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  • 1.  Textbooks for International Management course?

    Posted 04-28-2008 00:14
    Dear colleagues,
    I have been asked to create a fourth year undergraduate course in international management with a focus on the "softer" management issues (as opposed to economics, finance, strategy and operations management). 
    I would appreciate any guidance on textbooks that you have found useful. I am having trouble finding one that suits this level.
    I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating experiential activities, cases and videos.
    Many thanks in advance,
    Christina
     
    Christina Scott-Young
    Assistant Professor
    Office 291 REDC
    Sam and Irene Black School of Business
    Penn State University
    Erie, PA 16563
    Phone: (814)898-6710
    Fax: (814)898-6223
    http://www.pserie.psu.edu/academic/business/index.htm






  • 2.  Textbooks for International Management course?

    Posted 04-28-2008 09:55
    Hi Christina,
    Attached are 2 of my syllabi - one for grads the other for undergrads. I focus on international hr and ob. Two other great texts are Betty Jane Punnett's Experiencing International Business and Management: Exercises, Projects and Cases and Punnett's other book, International Perspectives on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Hope that helps.

    Suzy
    **********************
    Suzy Fox, Associate Professor
    Institute of Human Resources and Employment Relations
    Graduate School of Business
    Loyola University Chicago
    820 N. Michigan Ave.
    Chicago, IL 60611
    (312) 915-7518
    http://mywebpage.netscape.com/sfdmnr/sf_website.htm
    >>> CHRISTINA SCOTT-YOUNG <cms54@PSU.EDU> 04/27/08 11:14 PM >>>

    Dear colleagues,
    I have been asked to create a fourth year undergraduate course in international
    management with a focus on the "softer" management issues (as opposed to
    economics, finance, strategy and operations management).
    I would appreciate any guidance on textbooks that you have found useful. I am
    having trouble finding one that suits this level.
    I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating experiential
    activities, cases and videos.
    Many thanks in advance,
    Christina

    Christina Scott-Young
    Assistant Professor
    Office 291 REDC
    Sam and Irene Black School of Business
    Penn State University
    Erie, PA 16563
    Phone: (814)898-6710
    Fax: (814)898-6223
    http://www.pserie.psu.edu/academic/business/index.htm


  • 3.  Textbooks for International Management course?

    Posted 04-28-2008 10:16
    Hi Christina,
    You may want to take a look at International Organizational Behavior (2nd Ed.) by Francesco and Gold, Pearson Prentice Hall. It has a nice collection of cases and exercises targeting at the soft management issues, e.g., cross-culture motivation, negotiation, leadership, ethics, etc.

    Zhen
    ---------------------------- Zhen Zhang, PhD Candidate Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota 321-19th Ave. S. Ste3-300 Minneapolis, MN 55455 Office: 612-626-2063 Fax: 612-624-8360 ----------------------------


    CHRISTINA SCOTT-YOUNG wrote:
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    Dear colleagues,
    I have been asked to create a fourth year undergraduate course in international management with a focus on the "softer" management issues (as opposed to economics, finance, strategy and operations management). 
    I would appreciate any guidance on textbooks that you have found useful. I am having trouble finding one that suits this level.
    I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating experiential activities, cases and videos.
    Many thanks in advance,
    Christina
     
    Christina Scott-Young
    Assistant Professor
    Office 291 REDC
    Sam and Irene Black School of Business
    Penn State University
    Erie, PA 16563
    Phone: (814)898-6710
    Fax: (814)898-6223
    http://www.pserie.psu.edu/academic/business/index.htm






  • 4.  Textbooks for International Management course?

    Posted 04-28-2008 11:07

    Hi Christina – a little self promotion – you may want to look at International Perspectives on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Experiencing International Business and Management. I am the author of both and both are published by MESharpe. The Bafa Bafa simulation is my favorite. All the best, Betty Jane

     

     

    All the best for 2008

    Betty Jane Punnett, Ph.D.

    Professor, International Business & Management

    University of the <st1:place w:st="on">West Indies</st1:place>, Cave Hill

     

    Please visit my newly created website and send your comments www.healthyweightvillage.com 

    forward to friends who may be interested - Thanks! BJ

     

    visit www.endcancer.ca to donate
    to my 2nd 60 Km walk to end cancer

     

    From: <st1:personname w:st="on">International Management Division Discussion</st1:personname> [mailto:IMD-L@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of CHRISTINA SCOTT-YOUNG
    Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:14 AM
    To: IMD-L@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: Textbooks for International Management course?

     

    Dear colleagues,

    I have been asked to create a fourth year undergraduate course in international management with a focus on the "softer" management issues (as opposed to economics, finance, strategy and operations management). 

    I would appreciate any guidance on textbooks that you have found useful. I am having trouble finding one that suits this level.

    I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating experiential activities, cases and videos.

    Many thanks in advance,

    Christina

     

    Christina Scott-Young
    Assistant Professor
    Office 291 REDC
    Sam and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Irene</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Black</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Business
    <st1:placename w:st="on">Penn</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>
    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Erie</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">PA</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">16563</st1:postalcode></st1:place>
    Phone: (814)898-6710
    Fax: (814)898-6223
    http://www.pserie.psu.edu/academic/business/index.htm





  • 5.  Textbooks for International Management course?

    Posted 04-28-2008 11:25
    Hi Christina,

    In terms of stimulating experiential activities, we offer cross-cultural negotiations simulations that have been used by over 150 colleges and universities around the world.

    http://www.culturescrossing.com

    Good luck!

    CHRISTINA SCOTT-YOUNG wrote:
    Dear colleagues,
    I have been asked to create a fourth year undergraduate course in international management with a focus on the "softer" management issues (as opposed to economics, finance, strategy and operations management). 
    I would appreciate any guidance on textbooks that you have found useful. I am having trouble finding one that suits this level.
    I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating experiential activities, cases and videos.
    Many thanks in advance,
    Christina
     
    Christina Scott-Young
    Assistant Professor
    Office 291 REDC
    Sam and Irene Black School of Business
    Penn State University
    Erie, PA 16563
    Phone: (814)898-6710
    Fax: (814)898-6223
    http://www.pserie.psu.edu/academic/business/index.htm






  • 6.  Textbooks for International Management course?

    Posted 04-28-2008 11:27
    Also in the self-promotion category, I would like to suggest a case I
    recently wrote:


    Medical Equipment Inc. in Saudi Arabia

    Joerg Dietz, Ankur Grover, Laura Guerrero

    Publication Date: 3/17/2008

    A recently hired U.S.-trained sales account manager at Medical Equipment
    Inc. (Medical Equipment) returned to his office after meeting with the
    head of the cardiology department at a specialist hospital and research
    center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He had worked very hard to secure his
    first sale of US$725,000 for healthcare equipment, but was disheartened
    when the head of cardiology told him that the hospital's purchasing
    director intended to give the order to Medical Equipment's main
    competitor. The competition's sales representative and the purchasing
    director had known each other for 10 years and the head cardiologist
    implied that there might be side payments involved. The sales account
    manager knew Medical Equipment's product was superior and wondered how
    he could secure the order without having a history with the purchasing
    director or without engaging in practices he found ethically
    questionable.


    I saw Joerg Dietz use it in the classroom, and I must say it worked very
    well. It was the last case in the course (undergraduate level) because
    it uses material on ethics, cultural differences, etc.


    Laura Guerrero
    PhD Candidate
    Richard Ivey School of Business
    University of Western Ontario
    lguerrero@ivey.uwo.ca


    -----Original Message-----
    From: International Management Division Discussion
    [mailto:IMD-L@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Suzy Fox
    Sent: April 28, 2008 9:55 AM
    To: IMD-L@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: Re: Textbooks for International Management course?

    Hi Christina,
    Attached are 2 of my syllabi - one for grads the other for
    undergrads. I focus on international hr and ob. Two other great texts
    are Betty Jane Punnett's Experiencing International Business and
    Management: Exercises, Projects and Cases and Punnett's other book,
    International Perspectives on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource
    Management. Hope that helps.

    Suzy
    **********************
    Suzy Fox, Associate Professor
    Institute of Human Resources and Employment Relations
    Graduate School of Business
    Loyola University Chicago
    820 N. Michigan Ave.
    Chicago, IL 60611
    (312) 915-7518
    http://mywebpage.netscape.com/sfdmnr/sf_website.htm
    >>> CHRISTINA SCOTT-YOUNG <cms54@PSU.EDU> 04/27/08 11:14 PM >>>

    Dear colleagues,
    I have been asked to create a fourth year undergraduate course in
    international
    management with a focus on the "softer" management issues (as opposed to
    economics, finance, strategy and operations management).
    I would appreciate any guidance on textbooks that you have found useful.
    I am
    having trouble finding one that suits this level.
    I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating
    experiential
    activities, cases and videos.
    Many thanks in advance,
    Christina

    Christina Scott-Young
    Assistant Professor
    Office 291 REDC
    Sam and Irene Black School of Business
    Penn State University
    Erie, PA 16563
    Phone: (814)898-6710
    Fax: (814)898-6223
    http://www.pserie.psu.edu/academic/business/index.htm


  • 7.  Textbooks for International Management course?

    Posted 04-28-2008 11:49

    Hi Christina:

     
    As a (newer) co-author of the first and still one of the leading international management texts, I'd like to draw your attention to the 7th edition of International Management: Culture, Strategy, and Behavior (just out).   It includes a number of cases, simulations, role plays and other exercises exclusive to this book. Let me know if you'd like a sample syllabus for an international management course using this text.
     
     
    Best regards,
     
    Jonathan
     
     

    Jonathan P. Doh

    Herbert G. Rammrath Endowed Chair in International Business

    Director, Center for Global Leadership

    Associate Professor of Management

    Associate Editor, Academy of Management Learning and Education

    Associate Editor, Business & Society

    Villanova University School of Business

    800 Lancaster Ave, Villanova, PA 19085

    610-519-7798 (phone)  

    610-519-6566 (fax)

    jonathan.doh@villanova.edu

     
     
    From: International Management Division Discussion [IMD-L@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Zhen Zhang [zhan0455@UMN.EDU]
    Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 10:15 AM
    To: IMD-L@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: Re: Textbooks for International Management course?

    Hi Christina,
    You may want to take a look at International Organizational Behavior (2nd Ed.) by Francesco and Gold, Pearson Prentice Hall. It has a nice collection of cases and exercises targeting at the soft management issues, e.g., cross-culture motivation, negotiation, leadership, ethics, etc.

    Zhen
    ---------------------------- Zhen Zhang, PhD Candidate Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota 321-19th Ave. S. Ste3-300 Minneapolis, MN 55455 Office: 612-626-2063 Fax: 612-624-8360 ----------------------------


    CHRISTINA SCOTT-YOUNG wrote:
    Dear colleagues,
    I have been asked to create a fourth year undergraduate course in international management with a focus on the "softer" management issues (as opposed to economics, finance, strategy and operations management). 
    I would appreciate any guidance on textbooks that you have found useful. I am having trouble finding one that suits this level.
    I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating experiential activities, cases and videos.
    Many thanks in advance,
    Christina
     
    Christina Scott-Young
    Assistant Professor
    Office 291 REDC
    Sam and Irene Black School of Business
    Penn State University
    Erie, PA 16563
    Phone: (814)898-6710
    Fax: (814)898-6223
    http://www.pserie.psu.edu/academic/business/index.htm






  • 8.  Textbooks for International Management course?

    Posted 04-28-2008 12:04

    Hi Christina,

    I used:

    §         Deresky, H. 2008.  International Management: Managing Across Borders and Cultures, 6th edition, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-614326-1 for a senior undergraduate class on International Management this semester. The textbook is new and came with videos which go along with specific chapters. It covers quite a fair bit of materials, but focuses more on the "softer" management issues.

    §         Some of the cases in the textbook and 2 INSEAD teaching cases: (1) Banyan Tree Resorts & Hotels: Building an international brand from an Asian base (to go with chapter 6 and it also covered issues discussed in the prior chapters); and (2) Jaguar or Bluebird? Mark Chan's decision to stay overseas or return home after his expatriate assignment (A); From Jaguar to Bluebird – Mark Chan returns home after his expatriate assignment (B) (to go with chapter 10). The INSEAD cases may be in the "self-promotion" category, but I found them to go well with the chapters.

    §         2 role-plays: (1) the Bafa Bafa Cross-cultural simulation game (my favorite too) and (2) Jose Ocampo negotiation simulation (from Hildy Teegen and Steve Weiss). These simulations worked out very well.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Best,

    Chei Hwee

     

     

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    Chei Hwee CHUA

    Ph.D. Candidate, Sonoco International Business Department

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    From: International Management Division Discussion [mailto:IMD-L@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of CHRISTINA SCOTT-YOUNG
    Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:14 AM
    To: IMD-L@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: Textbooks for International Management course?

     

    Dear colleagues,

    I have been asked to create a fourth year undergraduate course in international management with a focus on the "softer" management issues (as opposed to economics, finance, strategy and operations management). 

    I would appreciate any guidance on textbooks that you have found useful. I am having trouble finding one that suits this level.

    I would also be grateful for any suggestions about stimulating experiential activities, cases and videos.

    Many thanks in advance,

    Christina

     

    Christina Scott-Young
    Assistant Professor
    Office 291 REDC
    Sam and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Irene</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Black</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Business
    <st1:placename w:st="on">Penn</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>
    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Erie</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">PA</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">16563</st1:postalcode></st1:place>
    Phone: (814)898-6710
    Fax: (814)898-6223
    http://www.pserie.psu.edu/academic/business/index.htm