hemisphere. However, they realized that they did not have the financial, organizational or managerial resources necessary to enter all of them simultaneously. Therefore, in 1991 through 1995, they focused on establishing a presence in the Americas instead. The countries they would target first would be Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. According to Theodore Levitt, the globalization is at hand. Levitt claims that the multinational
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Chapter 1 - Geography Matters: Definitions: * Human geography the study of the spatial organization of human activity and of people’s relationships with their environments * Cartography: the body of practical and theoretical knowledge about making distinctive visual representations of Earth’s surface in the form of maps * Map projection: a systematic rendering on a flat surface of the geographic coordinates of the features found on Earth’s surface * Ethnocentrism: the attitude
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principles and practices whose core ideas include understanding customer needs, doing things right the first time and striving for continuous improvement Reengineering: rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvement in cost , quality, services and speed Outsourcing: contracting outside work that was formerly done by employees inside the company Change management: bring about and managing change at both the organizational and individual level
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field, and by identifying forces that promise to reshape the nature of management. It exposes the how, what, why, and when of organizational behavior, as viewed and practiced by managers. It also identifies the skills and competencies that leaders will need to create the ideal 21st century work atmosphere, such as intelligence, passion, a strong work ethic, a team orientation, and a genuine concern for people. Learning Objectives After completing this chapter, students should be able to:
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management are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. There are many moving parts and all of these pieces must work cohesively together for an organization, or body to exist. Management ensures that each branch is functioning properly or making the necessary changes to increase productivity. Throughout history, many organizations had to adapt to these internal and external factors due to globalization, technology, innovations, diversity, and ethics. An idea starts as a seed and that seed grows
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LSB04BSM09 REQUIRED TEXT/MATERIAL: Books 1. The World Is Flat A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Friedman) 2. International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace, 5/e (Hill) 3. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization (Friedman) 4. Managing Cultural Differences (Harris, Moran) 5. Global E-Commerce Strategies for Small Business, (Da Costa, Laffont, Tirole) Scholarly Articles 1. International Business: Environments and Operations, (Daniels, Radebaugh, Sullivan)
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online retail selling, the term e-tailing is sometimes used. For example, bought or sold anything on e-bay, purchased a book on Amazon, or made any other transaction online you have participated in e commerce. Electronic commerce that takes place between businesses is referred to as business-to-business or B2B. B2B can be open to all interested parties or limited to specific, pre-qualified participants such as private electronic market. Electronic commerce that takes place between businesses and consumers
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the academic theory with important soft-skills and meaningful knowledge about foreign cultures and the intercourse with them and all of that in a personal environment. On an international market that is driven by globalization the importance of teaching exactly those additional skills increased significantly in the last few years. You cannot do business globally without interacting with foreign cultures and for that you need to understand them. As a fundament for the applied degree program I
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have declined more than half in the last couple of years. Also, they are having the Union people stay on them for not treating their employees properly and fairly. Global Communication was not up front with its people and they are now in an up roar about the unethical acts of Global. They plan to go global in hopes that they can now compete with local markets and increase the value of their stock. Situation Analysis Issue and Opportunity Identification Global Communication eventually was
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