International Comparative Management

Comparison of managerial goals, structures, functions, processes, and behavior in different national environments. Topics covered include multiculturalism as it relates to the multinational organization; country-specific comparative advantages and disadvantages; global product versus multidomestic corporate strategy; comparison of structural options; selection, promotion, and training practices with regard to cross-cultural, intercultural, and interpersonal differences; historical and contemporary political and civil freedoms; commercial enterprise organization, infrastructure, and national or regional competitive opportunities; managerial values, attitudes, and behaviors within specific host countries; and exportable managerial practices vis-à-vis accommodation to national and ethnocentric managerial practices.