GRD 6413T - Leading and Managing Across National Boundaries

(3 units)

This course describes the leadership and management challenges organizations face when their employees work and live in different countries, cultures, and time zones. The course discusses, and provides answers to, such questions as: How can leaders give their people performance feedback, and generally know what’s going on when they can’t “manage by walking around?” How do employee compensation requirements and preferences vary in different countries, and what are the most effective motivational tools? How do employee expectations regarding autocratic vs. participative leadership vary in different countries, and what are the keys to selecting the most effective leadership style? Moreover, how do labor laws differ across national boundaries with respect to employee selection, discipline, termination, unionization, etc.