1. MGF3681: International Management
Week 12:
Revision
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2. Exam
• Worth 40%
• Part A (Worth 40% of the exam)
– 6 questions
– You must answer 4
• Part B (Worth 60% of the exam)
– Case study
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3. Exam – Part A
• They are worth 10 marks each
• Work out where the 10 marks are located
• Look at the lecture slides – the questions will come from there
• E.g. What are Hofstede’s five (5) cultural dimensions? Provide
examples to demonstrate.
• 1 point for each of the dimensions and 1 point for an example
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4. Exam – Part A
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Set it out clearly.
Double space your work
I will be looking for key words – make them clear
Underline or put the ideas on a separate line
• Power Distance is xyz. An example of this is abc.
• Uncertainty Avoidance is xyz. An example of this is abc
• The easier it is for me to read, the easier it is for me to find
you marks
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5. Exam – Part B
• Case study
– About two thirds of a page of information
– Three questions you will need to base your analysis around
• You need to have
– Introduction
– Analysis (where you answer the 3 questions not 1. 2. 3. it needs
to be an analysis with these ideas in mind)
– Recommendations
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6. Exam – Part B
• Introduction
– Context, Importance, What you will discuss
• Analysis
– 3 paragraphs analysing the three questions
– Make each paragraph clear that you are linking to the question
at hand
– They need to be linking back to theories you have learnt in class
• Recommendations
– Very clear – get to the point
– Very practical
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7. Exam
Now the bit you
have all been
waiting for
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8. Week 1 - Introduction
• What is international management
– If you get this question you are so so lucky!
• Compare and contrast international and domestic
organisations
– This will help for a general knowledge of the questions
• Parochialism and Ethnocentrism
– It probably will help to have a grasp
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9. Week 2 – Role of Culture
• Hofstede
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Power Distance
Uncertainty Avoidance
Masculinity and Femineity
Individualism and Collectivism
Long / Short Term Orientation
• If you do not have this down – don’t bother coming to the
exam
• Well come to the exam anyway, just don’t expect to do very
well
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10. Week 3 – Cross Cultural Communication
• It was what the essay was on
• As if its going to be on the exam
• But….you can always use it for the long answer so
• Understand High Low Context
• Verbal communication
• Non-Verbal Communication
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11. Week 4 – Managing Across Culture
• Convergence and Divergence
– Once again great knowledge to have to frame answers
– Are cultures becoming similar?
• Social Institutions
– Understand what they are and how they work
• Four predispositions
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12. Week 5 – Conflict and Negotiation
• 5 conflict management styles
• 6 steps to the negotiation process
– Four ways that culture affects this process
• 7 characteristics needed to be a successful negotiator
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13. Week 6 – Organisational Structure
• Global Product
• Global Area
• Export department
• International Division
• Matrix
• Centralisation debate
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14. Week 7 – Motivation Across Cultures
• Expectancy Theory
• Reinforcement Theory
• Equality Theory
• Goal Setting Theory
• You need to know how each of these is affected by culture
and have country examples
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15. Week 8 – Leadership Across Cultures
• Contingency theory
• How under different cultural dimensions do you need to
change your leadership style?
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16. Week 9 – IHRM
• Parent Country Nationals
• Host Country Nationals
• Third Country Nationals
• Advantages and Disadvantages
• Ethnocentric, Regiocentric, Polycentric and Geocentric
– Strengths and Weaknesses
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17. Week 10 – International Teams
• Transnational, Representation, Subsidiary and GVT
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Advantages and Disadvantages
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18. Week 11 – Ethics and Social Responsibility
• 5 ethical issues identified in international management
• Legal and economic components of CSR
• Ethical relativism v ethical universalism
• Stages of moral development
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19. Exam
• Main thing: Don’t get too cocky
• Go in and smash it
• and……
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20. SETU
• Student Evaluation of Teaching and Unit
• Telling Monash what is good and bad
• 1-7 scale (but check – 6 used to be I haven’t been to class
and 7 was not assessable)
• More importantly you can say how much you love me
• Or not love me if that is the case….
• Helps me improve
• Helps me get jobs =)
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21. Honours
• Gives you an extra degree
• Get to look into a research topic of your choice – whatever
you are interested in:
– Sustainability in Car Manufacturing
– Nurses and Work Stress
– Malaysian Voting Preferences and Intention to Emigrate
• Puts you above your peers
• Increases communication skills – verbal and written
• Goes on your HECS
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22. Exam
GO WIN
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