MG 646 International Management

� Define international organizational behavior
� Understand why it is important to study IOB
� Compare industrialization and culture as explanations for IOB
� Know the role of theory in the study of IOB
� Explain the benefits of the comparative perspective for studying IOB

MG 646 International Management
Spring 08
Class Date: Jan 16, 2008
Introductions
Student Questionnaire
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Course Syllabus

SUBJECT: Course Admin & Chapter 1

Objectives

� Define international organizational behavior

� Define international organizational behavior

� Understand why it is important to study IOB

� Understand why it is important to study IOB

� Compare industrialization and culture as explanations for IOB

� Compare industrialization and culture as explanations for IOB

� Know the role of theory in the study of IOB

� Know the role of theory in the study of IOB

� Explain the benefits of the comparative perspective for studying IOB

� Explain the benefits of the comparative perspective for studying IOB

Globalization

Examples?

Questions for the global manager

� Do all cultures have the same understanding of ethics?
� Are people in different cultures motivated in different ways?
� Are leadership styles the same in all cultures?
� How do different cultures manage diversity?
� Do all cultures negotiate business deals the same way?

Organizational Behavior

Why U.S. OB Theories are Different From IOB Theories

Why Study IOB?

Theory and IOB

Ethnocentrism Culture Shock

The Comparative Perspective

What’s ahead in IOB in the 21st Century

Convergence or Divergence

Implications for Managers

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