Dr Hyun-Jung Lee NAB 4.12

This course is compulsory on the CEMS Exchange and MSc in Management (CEMS MIM). This course is not available as an outside option.

As a compulsory course for the CEMS MiM : Master’s in International Management this course is available only to, and compulsory for, those students on the CEMS MiM programme. 

It is assumed that the students have already taken introductory Organisational Behaviour or Global Business courses. The 2nd year Master’s in Management students are offered these prerequisites during their 1st year.

This course aims to answer the question “How internationally operating companies such as multinational companies (MNCs) build efficient and effective organisations in order to realise the company’s international objectives?” The focus of the course is on cooperation and management in an international context. Topics include the contemporary MNC people management issues taken from the fields of cross-cultural management, international human resource management, and international organisational behaviour.

30 hours of lectures in the LT.

Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6, in line with departmental policy

Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the LT.

Adler, N. J., and Gundersen, A. (2007). International dimensions of organizational behavior (5th edition). Mason, OH: Thomson/South-Western. HD58.7 A23

Luthans, F., and Doh, J. (2009). International management: culture, strategy, and behavior. London: McGraw-Hill Irwin.

Stahl, G.K, Mendenhall, M.E., and Oddou, G.R.(ed.), Readings and cases in International Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior

Steers, R. M., Nardon, L., and Sanchez-Runde, C. J. (2013). Management across cultures (2nd edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. HD62.4 S81

Essay (40%, 2000 words), project (40%) and class participation (20%) in the LT.