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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
MNG10247 - Managing Organisations AND 36 credit points in any SCU Unit
Unit aim
International management covers the major elements of the managerial process that transcends country borders. Examines the reasons why multinational organisations elect to become transnational in their strategic operations. Topics covered include cross-border collaboration and strategies for exploiting the knowledge that grows out of those strategic alliances, the evolving global role of transnational organisations and a consideration of important ethical issues that confront the international manager.
Unit content
Topic 1: Introduction to transnational management (text Chapter 1)
Topic 2: Distance and the liability of foreignness (text Chapter 1)
Topic 3: The integration-responsiveness paradigm (text Chapter 2)
Topic 4: Developing and transnational strategies (text Chapter 3)
Topic 5: Strategic flexibility in the international environment (text Chapter 4)
Topic 6: Worldwide innovation and learning (text Chapter 5)
Topic 7: Cross-border collaboration (text Chapter 6)
Topic 8: Managerial roles: rethinking traditional assumptions (text Chapter 7)
Topic 9: The MNE and the wider political economy (text Chapter 8)
Topic 10: Leading the MNE: Global strategy
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 1 | identify and explain the aspects of international management that are important for multinational business planning | |||||||
| 2 | explain the multinational aspects of standard business activities | |||||||
| 3 | identify the actions necessary to achieve the efficient management of a multinational organisation | |||||||
| 4 | develop an awareness of issues facing managers after their firms have internationalised | |||||||
| 5 | gain an understanding of the theoretical foundations of global strategy. | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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identify and explain the aspects of international management that are important for multinational business planning
- GA2:
- GA4:
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explain the multinational aspects of standard business activities
- GA2:
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identify the actions necessary to achieve the efficient management of a multinational organisation
- GA6:
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develop an awareness of issues facing managers after their firms have internationalised
- GA6:
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gain an understanding of the theoretical foundations of global strategy.
- GA1:
- GA4:
Prescribed texts
- If unable to obtain the 7th edition, the 6th edition will suffice: Bartlett, CA & Beamish, PW, 2013, Transnational Management: Text, Cases and Readings in Cross-Border Management, 7th edn, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York. ISBN: 978-0-07-813711-2.
- If unable to obtain the 7th edition, the 6th edition will suffice: Bartlett, CA & Beamish, PW, 2013, Transnational Management: Text, Cases and Readings in Cross-Border Management, 7th edn, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York. ISBN: 978-0-07-813711-2.
- If unable to obtain the 7th edition, the 6th edition will suffice: Bartlett, CA & Beamish, PW, 2013, Transnational Management: Text, Cases and Readings in Cross-Border Management, 7th edn, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York. ISBN: 978-0-07-813711-2.