COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IŞL 6040 INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ÖMÜR NECZAN ÖZMEN

Offered to

Business Administration

Course Objective

To investigate the theories and models of international management, to understand the international differences among organizations and people, to analyze the effects of culture on organizations and people, to understand the differences between countries in terms of individual, group and organizational factors.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to understand, evaluate and aplly the theories and models of international management and behavior.
2   To be able to analyze the cultural differences, appriciate the differences and develop emphaty.
3   To be able learn to learn
4   To have knowledge about the management of global managers, their life-styles and global carreers.
5   To have the awareness on global negotiations and their taxtics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and Course Description
2 Introduction, context and definitions
3 Internationalization, international organizations, multinationals, global organizations: Characteristics, relationships, competition
4 Culture: Definition, characteristics, global strategies and culture, cultural differences effects on organizations, organizational culture
5 Institutionalized comparions between organizations: analysis, evaluations, and investigations
6 Values, attitudes, perceptions, communications in international context
7 Global leadership, decision-making and motivation
8 Management of global managers: Cross-cultural osmosis, new cultural formations, life styles of global managers, global careers
9 Country examples in terms of international management (English speaking countries)
10 Country examples in terms of international management (French, Spainsh, Italian speaking countries and East/west europe)
11 Country examples in terms of international management (Baltic countries, Russia, German speaking countries)
12 Country examples in terms of international management (Arabic speaking countries, Iran, India, Far east)
13 Global negotiation, actors of successful negatiation process: human, context, process, tactics
14 Conclusion and Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

- Adler, N.J. 2002. International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior. 4. Th Ed. South Western- Thomson
- Bartlet, C.A., Ghoshal, S. 2002.Managing Across Borders. The Transnational Solution. Harward Business School Press
- Gannon, M.J., Newman, K.L. 2002. Handbook of Cross-Cultural Management. Blackwell
- Hofstede, G. 2001. Cultures Concequences: Compering Values, Behaviors, Institutions, and Organizations Across Nations. 6. Th Ed. Sage
- Lewis, R.D. 2004. When Cultures Collide Managing Successfully Across Cultures.
- Harward Business Review, Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organizational Behavior, Human Relations, Journal of Applied Psychology.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Strategies are mentioned in the assessment methods and course activities parts.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To read and to be prepared to subjects announced previously in the class.
To prepare the reports and conduct the researches asked for.
To participate the class discussions, applications, case studies and simulations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

omur.ozmen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 10 10
Midterm 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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