Prof Leslie Willcocks NAB3.23 and Dr Susan Scott NAB3.12 (on sabbatical in 2014/15)

This course is available on the MSc in Management, MSc in Management Science (Decision Sciences), MSc in Management Science (Operational Research), MSc in Management, Organisations and Governance and MSc in Public Management and Governance. This course is not available as an outside option.

This course studies the varieties of management practices across regions, and how business management can be conducted internationally. The course focuses on: Perspectives on Globalization; Political Economic, Cultural and Legal Environments and Differences; Strategy in Global Context; Organization Foundations; Technological Architecture; Entry Strategy and Strategic Alliances; Global Sourcing and Logistics Strategy; International Management Challenges especially Projects, Technology , R and D and Innovation; Global Information Systems and Digital Business Management; Managing Across Boundaries; Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics; Regional Business Strategies and International Trade; Regional Strategies and International Trade; Global Digital Business.

15 hours of lectures, 13 hours and 30 minutes of seminars and 3 hours of seminars in the LT.

In classes students will be making presentations of course readings or cases in small teams of two or three as practice for the assessed group presentations, and they will receive feedback on these class presentations.

Rugman, A. and Collinson, S. (2013) International Business. Prentice Hall, New York

Willcocks, L. (2014) Global Business Management Foundations. Brookes Publishing, Stratford

Hill, C. (2011) International Business: Competing in The Global Marketplace. McGraw Hill, New York, 8th edition.

Ghemawat, P. (2010) Strategy and The Business Landscape. Pearson, New York.

Oshri, I., Kotlarsky, J. and Willcocks, L. (2011) The Handbook of Global Sourcing and Offshoring (Palgrave, London). 2nd edition.

M. Castells (2009) Communication and Power Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Burgelman R., Christensen, C et al. (2009). Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation. McGraw Hill, New York.

Cousins, P. Lamming, R. et al. (2010) Strategic Supply Management : Principles Theory and Practice. Prentice Hall, London.

C. Avgerou (2003) Global Diversity and Information Systems Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Dickens, G. (2011) Global Shift. Mapping the Changing Contours of the Global Economy. Sage, London, 6th edition.

Essay (65%, 3000 words), project (30%, 1500 words) and class participation (5%) in the LT.