Management International: Cases, Exercises and Readings
Marcic, Dorothy and Puffer, Sheila.
St. Paul, MN: West, 1994,460 pp.
Contents
List of Contributors
- Developing global consciousness: Competitiveness and culture
Cases and Exercises:
-A way of getting at American values: exercise
-“ As if….” Exercise: exercise
-Cultural Stereotypes: exercise
-Dimensions of national culture and effective leadership patterns: exercise
-Alcot Sato Machine Tool Company: case
Readings:
-Cultural constraints in management theories
-Global corporate competition
-Adaptation from Michael Porter
- Cross Cultural awareness and sensitivity
Cases and Exercises:
-Chinese, Indian and American values: exercise
-Understanding Japan: exercise
-The East-West game: exercise
-Critical incidents in cross-cultural understanding: exercise
-An exercise in international negotiations: exercise
-Lao Bao’s: case
-Duo Tsai Paint company: case
-International negotiations case: When cultures collide: case
Readings:
-Insights into international negotiations
-A linkage between Confucianism and Chinese family firm in the republic of China.
-A miss manners guide to doing business in Europe.
- Ethics
Cases and Exercises:
-Bribery in international business: exercise
-Chicago Medical supplies Corporation: Explaining Sales in India: case
-A different situation: Maintaining sales in Japan: case
-H.B.Fuller in Honduras: case
Readings:
-The globalization of business ethics
-The foreign Corrupt practices Act
- Human resource management
Cases and Exercises:
-Ellen Moore in Bahrain: case
-Comrade’s dilemma: From communism to free enterprise: exercise
-Management education and employee training at Moscow McDonald’s: case
-The international orientation scale: exercise and case
Readings:
-Entry shock, Culture shock
-Executive compensation in the international arena
- Managing a diverse workforce
Cases and Exercises:
-Northern industries (US): case
-Women in management around the world: exercise
-Valentina on the verge: case
Readings:
-Women mangers in the USSR
-Women: world class managers for global competition
- Multinational parent-subsidiary and joint ventures relationships
Cases and Exercises:
-Getting along with parents: exercise
-Rough times at Nomura: case
-Misr Acrylic and American Standard: case
-Ferox manufactured products: case
Readings:
-Joint ventures in Hungary
-The Japanese managers traumatic entry in US
- Strategy
Cases and Exercises:
-Saab-Scania’s niche strategy: case
-Formulating strategy for a merchandising firm in Malaysia: case
-KNP, N.V. (Holland): case
-Critical incidents in international strategy: exercise
Readings:
-Global strategy, competence building and strategic alliances
-Great strategy or great strategy implementation: 2 ways of competing in global markets
- Financial and political risk
Cases and Exercises:
-The wave that shook the world: exercise
-Textiles in Sudan: case
-GOMEP: A mangers day in a developing country ( Dominican Republic): case
-Belco Petroleum: case
-HondoRiver Enterprises: case
Readings:
-What executives should know about political risks
-Managers views on potential investment opportunities
-Compettiveness and the “global capital shortage”
- European and North American integration
Cases and Exercises:
-Cadbury Schweppes, PLC: case
-Mr. Jax Fashions Inc. (Canada): case
-The Mexican automobile industry and NAFTA: case
Readings:
-Strategic alliances: Gateway to the new Europe
-NAFTA strategies for Canadian manufacturers
-NAFTA: The fight and the facts