International Business Management

This module focuses on international aspects in management theory and literature, which are relevant across international cultures and borders. There is a particular focus on comparing the institutional context and cultures of countries. This serves the basis for analysing managing in international environments, considering approaches to ethics, negotiation, motivation, and management across countries. The applicability of theoretical concepts in different international environments is explored during the module, encouraging participants to consider and recognise the importance of understanding and embracing differences across countries

This module will concentrate on four themes as follows:

• An Introduction to International Business

• The Cultural Context of Global Management

• Strategy Formulation & Implementation

• Human Resource Management

On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:

- Understand the impact of economic development and technology on industry, business practice, and consumers

- Appreciate the effects of institutional context on business operations in different countries

- Understand the frameworks for analysing different international cultures and their implications for managing culturally diverse workforces in dispersed organisations

- Critically assess the challenges of managing business relationships across cultures and contexts

- Critically assess management theories of motivation, negotiation, and ethics in different countries and cultures

- Apply key frameworks to identify and analyse worldwide industries.