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MSIM 5006: Managing Global Corporate Processes and Projects (3 cr.)
Explores how successful international companies
manage corporate processes in finance, marketing,
manufacturing (including global logistics) and
human resources across borders. Includes issues
of transfer pricing, product development, and the
autonomy granted subsidiaries. Appropriate levels
of integration and autonomy are discussed and as
well as the advantages and disadvantages of
various global approaches firms need to attain
operational efficiency. Attention is also given
to managing complex projects in a global context,
with focus on project planning, monitoring and
control. Through a combination of intensive case
studies, contemporary assigned reading,
in--class lectures, interactive discussion and
student projects the students explore the various
business processes, strategic actions and
responses developed and implemented in meeting
the challenges firms face when operating
globally.
Upon successful completion of the course,
students will be expected to have develop a
functional understanding of the concepts,
processes, frameworks and theories of
transnational management; to understand how
transnational management functions are impacted
by the role of government, economic policies,
technological challenges and cultural practices;
to develop a working knowledge of the issues and
challenges facing multinational enterprise
investment and operational activities in global
economies.
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