Seminar in International Management
Group study of current topics related to international business.
Spring 2012 · Managing Global Integration
This course on global integration brings together matters of global markets and institutions, global strategy, organization, and leadership. Global integration, the process by which an organization with units around the world becomes united, will be presented as a link to entrepreneurship and general management. The seminar is offered only to those enrolled in the {{% resource_link "f38b1aac-94b0-455d-bb25-664d3d6fa95f" "MIT Sloan Fellows Program" %}} and challenges the participants to draw upon their past managerial experiences, especially those affiliated with multinational companies.
Readings
- The readings for this course include articles, book chapters, and case studies of established companies from around the world. There is no required textbook; however, two books are very relevant to this subject and recommended:
- Schneider, Susan C., and Jean-Louis Barsoux. “Culture and Organization.” Chapter 4 in Managing Across Cultures . 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 2002, pp. 85–117. ISBN: 9780273646631.
- Suppose you could compare two full “pictures” of Nissan: one taken in early 1999, the other in 2002. Which differences would you spot to explain Nissan’s dramatic performance improvement during that period? List up to 10 differences, and rank them according to your judgment.
- Galbraith, Jay R. “The Front-Back Hybrid Organization.” Chapter 13 in Designing the Global Corporation . Jossey-Bass, 2000, pp. 238–69. ISBN: 9780787952754.
- Note on ABB organization in the 1990’s.
- Arnold, David, Julian Birkinshaw, and Omar Toulan. “Can Selling Be Globalized? The Pitfalls of Global Account Management.” Reading 4–3 in Transnational Management: Text and Cases . 4th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2003, pp. 445–55. ISBN: 9780072482768.
- Santos, José. “STMicroelectronics in 1997.” INSEAD, 2008.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: None G (Spring) Not offered regularly; consult department Units arranged Can be repeated for credit.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Spring 2012
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.