Track International management - M2

Code MMUFA301

ECTS 6.00

Delivery mode E-learning

Lecture Hours 30.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

After this course, students should be able to:

• Identify and understand the sources of lasting competitive advantage in an international context, in particular how they are built and modified over time
• Apply appropriate tools and theories to analyse and develop business strategy
• Define and evaluate root causes of issues in complex management situations
• Identify drivers and consequences of mergers and acquisitions

Prerequisite

Strategy course and International Strategy course in the first year of the MIM programme.

Code MMUFA302

ECTS 6.00

Delivery mode E-learning

Lecture Hours 30.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

1/ Cross-cultural management

 

Cross-cultural management situations are increasingly common in contemporary companies’ life and managers’ careers. This course addresses foundations and challenges attached to dealing with multicultural situations and contexts. It particularly puts the emphasis on increasing students’ awareness of their own cultural assumptions and backgrounds. It further identifies relevant perspectives and concepts students might use to comprehend and address drivers behind challenges stemming from cross-cultural issues and national diversity in organizations.

Practical examples in the form of case studies, hands-on exercices and individual and group work accompany each building block. Also, students will run a web-based simulation (Mt. Everest – Harvard Business Publishing) where they have to deal with and analyze cross-cultural challenges affecting group dynamics, coordination and decision-making.

Students are expected to prepare carefully each session's required readings, exercices, videos, group and individual project work.

 

Intended learning outcomes (ILOs):

 

After this course, students should be able to:

• apply theoretical and methodological tools to understand and manage the origins and manifestations of national cultural differences in the workplace
• recognize the influence of students’ own cultures on their actions and decisions
• analyze cross-cultural situations in organizations and propose managerial solutions to address them
• identify challenges of managing diversity in organizations and strategies to overcome them

 

Managerial skills:

• Decision making and teamwork in multicultural groups
• Self-awareness in cross-cultural situations

 

Link to the programme:

After an introduction to cross-cultural management in the International Strategy course in the M1, this course covers the subject in detail. It is complementary to other courses such as Commercial Negotiation and International Human Resource Management. It further builds on the course Organisational Behaviour in the M1, introducing international perspectives on the covered topics.

 

2/ International HRM

 

Key issues in HRM are introduced to the participants, with a focus on the international and practical dimensions. As companies are to go worldwide to get performant (Schwens et al., 2017), managing the human resources and change on the international level becomes a priority. This course aims at presenting accurate and appropriate HRM concepts and operational tools in order to understand the means by which a company can be performant through a higher human capital and a better managed workforce.

 

Intended learning outcomes (ILOs):

 

After this course, students should be able to:

• show a basic understanding and knowledge of HRM concepts,
• demonstrate skills and tools enabling the concrete application of this knowledge to real issues of concern to companies,
• gain experience in applying HRM knowledge to issues relevant to international context,
• develop their ability to critically analyze, assess and deal with the managerial and organizational implications of HRM issues, at different levels of analysis,
• use HRM tools and adapt them to the international and cultural contexts,
• anchor the HR policy in the long-run and follow-up its implementation,
• experiment, share and adapt best practices in terms of HRM.

 

Managerial skills:

• Critical analysis and decision making in teams
• Self-management of project teams
• Concrete application of HRM knowledge and strategic thinking

 

Link to the programme:

The course builds on the course Organisational Behaviour in the first year of the programme and is complementary to the course Cross-Cultural Management in the second year.

Prerequisite

Basic notions of organization theory and organizational behaviour.

Code MMUFA303

ECTS 6.00

Delivery mode E-learning

Lecture Hours 30.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

After this course, students should be able to:

• Understand the relations between management control systems, organizations’ strategy, structure and performance formation,
• Understand the conditions of use of the major management control tools in different managerial contexts,
• Master management control tools in order to contribute to better effectiveness and efficiency of organizations,
• Improve decision making at different organization’s level through the use of management control tools,
• Evaluate the limits between efficiency and ethics,
• Stimulate and manage performance.

Prerequisite

Strategy concepts, knowledge in accounting and finance.

Code MMUFA304

ECTS 5.00

Delivery mode Blended

Lecture Hours 30.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

After this course, students will be able to:

• Assess the key principles of the negotiation process and the tensions which impact it
• Use a common set of skills and strategies for settling differences without winners or losers
• Recognize the common elements of seemingly different negotiations in a variety of test situations
• Make better deals and contracts, especially in international contexts
• Deal separately with issues of substance, relationship and process in a negotiation
• Apply how to turn differences into mutual gain
• Recognize how to overcome cognitive barriers in negotiation

Prerequisite

• Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury & Bruce Patton (Penguin, 1981, 1991)

Code MMUFA305

ECTS 4.00

Delivery mode E-learning

Lecture Hours 18.00

Teaching Language English

Code MMUFA306

ECTS 4.00

Delivery mode E-learning

Lecture Hours 18.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

After this course, students should be able to: 

• Understand the global concept of trade.
• Understand the different trade theories.
• Examines how firms conduct international trade and what strategies are used.
• Appreciate the links between finance and trade.
• Be aware of the open issues related to trade (Regionalisation trends, regulation, trade policies...)

Prerequisite

Basic knowledge in international strategy and economics

 

Code MMUFA307

ECTS 4.00

Delivery mode E-learning

Lecture Hours 18.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

After this course, students should be able to:

• Comprehend issues of global supply chain management
• Identify subcontractors’ strategies, stakes and outcomes in global terms
• Understand the contractual setting and implications for Aerospace subcontracting
• Analyze advantages and challenges of global sourcing
• Evaluate and acknowledge future developments and challenges for aerospace subcontractors

Prerequisite

Strategy courses, or equivalent to the courses in strategy and international strategy in the first year of the MIM programme.

 

 

Code MMUFA308

ECTS 3.00

Delivery mode Blended

Lecture Hours 30.00

Teaching Language English

Prerequisite

Courses in strategic management, finance, accounting, international management control, international marketing.