1st Semester, 2018-2019
Instructor |
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Office Location & Hours |
basilkhoury@hotmail.ca |
Laic Institute, 2.30 PM-5.30PM, Thursday |
1. Understand and assess the drivers and consequences of globalization, its impact on specific regions, and the emerging concerns about its influences on countries around the world
2. Compare and contrast different political, legal, and economic systems and technological forces and their impact on international management
3. Understand and appreciate the need for ethics and social responsibility in international management, and the growing pressures on firms to act in an ethically and socially responsible manner in their global business operations
4. Describe and apply the concept of “national culture” and, using the typologies of Hofstede and Trompenaars, explain how the culture of one group of people can be distinguished from that of another, and the implications of these differences for international management
5. Explain and understand the challenges of managing across cultures.
- Slides
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Week |
Topic |
Reading |
Exercises |
1 |
22/9- 27/9 |
Presentation of the course and the rapid change in international business |
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2 |
29/9- 4/10 |
International Institutions from an International Perspective |
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3 |
6/10-11/10 |
Multinational corporation |
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4 |
13/10-18/10 |
Case Study |
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5 |
20/10-25/10 |
The Economical, Legal, Technological, and |
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6 |
27/10-1/11 |
International Competitive Strategies |
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7 |
3/11-8/11 |
Social Responsibility and the Meanings and Dimensions of Culture |
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8 |
10/11-15/11 |
Case Study |
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9 |
17/11-22/11 |
Cultural Dimensions |
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10 |
24/11-29/11 |
Dimensions of Culture |
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11 |
1/12-6/12 |
Organizational Cultures |
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12 |
8/12-13/12 |
Cross -Cultural Communication |
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13 |
15/12-20/12 |
Case Study |
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14 |
22/12-27/12 |
Case Study |
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15 |
29/12-3/1 |
Review |
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test |
Date |
Subject |
Reading |
Type |
language |
% of final grade |
Quizz 1 |
27/10 |
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MCQ/written |
Arabic |
10 |
Quizz 2 |
8/12 |
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MCQ/written |
Arabic |
10 |
Activity |
29/12 |
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10 |
Final Exam |
5/1/2019 |
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MCQ/written |
Arabic |
70 |
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