MGX5171 - Managing the multinational enterprise: cases and issues

Leader(s): Dr Quamrul Alam

Offered

Caulfield First semester 2009 (Day)
Caulfield First semester 2009 (Evening)
Caulfield Second semester 2009 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2009 (Evening)
Sunway Second semester 2009 (Day)

Synopsis

Issues include the impact of culture on management and the convergence-divergence debate; centralisation versus decentralisation of decision making; standardisation versus differentiation of management activities; control versus delegation; and, competition versus partnership: new international organisation forms and implications for management.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• critically analyse the issues relating to global-local dilemma confronting multinational enterprises
• analyse the issues relating to multinational production systems and their impact on management practices
• develop skills to examine the global supply chain and quality management practices pursued by multinational enterprises
• Identify the attributes that successful multinational managers should have to meet and beat the challenges of managing stakeholders
• define the theoretical and conceptual frameworks underlying particular issues in international management
• critically analyse the multinational management practices, and apply them to case studies.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination (2 hours): 40%

Contact hours

One 3-hour class per week, block mode

Prerequisites

MGX9660

Co-requisites

Students should study this unit in the final year of their course.