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8226 PPT1 Challenges
8226 PPT1 Challenges
A global manager is set apart by more than a worn suitcase and a dog-eared passport.
-- Thomas A. Stewart Editor, Harvard Business Review, USA
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Global managers are made, not born. This is not a natural process. We are herd animals; we like people who are like us.
-- Percy Barnevik Former CEO, ABB Group, Switzerland CEO, Hand-in-Hand International, UK
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Opening question:
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the observations of Stewart and Barnevik about global managers? Why?
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Globalization, change, and competitiveness The new global realities Challenges facing global managers
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What is globalization?
Globalization is the inexorable integration of markets, capital, nation-states, and technologies to a degree never seen before.
-- Thomas Friedman
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What are some of the positive consequences of globalization? What are some of the negative consequences? How can managers and their companies work to mitigate these negative consequences?
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9. Develop effective negotiating skills and an ability to use these skills to build and sustain global partnerships. 10. Develop an understanding of how ethical and legal conflicts relate to managerial and organizational effectiveness, as well as how managers can work and manage in an ethical, fair, and socially responsible manner.
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