경영학과

Organizational Behavior Seminar

Spring 2016

School of Business – Ajou University

Professor: Do-Yeong Kim, Ph.D.

Class Meeting Times and Location: 1:30pm – 2:45pm (Wednesday & Friday), Dasan Hall 109

Course Overview

The Environment

Wage disparities, intense competition and fluctuating currency values make it challenging for Multi-National Enterprises (MNEs)/Small-Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) worldwide to compete in markets with products requiring a great deal of labor, and make it harder for some MNEs/SMEs to maintain employees abroad. The successes of multinational enterprises such as Novartis, Wal-Mart, Starbucks, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Samsung, LG, IBM, Cisco, Lenovo, Haier, Baidu, TCL, Huawei, and Johnson & Johnson, however, show it is possible; it simply takes a lot of hard work and a global perspective.

Between 1996 and 2009, U.S. productivity increased by about four percent and China’s by more than eight percent. The reasons for these differences in productivity potential are many, but simple demographics tell much of the story. The workforce is generally older in developed countries and younger in developing countries. Furthermore, education levels are rising more rapidly in developing countries. For example, in 1970, less than 25 percent of all college students were from developing countries. Today, about 50 percent of all college students are from developing countries.

For employers seeking flexible and adaptable workers, the young and newly educated workforces in developing countries are particularly attractive. Thus, it is not surprising that many firms headquartered in developed countries now have a large proportion of their workforce located elsewhere.

The Course Objective

            This course introduces the students to the impact of global conditions described above on the management of human resources at home and abroad. It discusses the expansion of international trade and the growth of US and non-US MNEs/SMEs. It considers globalization and multinational management issues in the context of overseas subsidiaries, domestic locations and their use of immigrants, international joint ventures, international mergers and acquisitions and the multinational enterprise itself. This course will help students identify differences in operating a domestic versus international business and how business practices will need to be adapted to operate successfully in foreign markets.

As we explore these issues, country differences due to such factors as country culture, socio-political differences, economic and educational levels, and business customs are addressed. There are many opportunities to learn about all these aspects of international (global) management. Because this field is so large, however, we can only begin to cover it, and therefore, focus mostly on issues rather than techniques.

Key words and expressions that will fill each class are: Information, Issues and Implications.

Assessment

1. Class Participation                                                   20%
2. Exams                                                                      30%
3. Individual Critical Analysis Report                           20%
4. Multinational Management Project                          30%

• Official language of the class is English. The language proficiency however should NOT be considered as a major constraint or an obstacle to course registration, rather it is a skill to improve with cooperative mutual support among colleagues and collegial environment that the class is trying to pursue.

For more information, contact Ms. Park, HyeJi at 031-219-2702 (School of Business)