Track International management - M2

Code MMUFA301

ECTS 6.00

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

Lecture Hours 30.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

1/ Cross-cultural management

 

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

 

2/ International HRM

 

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.

Prerequisite

Basic notions of organization theory and organizational behaviour.

Code MMUFA303

ECTS 6.00

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

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

Lecture Hours 18.00

Teaching Language English

Code MMUFA306

ECTS 4.00

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

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

Lecture Hours 30.00

Teaching Language English

Pedagogical objectives

The practitioner conferences aim at confronting students with practitioners sharing their expertise and practical know-how in a specific field.

 

Students need to attend a minimum of four practitioner conferences (or three if they subscribe to the 6-hour conference in Marketing). They can attend of course more conferences than that.

 

Most conferences will take place in Amphitheater Dupeyroux but will all be accessible also remotely for those who are not located in Toulouse at the moment.

Prerequisite

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