Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Unit

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Synopsis

International strategic management; ethics and social responsibility, communication and interpersonal relations; employee attitudes and motivation; cross-cultural leadership; control and conflict issues, international human resource management and comparative industrial relations.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

1. evaluate the changing nature of international management process
2. relate management theory to varying and different cultures
3. describe and explain the complex challenges facing business and managers in a cross-cultural setting
4. critically compare and contrast a range of cross-cultural variables in the international business management environment and understand their impact on international management.

Assessment

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

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Elaine Chew

Contact hours

3 hours per week