More use of multimedia and active learning engagement in lectures. Detailed feedback on
assignments during semester.
Strengths: Learning objectives were achieved. Learning resources in the unit supported studies.
If you wish to view how previous students rated this unit, please go to
https://emuapps.monash.edu.au/unitevaluations/index.jsp
3
Academic Overview
Learning Outcomes
The learning goals associated with this unit are to:
1. apply management theory within the wide range of national contexts in the global economy
2. summarise the contemporary risks, opportunities and ethical considerations of the international
business environment from a managerial perspective
3. explain the role of culture in cross-cultural management, communication, negotiation and
decision-making
4. assess the complex challenges of managing the multinational enterprise in terms of coordinating
international strategy and organisational structure
5. compare ways in which specific overseas environments affect the management functions of
leading, motivating, controlling and staffing.
4
Unit Schedule
Week
Activities
Assessment
0
See the end of this unit guide for a detailed unit
schedule.
No formal assessment or activities are
undertaken in week 0
1
Topic: The challenge of international management
NO TUTORIALS
2
Topic: Managing the external environment from a
manager's perspective
Prepare tutorial question based on
reading
3
Topic: Managing global interdependence: social
responsibility and ethics
Prepare tutorial question based on
reading
4
Topic: The cultural context of international
management
Tutorial presentations. Prepare tutorial
question based on reading
5
Topic: Cross-cultural communication for international
managers: (a) Cross-cultural communication, (b)
Cross-cultural negotiation and decision making
Tutorial presentations. Prepare tutorial
question based on reading
6
Topic: Motivation and leadership across cultures
Tutorial presentations. Prepare tutorial
question based on reading
7
Topic: International strategic management: (a)
formulation (b) global alliances and strategy
implementation
Tutorial presentations. Prepare tutorial
question based on reading
8
Topic: Organising and controlling international
operations
Tutorial presentations. Prepare tutorial
question based on reading
9
Topic: International human resource management
ASSESSMENT TASK 1 DUE FRIDAY
and Tutorial presentations. Prepare
tutorial question based on reading
10
Topic: Developing a global management cadre,
Tutorial presentations. Prepare tutorial
managing diversity; women as international managers question based on reading
11
Topic: International labour relations
Tutorial presentations. Prepare tutorial
question based on reading
12
Unit revision
REVISION
SWOT VAC
No formal assessment is undertaken
SWOT VAC
Examination period
LINK to Assessment Policy:
http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/
academic/education/assessment/
assessment-in-coursework-policy.html
Teaching Approach
• Lecture and tutorials or problem classes
This teaching and learning approach provides facilitated learning, practical exploration and peer
learning.
• Additionally, in the Department of Management, and in this unit, we adopt a pastoral care
approach to your academic progress and overall wellbeing as a student. University is a time of
change, which induces many responses including anxiety, stress and negative thoughts. This
time is more stressful with other changes within our lives outside of university. If you do need
assistance to manage these changes, or even just talk to someone, there is a lot of support
5
Unit Schedule
available, and support that will help. If your first contact cannot assist directly, they will know who
can, so please take the first step and ask.
♦ Please contact your lecturer
♦ Online resources: http://www.monash.edu.au/counselling/self-help/
♦ Please contact counselling: http://www.monash.edu.au/counselling/
♦ Please contact medical services: http://www.monash.edu.au/health-medical/
♦ Please contact Faculty Student Services: http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/contact.html
♦ Please contact Library and Learning Skills:
http://monash.edu/library/skills/resources/index.html
There are also other resources freely available, including:
♦ English as a Second Language (ESL) Growth: www.elg.edu.au
◊ If English is not your first language, check out these great exercises and tips to
maintain and enhance your English capacity
♦ Language and Learning Online: www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/
◊ Check out these great online learning workshops and tips for academic reading,
writing, listening, speaking, study skills and grammar.
If you are presenting academic at-risk triggers, including missing classes, late submissions, failing
assignments and the like, you may be contacted by your tutor or lecturer enquiring if further
support is needed. Please take advantage of these opportunities. If you are not contacted,
though feel you are at risk, please ask for support.
Again, it is an unfortunate though normal part of university life to be faced with some difficult
situations – there is help to deal with these so please ask for it.
Assessment Summary
Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination: 40%
Assessment
Task
Value
Due Date
Group Assignment 35%
(Group of 3-4)
Friday 9th May 2014 (end of Week 9) by 4 pm
Tutorial
Assessment
25%
Each student will be allocated a presentation week and topic from Weeks 4
to 11, in the first tutorial in Week 2. Depending on the tutorial size, it may
be necessary to group students into pairs, or threes, for the tutorial
presentation exercise.
Examination 1
40%
To be advised
Hurdle Requirements
There is a hurdle requirement in this unit.
6
Unit Schedule
The learning outcomes in this unit require students to demonstrate in the individual summative
assessment task a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered in the unit. This is demonstrated
by the requirement that the student must attain a mark of at least 40% in the final summative
assessment task (exam).
A student’s final mark is normally the sum of the marks obtained in all of the individual assessment items
in the unit. Where a student fails the unit solely because of failure to satisfy the hurdle requirement a
mark of 48 will be returned for the unit.
Second marking
Where an assessment task is given a fail grade by an examiner, that piece of work will be marked again
by a second examiner who will independently evaluate the work, and consult with the first marker. No
student will be awarded a fail grade for an assessment task or unit without a second examiner confirming
the result.
Note: Exceptions to this are individual pieces of assessment contributing 10% or less of the final mark,
unless the total of such pieces exceeds 30% of the final mark.
Return of final marks
Faculty policy states that 'the final mark that a student receives for a unit will be determined by the Board
of Examiners on the recommendation of the Chief Examiner taking into account all aspects of
assessment'.
The final mark for this unit will be released by the Board of Examiners on the date nominated in the
Faculty Calendar. Student results will be accessible through the my.monash portal.
Exam viewing
Exam viewing for Department of Management units are held no later than seven (7) days after results
have been published. Students are required to complete and submit a Request to Sight Examination
Script form to the Department of Management. Students can collect this form from the Department of
Management Academic Services Office at their home campus. There is no requirement or obligation that
comments will be provided when students view their exam script.
Assessment criteria
Assessment Criteria Grading Descriptors available at:
http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/esg/agu/policies/assessment.html.
7
Assessment Requirements
Assessment Tasks
•
Assessment task 1
Title:
Group Assignment (Group of 3-4)
Due date:
Friday 9th May 2014 (end of Week 9) by 4 pm
Details of task:
Group memberships and each group's topic will be decided in the first tutorial with the
approval of the tutor. Group members are deemed to have contributed equally and will
receive the same mark as the group mark unless dissension arises, in which case the
marks awarded to individuals will be subject to the final decision of the unit coordinator.
Look at the websites of the following companies and chose one. Consider yourselves to
be members of a team of international management experts hired by your chosen
company and furnish a report to them on specific issues (listed on Moodle) involving its
international management operations.
Maybank http://www.maybank.com
Tata Motors http://www.tatamotors.com
Singapore Airlines http://www.singaporeair.com
TescoPLC http://www.tescoplc.com
GlaxoSmithKline http://www.gsk.com/
Panasonic http://panasonic.net
Please retain a digital copy of the assignment until results are finalised.
Word limit:
3500 words
Weighting/Value:
35%
Estimated return date:
Marks will be returned at the end of Week 12 (assignments may be collected from Dr
Wendy Smith on Friday 30th May).
Criteria for marking:
A mark sheet specifying the marking criteria for the group assignment will be available on
Moodle. Please study this carefully while preparing your assignment.
Learning objectives assessed:
Bullet points 1, 2 and 4
Submission details:
Please submit a hard copy of the assignment in the Assignment Box located on the 11th
floor near Room W1111, Menzies (Building 11), by 4pm on the due date Friday 9th May
2014 . Please datestamp your hard copy using the datestamp machine on the wall
nearby.
Additionallty, please submit a digital copy of your assignment using Turnitin software on
8
Assessment Requirements
the Moodle site by the due date, 9th May 2014 11.55pm. You will be able to submit drafts
of the assignment to Turnitin before this date to check it for the correct use of citations,
originality, etc. This is especially recommended in the case of group work. Full instructions
for this process will be posted on Moodle.
Penalties for late lodgement:
A maximum penalty of 5% of the mark allocated to this assessment task will be deducted
for each day that the assessment is late. Students should note that a weekend is two days
and will be treated as such when penalties are calculated. After 10 days, late assignments
will be accepted but will not be given a mark.
Assessment coversheet:
Work submitted for assessment must be accompanied by a completed copy of the
Assessment Cover sheet (www.buseco.monash.edu.au/student/forms/index.html), which
has been signed by the student. NO assignment will be accepted or marked if it is not
accompanied by a signed Assessment Cover sheet.
•
In the case of a group assignment, each member of the group must complete, sign and
attach to the assignment a separate copy of the Assessment Cover sheet. In addition,
please download and complete the statement posted on Moodle which details your
agreed individual contribution percentages to the assignment.
Additional information:
Students are expected to read widely to supplement class work. The extent to which this
is done generally manifests in the quality of the written assignments. It is expected that
assignments will demonstrate a depth of analysis suitable to a third year unit.
Assessment task 2
Title:
Tutorial Assessment
Due date:
Each student will be allocated a presentation week and topic from Weeks 4 to 11, in the
first tutorial in Week 2. Depending on the tutorial size, it may be necessary to group
students into pairs, or threes, for the tutorial presentation exercise.
Details of task:
a) Presentation (Group or Individual – depending on the class size) - 20%
The oral tutorial presentations will commence from Week 4. Groups of two students, or
numbers depending on tutorial enrolment size, will conduct the designated case analysis
for that week, chair the tutorial, encourage everybody to participate in the discussion, and
answer all the case questions. Relevant theories from that week’s topic and from the
references listed for it, should be incorporated in justifying the arguments presented. Each
group should prepare a two page summary of their presentation, including references, and
photocopy enough copies to be handed out in the class at the time of their presentation.
This will give you up to 20 marks.
Technology requirements:
An OHP will be available for tutorial presentations and some tutorial rooms have high-tech
multimedia terminals. If students wish to use multimedia technology which is not available
in the tutorial room, they must consult with the tutor well in advance and take charge of
the equipment request process.
b) Tutorial participation and preparation - 5%
Students will be required to prepare for the tutorial by attending the lecture in the previous
week, reading the chapter/s set for the topic and the case study being presented that
9
Assessment Requirements
week and at least one of the references placed on the online library site linked to
MGC3120 Moodle as readings for that topic. As an indication of this preparation, students
are required to hand in an original question relating to the main theme of the tutorial, at
the beginning of the tutorial, which demonstrates that they have spent time preparing for
the session. Do not copy questions from the textbook. Make sure your name, date and
tutorial time are on this paper. Questions will not be accepted after the tutorial has begun.
These contributions may be discussed in class and are a record which will contribute to
the tutor’s assessment of “Tutorial participation and preparation”. This will give you up to 5
marks.
Word limit:
2,500 words equivalent
Weighting/Value:
25%
Estimated return date:
Constructive verbal feedback will be provided at the time of the presentation and marks
for the tutorial presentation will be available one week after the presentation, in tutorial.
Criteria for marking:
A mark sheet specifying the marking criteria for the tutorial presentation will be available
on Moodle. Please study this carefully while preparing your presentation.
Learning objectives assessed:
Bullet points 1-5
Penalties for late lodgement:
If you fail to attend and to present your allocated topic, you will not be awarded any marks
for this exercise. This section requires you to take responsibility in the same way that you
would need to do in the workplace, i.e. if you were due to make a presentation to a group
of people who have gathered to hear you speak it is not acceptable to fail to show up just
because you were unprepared. Therefore, it is recommended that you complete your
preparation well ahead of time so that if you encounter last minute problems, you will have
time to rectify them.
Additional information:
The same rules will be applied to everyone so please do not ask for special favours; this
only results in complaints from other students, and places your tutor in the difficult position
of having to say "NO".
Examination(s)
• Examination 1
Weighting:
40%
Length:
2 hours
Type (open/closed book):
Closed book
Hurdle requirements:
There is a hurdle requirement in this unit.
The learning outcomes in this unit require students to demonstrate in the individual
summative assessment task a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered in the
unit. This is demonstrated by the requirement that the student must attain a mark of at
least 40% in the final summative assessment task (exam).
A student’s final mark is normally the sum of the marks obtained in all of the individual
assessment items in the unit. Where a student fails the unit solely because of failure to
10
Assessment Requirements
satisfy the hurdle requirement a mark of 48 will be returned for the unit.
Electronic devices allowed in the exam:
None
Remarks:
The examination will consist of short and long essay questions. An example of the exam
format and breakdown of marks for each section will be available on Moodle. Practice
exam questions will be distributed and discussed in the final revision tutorial.
Learning resources
Monash Library Unit Reading List (if applicable to the unit)
http://readinglists.lib.monash.edu/index.html
Feedback to you
Types of feedback you can expect to receive in this unit are:
• Informal feedback on progress in labs/tutes
• Graded assignments with comments
Referencing requirements
The Q Manual is a student guide for producing quality written work with correct referencing. Printed
copiesare available at the bookshop or online at URL:
http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/publications/qmanual/qmanual.pdf
Assignment submission
Hard copy submission
Assignment Box located on the 11th floor near Room W1111, Menzies (Building 11).
Online submission
As well as in hard copy as outlined above, please submit your work in digital form using Turnitin
software via the Moodle site for this unit, which you can access via links in the my.monash portal.
Prescribed text(s) and readings
Deresky, H. (2014). International Management: Managing Across Borders and Cultures, (8th edition)
(Global edition). New Jersey: Prentice Hall/Pearson.
Recommended text(s) and readings
The following recommended texts cover various aspects of the Unit (expanded list on Moodle)
• Adler, N.J. (2008). International dimensions of organizational behavior (5th ed). South Melbourne:
Thomson.
11
Assessment Requirements
• Bartlett, C. A. & Beamish, P.W. (2011) Transnational Management: Text, Cases and Readings in
Cross-Border Management, 6th ed., New York: Irwin McGraw-Hill.
• Briscoe, D. Schuler, R. & Tarique, I. (2012). International Human Resource Management, 4th ed.
NY: Routledge.
• Cullen, J. B. (2011) Multinational management: A strategic approach (5th ed.). Cincinnati:
South-Western College Publishing.
• Dowling, P.J. Festing, M. & Engle, A. D. Sr (2008). International human resource management
(5th ed.). South Melbourne: Thomson.
• Holt, D. H. & Wiggington K.W. (2002). International management (2nd ed.). New York: Harcourt
College Publishers.
• Hill, C.W. (2011). International business: Competing in the global market place (8th ed.).
McGraw-Hill.
• Luthans, F. and Doh, J. P. (2012), International Management: Culture, Strategy and Behavior, 8th
Edition, Boston: Irwin McGraw-Hill.
• McFarlin, D. and Sweeney, P. (2011) International Management: Strategic Opportunities and
Cultural Challenges (4th) New York, N.Y.: Routledge.
• Phatak,A, Ghagat, R & Kashlak, R. (2009). International management: Managing in a diverse and
dynamic global environment (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin. Chapter 1.
• Rodrigues, C. (2009). International management: A cultural Approach (3rd ed.). LA: Sage.
List of key journals (extended list on Moodle)
• Academy of Management Journal
• Academy of Management Review
• Asia Pacific Business Review
• Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
• British Journal of Management
• Harvard Business Review
• Journal of International Management
• Journal of International Business Studies
• Management International Review
• Sloan Management Review
• Thunderbird International Business Review
Recommended reading weekly reference list on Moodle
A comprehensive listing of recommended weekly readings is available on the Moodle site through the
link to the library on-line leadings website:
http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/resourcelists/m/mgc3120.html
Field trips
No field trips are required
Additional subject costs
There are no additional subject costs.
12
Assessment Requirements
Examination material or equipment
Closed book exam. Only writing materials are permitted.
13
Other Information
Policies
Monash has educational policies, procedures and guidelines, which are designed to ensure that staff and
students are aware of the University’s academic standards, and to provide advice on how they might
uphold them. You can find Monash’s Education Policies at:
www.policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/academic/education/index.html
Key educational policies include:
• Student Academic Integrity Policy and Student Academic Integrity: Managing Plagiarism and
Collusion Procedures ;
• Assessment in Coursework Programs;
• Special Consideration;
• Grading Scale;
• Discipline: Student Policy;
• Academic Calendar and Semesters;
• Orientation and Transition; and
• Academic and Administrative Complaints and Grievances Policy.
Graduate Attributes Policy
http://www.policy.monash.edu/policy-bank/academic/
education/management/monash-graduate-attributes-policy.html
Student Charter
www.opq.monash.edu.au/ep/student-charter/monash-university-student-charter.html
Student services
The University provides many different kinds of support services for you. Contact your tutor if you need
advice and see the range of services available at http://www.monash.edu.au/students
Monash University Library
The Monash University Library provides a range of services, resources and programs that enable you to
save time and be more effective in your learning and research. Go to www.lib.monash.edu.au or the
library tab in my.monash portal for more information.
Moodle 2
All unit and lecture materials, plus other information of importance to students, are available through the
virtual learning environment Moodle site. You can access Moodle via the my.monash portal.
Where to go for help
If you're stuck, confused or simply not sure how to approach Moodle, there are a number of Moodle
resources that you can tap into.
14
Other Information
Disability Liaison Unit
Students who have a disability or medical condition are welcome to contact the Disability Liaison Unit to
discuss academic support services. Disability Liaison Officers (DLOs) visit all Victorian campuses on a
regular basis.
• Website: http://www.monash.edu/equity-diversity/disability/index.html
• Telephone: 03 9905 5704 to book an appointment with a DLO;
• Email: dlu@monash.edu
• Drop In: Equity and Diversity Centre, Level 1, Building 55, Clayton Campus.
Unit Schedule
Week Topic
1
The challenge of international management
Key dates
03 March 2014
2
10 March 2014
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
References/Readings
Luthans and Doh (2012)
Chapter 1. Phatak,
Bhagat and Kashlak,
(2009) Chapter 1
Managing the external environment from a
Deresky (2014) Chapter
manager's perspective
1
Managing global interdependence: social
Deresky (2014) Chapter
responsibility and ethics
2
The cultural context of international management
Deresky (2014) Chapter
3
Cross-cultural communication for international
Deresky (2014) (a)
managers: (a) Cross-cultural communication, (b)
Chapter 4 and (b)
Cross-cultural negotiation and decision making
Chapter 5
Motivation and leadership across cultures
Deresky (2014) Chapter
11
International strategic management: (a) formulation Deresky (2014) (a)
(b) global alliances and strategy implementation
Chapter 6 and (b)
Chapter 7
SEMESTER BREAK
Organising and controlling international operations Deresky (2014) Chapter
8
Global human resource management
Deresky (2014) Chapter
9
Developing a global management cadre, managing Deresky (2014) Chapter
diversity; women as international managers
10 pp. 318-334. Holt &
Wiggington (2002)
Chapter 16
International labour relations
Deresky (2014) Chapter
10 pp. 334-347.
Hodgetts, Luthans &
Doh (2006) Chapter 15
Unit revision
No required reading
17 March 2014
24 March 2014
31 March 2014
7 April 2014
14 April 2014
28 April 2014
05 May 2014
12 May 2014
19 May 2014
26 May 2014
Tutorial Programme
Week
Activity
Required Preparation
15
Other Information
1
2
3
No tutorials
Allocation of tutorial topics, discussion Read your Unit Guide;
of first lecture and how to meet
assessment requirements for the
GENERAL PREPARATIONS
tutorial presentation and written
assignments.
• Read textbook chapter and tutorial
Case Studies carefully before you
go to each tutorial
• Read one article from the weekly
topics lists posted on the library
site
• Make up one original question
relating to the tutorial topic for
discussion and write it on a piece
of paper with your
name/date/tutorial time (do not
copy questions from the
textbook)
• Read Luthans and Doh (2012)
Chapter 1. Phatak, Bhagat and
Kashlak, (2009) Chapter 1
Read Deresky (2014) Ch 1;
Class discussion:
Managing the external environment Read and think about experiential
exercise of Deresky p.54 which will be
Do experiential exercise, Deresky p.54 done in class;
And Read Case Study and prepare
answers to questions: Case Study
4
5
6
Tutorial Presentations begin.
Tutorial presentation and class
discussion.
Managing Global Dependence Social responsibility and ethics
Tutorial presentation and class
discussion.
“Apple’s iPhones – Not Made in
America” pp. 54-56.
Read Deresky (2014) Ch 2;
Read Case Study and prepare answers to
questions: Case Study “Nike’s CSR
Challenge” pp. 86-88..
Read Deresky (2014) Ch. 3;
Read Case Study and prepare answers to
The cultural context of international questions: Case Study “Australia and
management
New Zealand: Doing Business with
Indonesia”, pp. 126-129. Additionally,
where possible, analyse the case material
in terms of Hofstede’s and Trompenaars’
value dimensions.
Tutorial presentation and class
Read Deresky (2014) Chs 4 and 5; Read
discussion.
Case Study and prepare answers to
questions:
A. Cross-cultural communication
and
Comprehensive Case 6 “Guanxi in
Jeopardy” pp. 194-201 Deresky(6th
edition, 2008) AVAILABLE on Moodle16
Other Information
7
B. Cross-cultural negotiation and
decision making
Tutorial presentation and class
discussion
Motivation and leadership across
cultures
8
SEMESTER BREAK
Tutorial presentation and class
discussion.
International strategic
management –
A. formulation and
9
B. global alliances and strategy
implementation
Tutorial presentation and class
discussion.
Organising and controlling
international operations
10
11
Tutorial presentation and class
discussion.
International human resource
management
Tutorial presentation and class
discussion.
Developing a global management
cadre
12
Final revision and exam preparation.
see also questions on Moodle.
Read Read Deresky (2014) Ch.11;
Read Case Study and prepare answers to
questions: Case Study“The Olympus
Debacle – Western Leader clashes with
Japan’s Corporate Leadership Style”
pp. 372-374.
Read Deresky (2014) Chs. 6 and 7
Read Case Study and prepare answers to
questions:
: “The Nokia-Microsoft Alliance in the
Global Smartphone Industry” pp.
259-260.
Read Deresky (2014) Ch.8;
Read Case Study and prepare answers to
questions:
"HSBC’s Global Reorganization and
Corporate Performance in 2012” pp.
284-285.
Read Deresky (2014) Ch.9;
Read Case Study and prepare answers to
questions: Case Study "Kelly’s
Assignment in Japan” pp. 315-317.
Read Deresky (2014) Chapter 10 pp.
318-334. Holt & Wiggington (2002)
Chapter 16
Case Study and prepare answers to
questions: Case Study
“Expatriate Management at
AstraZeneca” pp. 345-347.
Revision of curriculum, exam strategy and
sample question revision
Students should note that the lecture and tutorial programs outlined above are a guide to the material to
be covered in this unit and not a definitive statement of when that material will be covered. Specific
details relating to the timing will be discussed in lectures and tutorials, and posted on the Moodle unit
website.
17