Course - International organisation and management - AL510311
International organisation and management
About
About the course
Course content
Organizations operating internationally engage across diverse cultures, languages, traditions, and varying economic, political, and technological landscapes. This course delves into the challenges managers encounter and explores ways to adapt leadership, strategy, and structures to succeed in these dynamic global settings. By examining effective strategic, interpersonal, and organizational approaches, the course equips participants for the complex field of international and global management.
Topics
- The global manager's environment
- Managing interdependence
- Cultural and institutional diversity and management
- Organizational and corporate structures
- Communicating across cultures
- Cross-cultural negotiation and decision making
- Leading in diverse contexts
- Management and development of human resources
Learning outcome
- Be able to analyze challenges in international management, such as cross-cultural communication and negotiation, leadership adaptation, organizational structures, HR management and employment relations, managing global teams, and ethical practices in international business settings.
- Apply core concepts and theories to address leadership and management challenges in international business contexts.
- Be able to develop and present management strategies for international operations.
- Work effectively in teams to solve real-world management problems in multicultural settings.
- Recognize and address ethical and sustainability challenges in global organizational contexts.
Learning methods and activities
Teaching methods: Lectures, guest lectures, cases, class discussions and presentations
Compulsory assignments
- Oblig
Further on evaluation
Final evaluation will be based on an assignment that counts 40% of the total grade and a four-hour individual school exam that counts 60%. School examination aids for written exam: Only English to Norwegian/Norwegian to English dictionary allowed.
The assignment should be completed/solved in groups by 2-3 students. Both assignment and school exam must be passed in order to be given a grade. Students are entitled to re-sit only the part of the examination in which they have had legitimate reasons for an absence or have failed. A re-sit examination will take place only during the designated period for re-sit examinations. Later exam will require that both exam elements must be repeated.
The students must complete a mandatory assignment to participate in the exam. Previously approved mandatory assignments do not need to be handed in again for later exams.
Specific conditions
Recommended previous knowledge
As for the study programme.
Required previous knowledge
This course is only available to students who have been admitted to the following programmes: - Master in International Business and Marketing, at Department of International Business (NTNU Aalesund) - Master in Business Administration, at Trondheim Business School (NTNU Trondheim) - Master in Financial Economics, and Master in Economics, at Department of Economics (NTNU Trondheim) - Master in Entrepreneurship, and Master in Industrial Economics and Technology Management, at Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management (NTNU Trondheim)
Course materials
Main reading:
- Deresky, H. & Miller, S. (2022). International management: Managing across borders and cultures. Pearson Education Limited.
- Selected articles
Supplementary readings:
- Steers, R. M., Osland, J. S., & Szkudlarek, B. (2023). Management Across Cultures: Challenges, Strategies, and Skills (5th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Sorge, AM, Noorderhaven, N., & Koen, C. (2023). Comparative International Management (3rd edition). Routledge.
Subject areas
- Economics and Administration