Cross-Cultural Management

Catalog description

This course seeks to provide students with an understanding of effective cross-cultural management and the challenges that are likely to emerge while working internationally. The course focuses on international organizational behavior and human resource issues and practices in transnational organizations. The course is divided into three modules: (a) understanding the effects of culture on attitudes and behavior, (b) organizational and human resource issues such as teamwork, leadership, and negotiation, and (c) preparation for working in or working with people in international assignments.