COURSE SYNOPSIS
This course is designed to increase students’ awareness level
of the functions and importance of effective management styles
in the international business world. This course focuses on the
different styles of management among international managers.
This course will also emphasizes on different cultures of the
world and how these cultural differences affect the management
styles of managers from diverse cultural background.
UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA
School of Management
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Bachelor of Management/Accounting Degree
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Semester 1, Academic Session 2012/2013
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COURSE OUTLINE
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AOW 356E/3 – INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT
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To impact the students on the difference leadership and
managerial styles across the nations
To expose students to the different cultures of the world,
especially in the working cultures and leadership styles
Will interestingly attract students’ attention to the cultures of
most of the nations in the world
To make students aware of the various styles of effective
communication when dealing with people from different
cultures
To train students to become “expert” global travelers
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Lecturer:
At the end of the course, students will be able to:-
Anees Janee Ali, PhD
SOM Office/Phone: Room 107, ext. 3434
PETAS office: 2545, Block M09 Complex RST
email: aneesali15@yahoo.my
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relate to global manager’s environment and international
principles in an organization.
to become aware of the cultural context of global
management
to become accustomed to the formulation and
implementation strategy for international and global
operations
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demonstrate values, attitudes and ethical behavior in the
internal and external environment communication of an
organization.
COURSE EVALUATION
Continuous evaluation:
 Mid-term examination
10%
(Week 6, 18th Oct 2012)
 Individual assignment
15%
Assignment 10%
Presentation 5%
 Group assignment
15%
Assignment 5%
Presentation 10%
Final Comprehensive Examination
TOTAL
40%
60%
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TEACHING METHODOLOGY:
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Lectures: will be conducted for each topic of the
course content.
Tutorials: will be conducted on a weekly basis.
Role Play: as part of presentation.
Project/Presentation: students will be required to
present their project paper on individual basis.
Library Search: collection of data for individual and
group projects.
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Motivating Across Cultures (Chp 12)
Topics to be covered for the whole semester
Leadership Across Cultures (Chp 13)
Globalization and International Linkages (Chp 1)
Human Resource Selection and Development Across
Cultures (Chp 14)
The Political, Legal, and Technological Environment
(Chp 2)
Ethics and Social Responsibility (Chp 3)
Week 10: Hand in your group assignment
Week 12: Hand in your individual assignment and
present your individual presentation based on your
individual assignment
The Meanings and Dimensions of Culture (Chp 4)
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Starting to present group assignments in the
tutorial classes.
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Managing Across Cultures (Chp 5)
MAIN TEXT BOOK
Luthans, F. and Doh, J. P. (2012). International Management:
Culture, Strategy and Behaviour, 8th Edition, Boston: McGraw Hill.
Mid term exam! 
Deresky, H. (2010). International Management, 7th Edition, New
JerseyPearson Education International.
Organizational Cultures and Diversity (Chp 6)
 Mock negotiation between groups: Malays, Germans,
Arabs, Italian, Chinese, Indians etc
Other Reference Book
 Hodgetts, R. M. , Luthans, F. and Doh, J. P. International
Management: Culture, Strategy, and Behaviour, 6th Edition ,
Boston: McGraw Hill.
Cross culturak communication and negotiation (Chp
7)
Strategy Formulation and Implementation (Chp 8)
Entry Strategies and Organisation Structure (Chp 9)
ATTENDANCE
Managing political risk, government relations and
Alliances (Chp 10)
Students have to fulfil 70% class attendance requirement.
Failure to observe this rule will result students not being able to sit
for the final exam.
Managing Decisions and Control (Chp 11)
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left side. All the pages should be numbered and a content
page should be inserted at the beginning of the report. The
report should use a font size of 12 (Times New Roman).
GROUP ASSIGNMENT AND PRESENTATION REQUIREMENT
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Group task: Your are going to be assigned with one
continent. You are required to choose TEN international
managers from this continent (from various countries). Study
their backgrounds, interests, personalities and also their
international achievements in conducting their organizations.
Prepare power point slides of these TEN international
managers and present them in tutorials, only one
international manager to be presented during each tutorial
class. Your group will be randomly picked to present one of
the managers in the class.
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The report should vary according to the discretion of the
group but should range between a minimum of 10 pages
and a maximum of 20 pages (excluding bibliography).
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The report content should consist of the following:
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The project should be on a team basis. Every team should
consist of 3-4 members (based on number of participants
in the class). The team should be heterogeneous
consisting of both males and females and varies according
to race. Every team should appoint a leader.
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Every source that is cited in the report should be
acknowledged in the bibliography.
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The information on the cover page should consist of the
following:
Tutorial time slots will be available during the first lecture.
The timetable will be on the lecturers’ notice boards outside
their rooms. You are required to fill in your name only in
ONE tutorial slot and all team members should attend the
same slot.
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Tutorial sessions will start during the third week of class.
Each tutorial class should have a maximum of 30
students.
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Every team is required to submit their group written report to
the lecturer’s office on Friday of the tenth week of lecture
(before 4 p.m.)
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The report should have a hard cover, typed in English using
computer, double-spaced, using A4 paper, with a 1 inch
margin (top, bottom, and right) with a 1.5 inch margin on the
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Executive Summary
Table of content
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix
Course:
Semester:
Academic Session :
Name of Lecturer :
Tutorial Slot:
Name of Team Members :
Matric Number of Team Members:
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Presentation: The presentation is based on your group
assignment. It is a group presentation but every member in
the team is encouraged to present since individual marks
will be given.
12.
Due date: 10th week during the lecture
INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT
PLAGIARISM
1. Task: With the same continent that you are responsible with,
choose a foreign country that you wish to start or expand
your business. You are free to choose any kind of business
that you like, make it either services (hotels, restaurants,
tourist agents, construction, etc.) or products (mineral water,
clothes, etc.).
2. Kindly write a business proposal of how you are going to
enter the foreign country’s market with emphasis given on
the research that you have done on the cultural differences,
people, market, weather, the rules of setting up a business
in that particular country etc. To make it more interesting, do
not forget to include the steps of starting a business in that
particular country and also the Do’s and Don’ts of doing
business in that country.
3. Hand in this assignment on the 12th week .
Please be aware that USM and the School of Management will not
tolerate any form of plagiarism by undergraduate students in their
term papers, projects, dissertation, or examination. The penalty for
plagiarism is an F for the course, RM200 fine, and if found guilty by
the University Disciplinary Committee, it is grounds for suspension
and academic dismissal.
The American Psychological Association (APA) defines Plagiarism
as representing “portions of another’s work or data as [your] own,
even if the other work or data source is cited occasionally”
(http://www.apa.org/ethics/code2002.htm1#8_11).
Students may be guilty of plagiarism if they use someone else’s
work as their own without citing the source in their dissertation. This
includes direct copying, rephrasing, summarizing, taking someone
else’s idea and putting it in different words, or directly quoting
passages or ideas but citing the work as a general source. Please
refer to the APA Publication Manual (2001) as a guide in citing
and referencing other people’s work to avoid being accused of
plagiarism.
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