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Study programmes 2008-2009Last update : 29/06/2009
GRHO0008-1  Managing senior staff and teams in an international context
Duration :  24h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Management Sciences, in-depth approach, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre4
Master in Management Sciences, didactic approach, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre4
Master in Management Sciences, professional Focus in Entrepreneurship, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre4
Master in Management Sciences, professional Focus, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre4
Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en management, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre4
Master in Management Sciences Deuxième quadrimestre4
Master in Management of Human Resources, specialized approach, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre3
Holder(s) :  Jocelyne Robert
Language :  Langue française
Course contents :  To make students aware of the international dimension of management. To show them how the company manages its executive staff in an international context and organize the teams. To show them how to prepare themselves to the role of international executives.
Course objective :  1. The problem of managing international executives. Why introduce a mobility of executives in an international company ? How to organize that mobility ? The expatriation issue (accommodation, acclimation, family life,...). The life of the international executive. Relations with the head office. Managing expatriations from different points of view: salary, social legislation & taxes.
2. The intercultural dimension of international management: how can the executive define another culture ? How to adapt ? How to behave in terms of business negotiation, relations with the local staff, & leadership ?
3. Executive management, a tool for Human Resources Management in an international context. Recruitment issue (which profile of international executive should be recruited and how ?). Training issue, to ensure the corporate identity of the company at the international level. International Communication issue ("Think globally, act locally").

4.The dynamic of teams, their rules for HR
Organization :  Presentation of the theories, groupworks, presentation of the groupworks, conferences, roleplay
Written notes :  Power point on the web site

Readings book
Assessment :  1st session assessment : presentation of a work project (report on seminars)
2nd session assessment : idem
prolonged 2nd session assessment : idem


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