LB5209 - Managing Globally

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Business

Many businesses today and into the future will do business on a trans national basis. This subject aims to give participants a strong introduction into cultures, with an emphasis on the Asian nations, it also aims to identify and analyse the key factors in cross-cultural managing and negotiating. The subject will use the theme of 'doing business in China' as a focus. The subject will use real life examples of successful business ventures in China with a clear emphasis on the people issues involved in such undertakings.

Learning Outcomes

• understand the theories and concepts of national cultures as they might relate to trans national business practices;
• investigate the influence of such cultures on management involving critique and empirical studies;
• understand the managing of interface activities such as negotiation, ethics and national social issues and investigate issues and controversies in IHRM;
• inspection of the world of the "international" manager;
• use the theme of "Doing Business in China" as a background to the subject, understanding that many Australians and people from other Asian nations will be confronted with the increasing relevance of China in the immediate future.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams.

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 8
Census Date 05-Sep-2008
Face to face teaching 29-Aug-2008 to 30-Sep-2008
Coordinator:	Mr Noel Richards
Lecturer:	Professor Zhang-Yue Zhou.
Contact hours:	40 hours - 40 hrs consisting of 30 hrs lectures and 10 hrs of lecturer directed activities. This is a study tour offshore
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); presentations (20%); assignments (30%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.