International Management

MGMT221 or MGMT 220

Timetable Note

Students are strongly encouraged to attend all classes. One class each week will involve interactive case discussions. This will give students valuable and marketable skills in team working and team leadership. It is the student’s responsibility to collect any information/material handed out in the lectures.

Tutorials are on-line on the University's Learning Management System LEARN

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Venkataraman Nilakant

Assessment

There are three pieces of assessment for this course:

1. Case Analysis (Due: Thursday, August 16, 2012, 5 pm.  Weight: 20%)

Read the case in the text titled The Bribery Scandal at Siemens AG (pages 73-84 in my paperback copy of Text) and answer the following questions:

1. In your opinion, is ‘bribing’ unethical and illegal or just a cost of doing business? Discuss this in light of Siemens’ bribery scandal. What options do companies have to win business contracts without bribing, especially in foreign countries?
2. Was the board right in not extending Kleinfield’s term, especially in view of his overall performance as CEO? What is likely to be the impact of his departure on the company? Was Seimens really at fault or was it just unfortunate to have got caught given the perception that many companies have to resort to bribing to win contracts?

• Word limit: 2,000 words; I usually allow up to 5% extra but no more than that.
• The assignment should have a cover page with your name, ID and word count.
• Introduction, conclusion and executive summary are unnecessary.
• Make sure you answer each question separately.
• Your answer must demonstrate comprehension of course concepts.
• It is NOT necessary to reference the text or the lectures.
• Any source, other than the text or the lectures, MUST be referenced.

2. Group Project Assignment (Due: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 5 pm.  Weight: 30%)

Select a specific New Zealand company that has operations overseas (either marketing or manufacturing or both). Alternatively, you could also select a major international firm operating in New Zealand. Research the company and collect as much information as possible about the organization from the Internet, the company website and published sources. Local magazines such as Unlimited, Management, and the National Business Review are good places to look for interesting companies.

Write a report about the internationalisation strategy of the company. Describe the company and its operations. Describe the overseas markets/countries where it operates. Discuss critical environmental factors and how they affect the company. If possible, give a cultural profile of the local areas in which the company operates. Discuss key management issues (staffing, leadership, motivation and communication) that the company is likely to face.

• This assignment can be done either individually or in groups.
• Group size MUST not exceed four students.
• If done in a group, all students in the group will get identical marks.
• It is NOT necessary to reference the text or the lectures. Any source, other than the text or the lectures, MUST be referenced.
• Your answers should be written up as a professional report, which should be neatly typed/printed using a word processor, 12 point font, double-spaced and 2.54 cm. margins on all sides.
• The report, including title pages and references MUST not exceed 2,500 words. Your title page should contain a word count. I usually allow up to 5% extra but no more than that.
• Grammatical errors and poor writing style will result in lower marks.

3. Final Exam [Weight: 50%]

The final examination will be of three hours duration and will cover chapters 6-11 of the text. It will consist of SIX questions drawn from the ‘Discussion Questions’ at the end of each chapter. You can expect at least one question from each chapter. You have to answer any FIVE questions.

The marks for each piece of assessment may be standardised before a final grade is determined.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Deresky, Helen; International management : managing across borders and cultures : texts and cases ; 6th ed; Prentice Hall, 2008.

Course links

LEARN

Notes

Departmental Academic Policies
The Department assumes that you have read this document.

You should also read the General Course and Examination Regulations

Dishonest Practice
The University of Canterbury considers cheating and plagiarism to be serious acts of dishonesty.  All assessed work must be your own individual work unless specifically stated otherwise in the assessment guidelines. Material quoted from any other source must be clearly acknowledged. You must not copy the work of another person (student or published work) in any assessment including examinations, tests and assignments. Any person, who is found to have copied someone else's work, or to have allowed their work to be copied, will receive a fail grade for that piece of assessment and may face disciplinary action which may lead to a fine, community service or exclusion from the university.

IMPORTANT: Where there are concerns regarding the authorship of written course work, a student can be required to provide a formal, oral explanation of the content of their work.

Coversheets - Group and Individual

Indicative Fees

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.