2017/18 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS5714M International Management

10 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Hanna Gajewska De Mattos
Email: ca@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module introduces you to major issues in international management and major theoretical contributions in this area as well as the empirical work on which these contributions rest. It also examines their practical applications. We will be exploring key issues in cross-cultural management and we will identify and explore important areas of contemporary controversy in the management of multinational activity (e.g., corruption). All this will be illustrated using real and emerging examples, and using participative exercises (role-plays, seminars, case studies) to enhance your cultural experience and knowledge and for you to benefit from being a member of the multinational student group.

Objectives

The objective of this module is to introduce students to major issues in international management; to discuss major theoretical contributions in this area, the empirical work on which these contributions rest, and the practical applications. It will also provide students with the tools to explore key issues in cross-cultural management; identify and explore important areas of contemporary controversy in the management of multinational activity; illustrate the above using real and emerging examples, and allow the cultural experience and knowledge of the multinational student group to inform the previous objectives using participative exercises (role-plays, seminars, case studies).

Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
- Evaluate the concept of culture and its importance in international business, including key theoretical dimensions of culture and their practical applications
- Apply the work of cultural theorists as a means of studying and understanding cultural issues in international management and evaluate how cross-cultural issues impact upon the management of business functions across national borders
- Assess particular aspects of recent cross-cultural research and apply these to illustrate and account for cultural differences when taking managerial decisions
- Assess and outline MNEs Organization and Structure and the role of institutions

Skills outcomes
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to practice and deploy:
Transferable
- Commercial and ethical awareness and social/cultural sensitivity
- Professionalism appropriate for managers
- Concepts and information for critical thoughts and arguments
- Communication and team-working skills to analyse and present material
- Decision making skills in complex and unpredictable situations

Subject Specific
- Interpretation and evaluation of the underlying theories of culture and apply them in international business contexts

Syllabus

Indicative content
Major theoretical approaches to international management and their application to specific examples; national culture and management; Cross-cultural negotiations; Expatriate Management; Leadership in the International Context; MNEs Organization and Structure; The Role of Institutions; Corruption around the World and its impact on the conduct of Business.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	10	3.00	30.00
Private study hours			70.00
Total Contact hours			30.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students are required to write a 2,000 words assignment accounting for 50 per cent of their final mark.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	.	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	1 hr 30 mins	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 17/11/2014

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