MGT 6171 - Managing in the Global Economy

Focuses on the modern global environment of business and the strategic and organizational responses of firms to this environment. The first section of the course, Dynamics of the Global Environment, will cover topics such as the global capital system, international political institutions, cultural differences in a global world, and technology and the global system. The second part of the course, Managing the Global Enterprise, will move to firm-level issues to include international and global strategy, organizing the global enterprise, and networks and alliances in global industry. The final section of the course, From Global to Local, brings environmental and corporate concerns into focus in the foreign market. It will cover such topics as market entry strategies, the impact of globalization on national cultures, the role of multinational firms from emerging markets, and in general the clash of the industrialized world and the developing world.