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COURSE NO: INB 4450 TITLE: International Management
TERM: II Winter 2012-13 INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Sherif Afifi
Tuesday 7:00-9:55 Web based PHONE: (734) 432-5892
3 Semester hour(s) OFFICE HOURS: By appointment safifi@madonna.edu
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|DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES OF COURSE |

Prerequisite: MGT 2360 and INB 3140.

Course Description

Study of international management as a function of a nation’s international trade practices, policies, and management systems and expectations.

Course Objectives/Learning Outcomes

The student will
1. describe the global manager’s political, economic, legal, and technological environment.
2. assess subsidiary and host country interdependence and account for social responsibility and differing ethical values among nations.
3. analyze the role of culture in communication, decision making, and in the manager’s daily responsibilities.
4. prepare for cross-cultural negotiations and understand the role of relationship building in certain cultures.
5. formulate international management strategy and evaluate alternative organizational systems.
6. assess alternatives for staffing, training, and compensation of employees engaged in international assignments and in planning for repatriation of employees.

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|POLICY FOR MISSED EXAMS |

No makeup final examination will be administered. If an unusual and legitimate documented; (e.g. doctor’s statement), reason occurs to prevent a student from taking the final exam during the scheduled class time, the student will receive and Incomplete (I) grade and will take the exam within six weeks.
The general policy for major exams given during the semester is that no makeup exams will be administered

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|ATTENDANCE POLICY |

Madonna University places high emphasis on attendance. Repeated absences may result in lowering of grade or loss of credit.

|EMERGENCY CONTINUATION OF INSTRUCTION |

This is a web based course and activities are conducted through Blackboard and email. In the event of a city-wide or regional crisis or emergency, course instruction will be continued on the class's Blackboard site, provided that campus technology and electricity are operating. If campus facilities, technology, and electricity are not operational, students should continue doing their reading and assignments until they receive communication from the instructor or the University.

|STUDENT EVALUATION OF FACULTY INSTRUCTION (SEFI) |

Students are invited to evaluate every course every semester, utilizing the University's online student Evaluation of Faculty Instruction (SEFI) system. This is accessed from the opening page of the University's Web site under the "Current Students" menu. Your instructor will inform you when during the semester the SEFI can be accessed.

|PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND ACADEMIC INTEGRITY |

All students must always submit work that represents his or her original work, words, or ideas. If any words or ideas are used that do not represent origination from an individual student, the student must cite all relevant sources. The citation standard used for this class will be APA format. The student should also document the extent to which such sources were used. Words or ideas that require citation include, but are not limited to, all hardcopies or electronic publications, whether copyrighted or not, and all verbal or visual communication when the content of such communication clearly originates from an identifiable source. In the online course, all submissions to any public meeting or private mailbox fall within the scope of words and ideas that require citations if used by someone other than the original author.

Academic dishonesty in an web learning environment could involve: • Having a tutor or friend complete a portion of your assignments or any other required course work • Having a reviewer make extensive revisions to an assignment • Copying work submitted by another student to a public class meeting • Using information from online information services without proper citation • Submitting the same assignment or work to more than one instructor or to the same instructor for multiple assignments • Reporting answers to problems requiring calculations without providing the supporting calculations, especially if these answers are already in the textbook.

Plagiarism Detection:
At the instructor's discretion, work presented in this course is subject to verification of originality, using the following service: SafeAssign (MU's official adopted plagiarism solution available via Blackboard).

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|POLICY FOR RETURNED PAPERS |

Check with your instructor to see if any final papers/exams are to be returned. IF YES, they will be available in the School of Business office (Maerten’s Building) for the first TWO WEEKS OF THE NEXT TERM. After the two week period ALL PAPERS WILL BE SHREDDED.

|FINAL WITHDRAWAL DATE |

FINAL WITHDRAWAL DATE- March 29, 2013.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS TEXTBOOK
“International Management, Managing Across Borders and Cultures”, Sixth Edition, by Helen Deresky, Pearson Prentice Hall, Copyright (2008).

FORMATTING AND SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS
Documents will generally conform to APA. Please use rtf, doc, or docx formats only when submitting documents in the Assignment Tool. No credit will be given for any document submitted in the wrong format, or in the wrong Assignment Tool link.

BLACKBOARD The blackboard Discussion Period begins on Monday of each week at 12:05 AM and ends on Sunday of the same week at 11:55 PM.

EMAIL COMMUNICATION
Everyone is assigned an email address by the university. All correspondence regarding this course will be through the university assigned address. You can link your personal address to the Madonna assigned address if you wish.

SYLLABUS Q/A
Blackboard Forum 1 is set aside for Q/A regarding the course syllabus.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
The instructor will make Announcements from time to time. These will contain general and specific comments. You are assumed to have reviewed all announcements and are familiar with their contents. Forum 1 along with Announcements are considered supplements to your syllabus. The instructor considers that all participants will regularly review Forum 1 and the Announcements, and will be familiar with their contents.

LATE POLICY
Assignments submitted late will receive a score reduction of 50%. No assignments will be accepted if more than 6 days late. Other university requirements apply.

GRADE CENTER
The Grade Center will be updated weekly to reflect your latest scores. If you have any questions, please send an email to the instructor no later than 7 days after your score is posted.
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POINT SCALE/LETTER GRADE
|A |100-95 |B- |79-75 |D+ |59-55 |
|A- |94-90 |C+ |74-70 |D |54-51 |
|B+ |89-85 |C |69-65 |F |≤ 50 |
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In this class, you will study the chapters assigned for each week. You will participate in DISCUSSION BOARD, complete and submit ASSIGNMENTS and take 2 EXAMS as shown in CLASS SCHEDULE.

CLASS SCHEDULE
|Week Of |Discussion Board |Assignments |
| |Forum No. |Content |No. |Case Assigned |
|Jan 14 (1) |1 |Syllabus Q/A |-- |-- |
|Jan 14 |2 |CH 1 |-- |-- |
|Jan 21 |3 |CH 2 |A1 |Nike’s… p. 57 |
|Jan 28 |4 |CH 3 |A2 |Moto … p. 121 |
|Feb 4 |5 |CH 4 |A3 |Elizabeth… p. 148 |
|Feb 11 |6 |CH 5 |A4 |Alcatel-Lucent… p. 179 |
|Feb 18 |7 |CH 6 |A5 |There’s Detroit…p. 239 |
|Feb 25 |Mid-Term Exam CH 1-6 (2) |
|March 4 |8 |CH 7 |A6 |Leovo’s.. p. 262 |
|March 11 |9 |CH 8 |A7 |Asea Brown… p. 287 |
|March 18 |10 |CH 9 |A8 |Fred Baily … p. 365 |
|March 25 |11 |CH 10 |-- |-- |
|April 1 |12 |CH 11 |A9 |Sir Richard… p. 425 |
|April 1 |Final Exam CH 7-11(3) |

1) Open through April 4. 2) Exam is available Feb 25 through March 3 at 11:55 PM EST. 3) Exam is available April 1 through April 5 at 11.55PM EST.

DISCUSSION BOARD
(10 points /week x 11 weeks = 110 points total)

Please see Attachment I, Discussion Board Participation Requirements. We will use the Discussion Questions listed near the end of each chapter. One thread is devoted to each question. We will also utilize questions to be posted weekly by each student as described in Syllabus Attachment I. The forums are open now but are only available for participation during the Discussion Period.

ASSIGNMENTS
(9 assignments x 10 points each = 90 points total)

You will prepare a one paragraph synopsis of the facts and respond to the case questions. Your responses will be:

1. Direct and complete and based on facts of the case. 2. Assumptions are recognized and challenged when applicable. 3. The work is concise (simple sentences, no repetition). 4. The work meets the syllabus formatting and quality of written work requirements, and is free of factual, grammatical, typographical and spelling errors.

EXAMINATIONS
(Two exams x 30 points each = 60 points total)

Mid-Term Exam: The mid-term will be based on chapters 1-6.

Final Exam: The final exam will be based on chapters 7-11.

The Examinations will be posted in Assignments and will each have 30 multiple choice questions. There is a time limit of 2 hours. Once you open the test, you must complete it.

FINAL SCORE DETERMINATION

You will accumulate points from the various tasks totaling a maximum of 260 points. Your final end-of-semester score (normalized to a maximum of 100) = your total points/2.6.

Syllabus Attachment I
DISCUSSION BOARD PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

Specific Course Requirements

Discussion Period: The Discussion Period begin on Monday at 12:05 AM and ends on Sunday at 11:55 PM each week. The blackboard Discussion Period is analogues to the class meeting period in a face-to-face format. Therefore, no credit is available in an on-line class outside the Discussion Period.

Posting Requirements: You will make at least 5 postings per week on 3 different days as follows:

1. Each week, select one question and reply to it in the form of a Discussion Question covering a related issue or topic.

2. Each week, your 4 remaining posts will be in the form of an original response to any of the posted questions and/or comments on responses by others.

Commenting on a posted response: Here is what is expected: You can tactfully agree or disagree and support your input. You can expand on the response; the original author may have decided to emphasize one aspect of the question and you may find that another aspect should also be addressed. You may have had a personal experience that can be stated to support and expand on what is presented or to provide an alternative viewpoint. You may have access to a paper or a publication regarding the subject which you would abstract and reference to benefit the class.

Please do not comment by simply answering the question as if no one has said anything about it before. When you comment on someone’s input, please put your response in proper context with the prior response and address the person by name. Perhaps you can say “John you say such and such, I have something to add…” And, address the originator by name.

We want to answer questions, and then carry on a conversation to discuss what is presented by those who were the first to respond. We do not want a series of independently produced responses. To participate in the discussion, you are expected to have read inputs by others and assessed them in preparation for participation. Before you post your input, make sure it is stated in the proper context in relation to posted material, and is not a simple repetition of a previous input(s). Making a statement such as: “Great, John this is a good answer”, without further support as why you think the answer is great is not acceptable.

Quality Standards: Postings satisfying the discussion Quality Standards will be: 1. In the writer’s own words (sources are identified as applicable). 2. Substantive, additive and sufficiently detailed (1/3-2/3 of one-page single space). 3. Correct, direct and complete (relevant issues are identified and addressed). 4. In proper context within the ongoing discussion (references responses provided by others). 5. Accurate (free of factual, grammar, typographical and spelling errors).

Scoring of Participation in Blackboard Discussion: To receive full score, you must meet the number of postings requirement (5 postings per week), the frequency of postings requirement (3 different posting-days each week), and the Quality Standards (specified above). Your postings will be evaluated and points assigned weekly. Here is an example: Your input will first be scored for quality based on criteria 1 through 5 above. Then the score will be adjusted downward if you did not meet the number and/or frequency criteria. Suppose you made 2 postings instead of 5 and posted on 2 days instead of 3, then your score will be adjusted downward by a factor of (2+2)/8 = 1/2.

The criteria used to assess any score reduction will be noted in the Comments box in Grade Center (Example: Q-1; 3 & 5 will mean that your response to Q-1 did not meet criteria 3 and 5).

Syllabus Q/A

Blackboard Forum 1 is set aside for Q/A regarding the course syllabus and class procedures. Please review the syllabus and post any questions you may have in Forum 1. Each new question should be posted in a new thread. The author of the question will select an appropriate subject to reflect the essence of the question. The instructor will then post a Reply; follow-up questions will be posted as replies in the original thread. Before you post a question, check to see if: (a) the question has already been asked by someone else; or (b) your question should appropriately be treated as a follow-up in an established question thread.