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SYLLABUS: MGT 440 B

“CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT”

FALL 2017

CLASS: Tuesday/Thursday, 1:30-2:45 PM, Urschel #110

PROFESSOR: James M. Stück (pronounced "Stook")

OFFICE: Urschel #224. Tel: 219 464 5403. Fax: 219 464 5789.

OFFICE HOURS: Monday 4:00-6:00 PM, Tuesday 4:15-5:30 PM

E-MAIL: [email protected]
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1. A short quiz or essay will be required in each class. Their scores will be combined into a single, weekly evaluation grade (see Appendix A for essay/quiz requirements.) (80%)

Sorry, no late or make-up work accepted – although, up to a total of three missed quizzes or essays may be made up on a single date, Tuesday, November 27 (see Appendix A for late quiz/essay requirements.)

2. Course final project: A cross-cultural management consulting case. (20%)

Note: Please be careful to keep all single, graded weekly quizzes and essays handed back – if there are discrepancies with Blackboard grades, a physical copy of returned work will be required so that changes can be made, thank you.

Note: “Ground rules” in the corporate world, when someone else is speaking, is all electronics off during meetings…please, no open laptops or use of handhelds in class.

REQUIRED TEXTS:
1) CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT, Edited by James M. Stück (CREATE McGraw-Hill, 2013). ISBN -10: 1-121-58373-3. This can ONLY be purchased at the VU bookstore -- McGraw-Hill allowed me to re-combine 3 full required course textbooks into a single text, saving you $250+ each. (There may be copies of the Second Edition there as well…for this semester you may purchase either edition.)

2) DEVELOPING A GLOBAL MINDSET: Cross-Cultural Management for Professionals, by James M. Stück. This is a combined text/workbook that will be distributed electronically (free!) in class.

3) Class handouts.

GRADING SCALE:
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97-100 = A+ 87-89 = B+
94-96 = A 84-86 = B
90-93 = A- 80-83 = B-, etc.

TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE:
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8/22 Introduction

8/24 Personal essay #1

Note: Different from the other essays, this first one will be double-spaced and a minimum of three to five pages.

8/29 CCM 1

8/31 DGM pp. 178-182, Essay #2

9/5 DGM 1 & 2

9/7 DGM 3 & 4

9/12 CCM 2

9/14 CCM 3, Essay #3

9/19 CCM 4

9/21 CCM 5, Essay #4

9/26 CCM 6 & 7

9/28 CCM 8, Essay #5

10/3 NO QUIZ (HOMECOMING), German-U.S. Role Play

10/5 CCM 9, Essay #6

10/10 Readings: “Message to Garcia”

10/12 FALL BREAK – NO CLASS!

10/17 Essay #7, Understanding American Culture

10/19 Competitiveness Dimension

10/24 CCM 10

10/26 Case #8, (found in DGM pp. 102-117)

10/31 CCM 11

11/2 Relativism Dimension

11/7 CCM 12

11/9 CCM 13, Essay #9

11/14 Vocational Readings

11/16 DGM pp. 184-193

****************THANKSGIVING BREAK!!********************

11/28 Three Stages: Disgust/Acceptance/Approval

11/28 SINGLE DUE DATE FOR MAKE-UP WORK

11/30 Cultural Broker/Intermediary

12/5 Corporate/Organizational Cultures

12/7 Final Review

APPENDIX A

Course Essay/Quiz Requirements

Corporate performance evaluations regularly state that if employee’s successfully meet their job description they will receive an above average rating (“B+”) but, if they want to receive a superior rating (“A”), they must go beyond their job description

To encourage that same – particularly American(!) – initiative in this class, satisfactory essays turned in will be graded as a “B+.” In order to receive a superior grade of an “A-” or an “A” there is an additional requirement of two, hard copy, extra credit articles, each article including underlining or highlighting and handwritten notes (in the essay itself) applying it to class material or the field of cross-cultural management, handed in with the essay.

Requirements for essays are as follows:

• turned in by class time, single-spaced, one-page maximum

• papers must have essay number, date, and course designation on them, e.g., Essay #3, September 14, 2017, and MGT 440B

• usual essay grades will be the following: “0” = not turned in, “B+” = acceptable, “A-” or “A” = superior (a good essay, with 2 high quality, extra credit, annotated articles)

• Sorry, no late or make-up work accepted:

1. Only exceptions for make-up work = VU activities, e.g., athletics, CoB teams, etc., and only when student has contacted professor ahead of time.

2. Persons arriving too late into the quiz-taking process will not be able to take that quiz – having to wait until very late students are done with quiz, before putting up answer sheet and moving into next class item, disrupts class flow for everyone, thanks.

3. Please have essays done earlier – if campus printers aren’t working last minute, I will accept electronic work, although: A) it must be submitted before class, and, B) all electronic submissions will be marked down in grade.

4. A single date for all make-up work will be Tuesday, November 28, and instructions for make-up essays will be sent out before Thanksgiving Break.

5. On this make-up date, a student may turn in up to a maximum of three make-up essay grades – each make-up essay grade can be exchanged for a weekly evaluation grade of student’s choosing.

APPENDIX B

CoB Syllabus Requirements

1. CoB Mission Statement: “The College of Business cultivates values-based leaders in a dynamic and global environment.”

1. Student Learning Objectives: “Graduates will demonstrate: a) an understanding of ethical decision making in business, b) knowledge of a globally integrated business environment, c) content knowledge necessary to be successful in business, d) effective communication in a typical business situation, e) an understanding of the responsibilities of a leadership role, and f) critical thinking skills to solve complex, business problems.”

1. Honor Code: This course will uphold the following honor code “I have neither given or received, nor have I tolerated others' use of unauthorized aid.”

1. Disability Support Service: “Please contact Dr. Sherry DeMik, Director of Disability Support Services, at 6956, if you believe you have a disability that might require a reasonable accommodation in order for you to perform as expected in this class.”

5. Class Cancelation Method: “Notifications of class cancellations will be made

through Blackboard and emailed over the class list with as much advance as

possible.”

6. “Save the Earth, it’s the only planet with chocolate.”