Management International: Cases, Exercises and Readings
Marcic, Dorothy and Puffer, Sheila.
St. Paul, MN: West, 1994,460 pp.
Contents
List of Contributors
1. Developing global consciousness: Competitiveness and culture
Cases and Exercises:
- A way of getting at American values: exercise
- “ As if….” Exercise: exercise
- Cultural Stereotypes: exercise
- Dimensions of national culture and effective leadership patterns: exercise
- Alcot Sato Machine Tool Company: case
Readings:
- Cultural constraints in management theories
- Global corporate competition
- Adaptation from Michael Porter
2. Cross Cultural awareness and sensitivity
Cases and Exercises:
- Chinese, Indian and American values: exercise
- Understanding Japan: exercise
- The East-West game: exercise
- Critical incidents in cross-cultural understanding: exercise
- An exercise in international negotiations: exercise
- Lao Bao’s: case
- Duo Tsai Paint company: case
- International negotiations case: When cultures collide: case
Readings:
- Insights into international negotiations
- A linkage between Confucianism and Chinese family firm in the republic of
China.
- A miss manners guide to doing business in Europe.
3. Ethics
Cases and Exercises:
- Bribery in international business: exercise
- Chicago Medical supplies Corporation: Explaining Sales in India: case
- A different situation: Maintaining sales in Japan: case
- H.B.Fuller in Honduras: case
Readings:
- The globalization of business ethics
- The foreign Corrupt practices Act
4. Human resource management
Cases and Exercises:
- Ellen Moore in Bahrain: case
- Comrade’s dilemma: From communism to free enterprise: exercise
- Management education and employee training at Moscow McDonald’s: case
- The international orientation scale: exercise and case
Readings:
- Entry shock, Culture shock
- Executive compensation in the international arena
5. Managing a diverse workforce
Cases and Exercises:
- Northern industries (US): case
- Women in management around the world: exercise
- Valentina on the verge: case
Readings:
- Women mangers in the USSR
- Women: world class managers for global competition
6. Multinational parent-subsidiary and joint ventures relationships
Cases and Exercises:
- Getting along with parents: exercise
- Rough times at Nomura: case
- Misr Acrylic and American Standard: case
- Ferox manufactured products: case
Readings:
- Joint ventures in Hungary
- The Japanese managers traumatic entry in US
7. Strategy
Cases and Exercises:
- Saab-Scania’s niche strategy: case
- Formulating strategy for a merchandising firm in Malaysia: case
- KNP, N.V. (Holland): case
- Critical incidents in international strategy: exercise
Readings:
- Global strategy, competence building and strategic alliances
- Great strategy or great strategy implementation: 2 ways of competing in global
markets
8. Financial and political risk
Cases and Exercises:
- The wave that shook the world: exercise
- Textiles in Sudan: case
- GOMEP: A mangers day in a developing country ( Dominican Republic): case
- Belco Petroleum: case
- Hondo River Enterprises: case
Readings:
- What executives should know about political risks
- Managers views on potential investment opportunities
- Compettiveness and the “global capital shortage”
9. European and North American integration
Cases and Exercises:
- Cadbury Schweppes, PLC: case
- Mr. Jax Fashions Inc. (Canada): case
- The Mexican automobile industry and NAFTA: case
Readings:
- Strategic alliances: Gateway to the new Europe
- NAFTA strategies for Canadian manufacturers
- NAFTA: The fight and the facts