MULTINATIONAL MANAGEMENT
MULTINATIONAL MANAGEMENT: MGMT 625
West Chester Off Site MBA SUMMER 2010
Instructor: Paul Bergé
Office Hours: by appointment.
E-mail address: bergep@xavier.edu; or pberge@gmail.com
Phone: 871 6657, Fax: 672 9679
Required Text: Fred Luthans, Jonathan P. Doh. 2009. International Management: Culture, Strategy, and Behavior. Seventh Edition. Irwin McGraw-Hill Publishers.
Cases and articles from the popular business press distributed by the instructor in class.
In addition, students are expected to be familiar with current international business issues as reported in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Business Week.
Objectives
The mission of the Williams College of Business (WCB) appears below:
“We educate students of business, enabling them to improve organizations and society, consistent with the Jesuit tradition.”
“The primary objective of this course is to provide you with a framework for understanding issues related to multinational management. Changes in the global business environment continue at an accelerated pace. The challenges for multinational management reflect this dynamism and the increasing unpredictability of global economic and political events. The challenge in today’s uncertain geopolitical and economic environment is to learn and effectively practice multinational management. Past assumptions must always be tested and challenged, and best practices will continuously evolve in response to changing environmental and competitive conditions. Those with the knowledge and skills to apply the contents of this course multinational management will be taking a huge step toward gaining a competitive advantage over those who do not have such a perspective. They will be in a strong position to gain a broad understanding and to take specific steps for implementation of effective managing across cultures. Of special importance is that students of multinational
West Chester Off Site MBA SUMMER 2010
Instructor: Paul Bergé
Office Hours: by appointment.
E-mail address: bergep@xavier.edu; or pberge@gmail.com
Phone: 871 6657, Fax: 672 9679
Required Text: Fred Luthans, Jonathan P. Doh. 2009. International Management: Culture, Strategy, and Behavior. Seventh Edition. Irwin McGraw-Hill Publishers.
Cases and articles from the popular business press distributed by the instructor in class.
In addition, students are expected to be familiar with current international business issues as reported in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Business Week.
Objectives
The mission of the Williams College of Business (WCB) appears below:
“We educate students of business, enabling them to improve organizations and society, consistent with the Jesuit tradition.”
“The primary objective of this course is to provide you with a framework for understanding issues related to multinational management. Changes in the global business environment continue at an accelerated pace. The challenges for multinational management reflect this dynamism and the increasing unpredictability of global economic and political events. The challenge in today’s uncertain geopolitical and economic environment is to learn and effectively practice multinational management. Past assumptions must always be tested and challenged, and best practices will continuously evolve in response to changing environmental and competitive conditions. Those with the knowledge and skills to apply the contents of this course multinational management will be taking a huge step toward gaining a competitive advantage over those who do not have such a perspective. They will be in a strong position to gain a broad understanding and to take specific steps for implementation of effective managing across cultures. Of special importance is that students of multinational