Master Syllabus: MGT 44782

TROY UNIVERSITY
MASTER SYLLABUS
SORRELL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

MGT 4478
Managing in a Global Environment

TROY UNIVERSITY SCOB MISSION STATEMENT

The Sorrell College of Business (SCOB) prepares a diverse student body, drawn primarily from Alabama and surrounding states, to become successful, ethical and engaged business professionals with the knowledge to compete in the global business environment.

To achieve this our faculty, staff, and administration will:

Provide quality undergraduate and graduate education in global business through high-quality teaching;

Serve the university and engage with business and professional communities in our primary service area through individual involvement and our centers for research and outreach;

Grow and enhance the longstanding “culture of caring” for our traditional, nontraditional, military, and international students; and

Contribute to the creation of knowledge, with a focus on the scholarship of application and integration, and teaching and learning, complemented by basic and discovery scholarship in select disciplines.

TROY UNIVERSITY SCOB VISION STATEMENT

The Sorrell College of Business strives to be a renowned teaching-focused business college graduating GEEKS ready to succeed in business and life.

Prerequisites

Pre-Business Core, MGT 3300, and have completed at least 12 hours of the Global Business Core.

Description

This course is a survey and analysis of topics important to successfully managing multinational business operations. Included in the course are considerations of environmental analysis, modes of entry, planning and cross-cultural issues in directing, decision-making, organizing and staffing operations in multinational enterprises. Capstone for the Global Business Core.

This course has an assessment.

Student Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

1.Explain the impact the cultural, economic, social, and political-legal environments have on organizations that operate in today’s global marketplace.

2.Analyze the current cross-cultural challenges facing today’s global managers, including expatriate issues.

3.Assess the social and ethical responsibilities organizations and managers face within the global marketplace.

4.Describe the major features of leadership, motivation, and intercultural communication in global business.

5.Compare the various international strategies and modes of entry, discussing how they impact the strategic decisions made by global organizations.

Purpose

To provide a basic understanding of how to operate in a global environment,becoming familiar with the special international challenges associated with managing people and resources in a global environment.

Required Activity

This course must contain a student engagement activity with the community that relates to course content. The activity may include guest speakers, site visits, projects for the community/industry, etc…

Approved Texts

Griffin, R. W., &Pustay, M. W. (2015 or current). International business: A managerial perspective (8th ed.).Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Deresky, H. (2008or current). International management: Managing across borders and cultures (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Hill, C. W. L. (2012or current). International business: Competing in the global marketplace (5th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.

Hill, J. S. (2005or current). World business: Globalization, strategy, and analysis (1st ed.). Mason, OH: Thomson/South-Western.

Hodgetts, R. M., Luthans, F., & Doh, J. (2006or current). International management: Culture, strategy and behavior (5th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.

Supplements

As deemed appropriate.

Troy University Faculty Handbook(2016): Section 3.9.2.8 [extract] — essential elements of the syllabus (somewhat modified for space):

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