4845: International Management. SEMESTER FOR WHICH THE COURSE DESCRIPTION APPLIES: Fall 2008

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1 COURSE CODE NO: 4845 COURSE NAME: International Management COURSE LEVEL: Elective master s level course NUMBER OF ECTS: 10 APPROVED: Approved by the Study Board on 25 January 2008 SEMESTER FOR WHICH THE COURSE DESCRIPTION APPLIES: Fall 2008 REPLACES COURSE DESCRIPTION DATED: 2007 INTERVALS AT WHICH THE COURSE IS OFFERED: Fall FILLED IN BY: Mikael Soendergaard LECTURER: Mikael Soendergaard NUMBER OF HOURS PER WEEK: A total of 48 lecture equivalents COMPLEMENTARY COURSES: RESTRICTIONS ON ADMISSION: Max. number of 30 students COURSE DESCRIPTION: Theoretical and practical insights into the preconditions for competence development and organizational behaviour in global business organizations LEARNING OBJECTIVES: At the end of this course, the students have acquired theoretical and practical insights into the preconditions for competence development and organizational behaviour in global business organizations. At the individual level and at the organizational level, within contingency model of global management, student can Analyze the theories and explain the advantages and disadvantages for these in respect to unknown situations in a synopsis Analyze global complex situations in the relationship between global and local units from a Danish perspective Analyze intercultural encounters in global management situations from a Danish perspective Argue for a choice in the role repertoire in respect of global complexity and reflect on how their choice and argument differ from their choice and argument made in the beginning of the course,

2 Reflect on the consequences for real life situations and research agenda in the area of global management and international management TEACHING METHOD: Lectures, case analyses, simulations FORM OF ASSESSMENT: Oral exam of 20 minutes based on a synopsis of 5 pages as point of departure. EXAMINATION AIDS ALLOWED: None TEACHING LANGUAGE: English LITERATURE: Readings listed by main topics: Globalization ( 189 1) Govindarajan & Gupta, 2008, The Quest for Global Dominance, San Franscico: Jossey- Bass 4 23, (59 2) Keohane, R.O. and Nye, J. Joseoh, J.r, 2000, Globalization: What s New What s Not.Foreign Policy, (18) (26 3) Brookesm J., 2005, The Collapse of Globalism, The more extravagant promises of globalization theory have come to naught. Where do we go from here, 1 6. (6 4) Lane, H.W. Maznevski, M.L. Mendenhall, M. 2003, Hercules Meets Buddha, Blackwell of Global Management: A Guide to Managing Complexity, 1 23 (23 5) Evans,P. et al.,, 2002, Danmark foran den globale udfordring, (40 Not required reading 6) Greens, et al., 2003, In Search of Global Leaders, Harvard Business Review, August, (6 7) Bird et al, 2003, Global Competencies, an Introduction, in Lane H W et al, Blackwell of Global Management: A Guide to Managing Complexity, (29

3 The Transnational Corporate Model (79 8) Harzing, A, Structuring International Organizations, (18 9) Evans, 2002, The Modern Multinational Company, from The Global Challenge (11 10) Gooderham et al, 2003, Structures and Learning Networks, in International Management, Blackwell, (21 11) Søndergaard & Naumes, 2007, ABB-Transformers Denmark, (A) The CASE Journal, (18 12) Søndergaard & Naumes, 2007, ABB-Transformers Denmark, (B). The CASE Journal, 3, 2, (3 13) Bartlett & Ghoshal, Matrix of the Mind, HBR. 1 9 (8 14) Evans, 2002, Globalization, from The Global Challenge (18 15) Ruigrok et al., ABB Beyond the Global Matrix ( 12 Differences in National Culture (466 pages*) 16) Brannen, et al, 2003, Culture, personality, and social dynamics, in Lane H W et al, Blackwell of Global Management: A Guide to Managing Complexity 1 37 (37 17) Hofstede, 2002, The Ten Synthetic Culture Profiles, in Exploring Culture, (21 18) Hofstede & Hofstede, 2005, from Cultures and Organizations, 39 72, , or Hofstede & Hofstede, 2006, from Kulturer og organisationer 55-88, , , (115 reading instructions* 19) Hofstede & Hofstede, 2005, from Cultures and Organizations, , or Hofstede & Hofstede 2006, from Kulturer og organisationer, , (89 reading instructions* 20) Gertsen, 1990, Interkulturel kompetence, in Fjernt fra Danmark, (40 Not required reading 21) Thomas et al, 2003, Interpersonal Skills, Mindful Communication and Building trust, in Lane H W et al, Blackwell of Global Management: A Guide to Managing Complexity, (14

4 Intercultural Competence (37 22) DiStefano et al, 2000, David Shorter, Bob Chen in Lane, H., et al. International Management Behavior, Blackwell, (15 23) Gelfand et al, 2007, Cross Cultural Organizational Behavior, Annual Review of Psychology, , (22 Global Competence : Global Mindset (26 24) Levy et al. 2007, What we talk about when we talk about global mindset : Managerial cognition in multinational corporations, Journal of International Business Studies, (18), (26 Global Compentence: Ethics in Global Corporations (47 25) NcNett et al, 2003, Ethical Decision-Making for Global Managers, in Lane H W et al, Blackwell of Global Management: A Guide to Managing Complexity (17 26) Schneider et al, Citizens of the world, business ethics and social responsibility, (30 Global Competence: Expatriation (42 27) Caligiuri et al, 2001, Global competence, What is it and can it be developed through global assignments, Human Resource Planning, 24, 3, (9 28) Pucik et al., 1998, Selecting and developing the global versus the expatriate manager, Human Resource Planning, 21, 4, (14 29) Stahl et al, 2002, Toward the boundaryless career: a closer look at the expatriate career concept and the perceived implication of an international assignment, Journal of World Business, 37, , (12 30) Kragelund & Søndergaard, 2004, A Candidate for Saudi Arabia, ini Francesco A et al, International Organizational Behavior, Prentice-Hall, (7 31) Adler 2002, Cross - Cultural Transitions, International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior, (40 not required reading 32) Adler, 2002, A Portable Life, The Expatriate Spouse, International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior (34 not required reading Global Competence: Boundary Spanning (89 pages*) 33) Beechler et al, 2003, Bounday Spanning, in Lane H W et al, Blackwell of Global Management: A Guide to Managing Complexity (14

5 34) Williams, 2002, the Competent boundary spanner, Public Administration, 80, 1, , (22 35) Saner et al, 2000, Business diplomacy management: a core competency for global companies, Academy of Management Executive, 14, 1, 80 92, (13 36) Søndergaard et al, Corporate Diplomat: Essential Integrator fro Global Corporations, an Undeveloped Concept in International Cross Cultural Management, unpublished manuscript, 1 42 (40 reading instructions* Global Competence: Global Teams (52 37) Gluesing J.C. & Gibson, C.B. 2003, Designing and forming global teams,, in Lane H W et al, Blackwell of Global Management: A Guide to Managing Complexity, (29 38) Davison & Ekelund, 2003, Effective team processes from global teams, in Lane H W et al, Blackwell of Global Management: A Guide to Managing Complexity , (23 Global Competence: Global Management/managers (107 39) Bartlett & Ghoshal, 2003 What is a Global Manager, HRB, august, , (8 40) Adler, N., Global careers International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior South-Western, , (32 41) Kedia et al., 1999, Global Managers: Developing a Mindset for Global Competitiveness, Journal of World Business, 34, 3, (20 42) Morrison, A, 2000, Developing a global leadership model, Human Ressource Mangement Journal 39, 1 & 2, (15 43) Petrick et al., 1999, Global leadership skils and reputational capital: Intangible resources from sustainable competitive advantage, Academy of Management Executive, 13,1, 58 69, (12 44) Ernst, C.T., 2000, The influence of behavioural complexity on global leadership effectiveness, North Carolina State University, unpublished dissertation, (20 Global Competence: Negotiation (85 45) Adler, N.2002, Negotiating Globally, in International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior South-Western, (46

6 46) Kumar, R., and Worm, V, 2008, Institutional Dynamics and the Negotiation Process: Comparing India and China, International Journal of Conflict Management, (15), 3, (30 47) Hofstede, G., Asian management in the 21st century. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 24, (9 Global Competence: Political Risk Analysis (16 48) Gregory, A. Model of Political Risk, (16 Readings in total: 1235 pages NB reading instructions: readings for exemplification and references ( 244 COURSE SUBJECT AREAS: The course covers concepts and theories within the subject areas such as o National Cultural differences o Globalization o The transnational model o Global complexity o Planning, recruitment and competence development o Boundary spanning o Expatriation o Ethics o Master global leaders o Cross-cultural teams o Conflict resolution in global settings REQUIRED COURSES (progression): Organization, Organizational Behavior