This module offers an exploration of the fundamentals of management as a precursor to contemporary international and cross-cultural management practices within today’s global and dynamic business environment. It integrates some of the key trajectories of International Management theory with practical applications, enabling students to critically assess theoretical models, problem solve and adapt them to complex, contemporary challenges and implement effective management solutions within an international context. By engaging with up-to-date research and best practices, students will be equipped to design and execute strategies and solutions that enhance organisational performance and drive sustainable growth.

The module examines topics such as the fundamentals of management, Tracing Historical Roots and Situating International Management: Rationale for the Growth in International Management; International, Comparative and Cross Cultural Management Trajectories and the Challenges to Understanding practices in context; The Globalisation Thesis; Determinants of International Management: Political, legal, Cultural and Institutional; Modes of Entry and Structures in International Business; International Management & the Cultural Context; Cultural and Value Analysis as Determinant of Variation; Institutional Theory Analysis as Determinant of Variation; Developing Global Leadership Competence through Transitioning from a Domestic to an International Position: Managing Diversity in the Global Work Culture; Managing the Global Virtual Team; Ethics and Social Responsibility in the International Management Context; Thematic Review; New Approaches and Old Dilemmas to Managing in an International Context

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: • Explain the globalisation thesis and evaluate the consequences of it for management practice across societies • Analyse cultural and institutional determinants of international management • Critically evaluate intercultural adjustment and the international assignment cycle

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: • Develop enhanced insights into personal perceptions of cultural stereotypes • Demonstrate increased awareness of personal team-working capability • Determine personal intercultural competence • Display a professional commitment to ethical and sustainable business practices.

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The module will be delivered through a combination of methods including lectures, role-plays, skill-building exercises, cases studies, group-work activities and presentations. The module will be delivered by lecture, on block release, with a significant amount of student group work taking place between blocks. Graduate attributes will be developed in the following ways: Agile: Students are expected to be agile in their learning through independent study, self-directed learning and coursework; Articulate: Students will become articulate in expressing advice through the use of in-class discussions, presentations and written coursework; Courageous: Students will be required to participate openly in class discussions, group work and assessments that require them to step outside their comfort zone; Curious: Students will be encouraged to be curious in their acquisition of knowledge of through practical examples, coursework and in-class groupwork; Responsible: Students will develop a sense of responsibility through class discussions on various ethical and sustainable issues and challenges.