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| ERAS0004-1 | Executive and Team Management in an International Environment
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Jocelyne Robert |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| 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.
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 ? How to resolve conflicts?
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
5. How to define and organize one international project?
6 Importance of Etics
The number of students is limited at 25 students |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To know and to understand the problem of managing international executives, the intercultural dimension of international management:, the rule of executive management for Human Resources Management in an international context, the dynamic of teams, their rules for HR
To know the politics ans strategy to adopt in the analysis of the organizations
Analyse different situations of international mobility, the advantages and desadvantages, the solutions to adopt
Apply principles of intercultural communication, négociation, international team management
Auto-analysis of professionnel project at the international level, to evaluate threat and weakness
Research of one scientific article, analysis, links with the course and analysis of the situation
Writing and oral presentation
Teamwork
Auo-analysis of the learnings |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Presentation, interactives methodes, collaboratives methods
Presentation of the theories, groupworks, presentation of the groupworks, conferences, roleplay
Role play (exploration, production)
Teamwork
Presentation of international Executives manager
Case studies analysis
Writing report |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Power point on the web site
Readings book |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| 1st session assessment : presentation of a individual and group work project (report on seminars) Oral presentation
2nd session assessment : idem
prolonged 2nd session assessment : idem
Asessment criteria
- knowledge
- oral and writing expression
- teamwork
- auto-analysis of the learnings, knowledge, knowhow,attitudes
- to present and to analyse scientific article, links with the course |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Jocelyne.Robert@ulg.ac.be
04 232 72 15 |
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