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This course introduces students to international finance and foreign exchange risk management by corporations. Topics include foreign exchange markets and international financial institutions; fx contracts; exchange rate risk and corporate risk management; and international aspects of long-term financing.

This course deals with the causes and effects of international trade and investment. Its coverage includes the global and regional commercial agreements and institutions that affect the international business environment. The European Union, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the World Trade Organization are treated extensively.Prereq: ECON 403 or MBAC 426.

This course examines the unique challenges of managing Human Resources globally. Particular emphasis is on cultural and other contextual differences, and their influence on other HR practices such as selection, training, performance management, compensation, and union relations. The course establishes a conceptual foundation in cross-cultural cognitive and behavioral differences. Heavy emphasis is on case analysis. Students enrolling in the 2.0 credit version of the course will select a particular region or country (other than the one where they hold citizenship) and develop an independent analysis of particular advantages and challenges facing the human resource manager assigned to this country or region. The instructor may approve alternative projects. There is no formal prerequisite, but it is recommended that students have either completed, or are taking concurrently, the Human Values in Organizations course (MBAC 413 or MGMT 413) or LHRP 421.

Managers need new skills to enable them to manage effectively in what is increasingly a global economy. They need a deeper understanding of cultural differences and how these differences may influence communications with foreign employers,employees, customers, suppliers or partners. They need a better understanding of the economic and political mechanics of the world business system. They need to learn how to find out more about potential opportunities and threats that lie outside the United States. This course is designed to address these needs.

This course is open for enrollment by E.M.B.A. students only. The course is designed to present first-hand issues in international management. It accomplishes this by means of readings, a written assignment and, most importantly, an international trip designed to witness different management cultures, styles and environments for business in the international community. The course is offered during the Spring semester of the second year (referred to as Semester V in the program). Faculty responsibility rests with the Faculty Director of the E.M.B.A. Program as well as a "Resident-Faculty" specific to each field trip. Such faculty are drawn from the Weatherhead community and vary by the design and destination of the trip. In addition, the course is staffed by an administrative assistant from the complement of Dively CMDR staff. Occasionally and where appropriate, there is also "in-tourist" assistance in some of our foreign locations. This course is part of our overall management offerings and is designated as MGMT 460, Section E.

This course includes international travel as well as the in-class material.

Managers need new skills to enable them to manage effectively in what is increasingly a global economy. They need a deeper understanding of cultural differences and how these differences may influence communications with foreign employers, employees, customers, suppliers or partners. They need a better understanding of the economic and political mechanics of the world business system. They need to learn how to find out more about potential opportunities and threats that lie outside the United States. This course is designed to address these needs.

The European Summer Institute provides an introduction to international business through a unique combination of class meetings on campus and a two-week excursion to central Europe. While in Europe, students meet with local business people, consulate officials, and university professors to learn the prerequisites for doing business in the region. The trip features a number of site visits to local companies. (This course may be used for perspective course credit.)Prereq: Permission of instructor.

This course is a continuation of MGMT 465 and includes an independent study component. (Approval for course credit in the student's area of concentration may be approved by the instructor at the time of registration.) (Summer only.)Prereq: Permission of instructor.

The main objective of this case-based course is to help prospective operations managers to overcome national and cultural myopia, identify cultural and contextual differences in operations management practice, describe successful operations management approaches in other countries and examine reasons for their success as well as the viability of transferring them to significantly different operating environments, and finally address the impact of the global scope of operations on the usual operating decisions (production planning, quality control, etc.). Topics to be covered include organization of global operations, production strategies in entering foreign markets, development of a global manufacturing strategy, international facilities location, offshore manufacturing, global sourcing and logistics, global transfer of technology, risk management on global operations, cultural and national comparisons of operations management practices, and successful global service operations. Prereq: OPMT 405 or MBAC 425.

This course will attempt to develop leadership values and competencies in Organization (OD) within the global arena. Objectives for the course include: (1) developing an executive view of the state of the world; (2) building skills in appreciative inquiry for researching best practices of organizations to maintain sustainable economic development; (3) learning how to build organizational capacities for responding to the global agenda for change; and (4) developing a global consciousness to a larger set of global values to provide a vision for a better world and the potentials of our organizations to assist in realizing such a vision.

This course introduces the area of international entrepreneurship by focusing on various aspects of this area. Topics to be covered include: conditions making small, medium-sized, and new ventures increasingly important in international business; information sources relevant to international entrepreneurship; critical steps in deciding on doing international entrepreneurship, strategic planning and methods in conducting international entrepreneurship; and benefits and problems of going international as a new venture.

Examination of the Japanese, Chinese, and other East Asian business systems. Looks at how the business systems relate to broader social, economic, and political contexts. Compares the different systems with each other and with that of the United States. Inquires into the reasons for the past successes and recent problems of these systems.