Postgraduate - UnitMGX5310 - International management

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Management
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2013 (Day) Sunway First semester 2013 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2013 (Evening) Sunway Second semester 2013 (Evening)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Cherrie Zhu (Caulfield First semester); Associate Professor Ramanie Samaratunge (Caulfield Second semester); Dr Jane Tong (Malaysia)

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.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

evaluate the changing nature of international management process
relate management theory to varying and different cultures
describe and explain the complex challenges facing business and managers in a cross-cultural setting
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: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Cherrie Zhu (First semester)
Associate Professor Ramanie Samaratunge (Second semester)

Contact hours

3 hours per week