International Management MGNE 4320

Course description:

The module presents an effective model for implementing a successful joint venture management strategy. This is an essential module for practitioners in strategic planning, business professionals interested in entering joint ventures, as well as academics and students of international business.

Course Aims:

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
  • Conduct an environmental scan to evaluate the impact of world issues on an organization’s international business opportunities.
  • Identify and interpret relevant international financial documents, and evaluate financial strategies that support an organization’s integrative trade initiatives.
  • Analyze the impact of an organization's integrative trade initiatives on its human resources management strategies, policies, and practices.
  • Conduct, evaluate and present market research to support an organization’s international business decision-making.
  • Manage the preparation of documents and the application of procedures to support the movement of products and services in the organization’s global supply chain.
  • Recommend strategies to support principles of corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility and ethics associated with an organization’s integrative trade initiatives and evaluate their effectiveness.
  • Develop and implement strategies to negotiate effectively within various cultural environments and to address the impact of cultural differences on an organization’s integrative trade initiatives.

Course outcomes:

By the successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  • Demonstrate their knowledge of International Business.
  • Think critically and solve business problems.
  • Proficient in oral and written communication in business settings.
  • Demonstrate an awareness of their role in the global environment.
  • Recognize when change is appropriate, be able to adapt to change as it occurs, and to take the lead in creating needed change.
  • Have an understanding of their personal interests, abilities, strengths, and weaknesses as they pertain to career and life alternatives.