44163-001 Porr

Global Business Management     15853      MIS 44163-001    Fall 2015          

Kent State University:           Tue, Thr  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM    room: Bowman 201

Instructor:    Dean A. Porr, Ph.D.        Office: BA A426    Email: dporr@kent.edu                                 Phone: 330-672-1145  Office hrs: Tue 1:00-3:00 PM, Thr 1:00-3:00 PM and by appointment.

Required Text:  Multinational Management, 5th edition. By Cullen & Paraboteeah (South – Western Cengage, 2011).

Course Objectives: This course provides an overview of contemporary issues and theoretical frameworks in the field of international strategic management using traditional lecture and practical application cases. It is a writing-intensive course requiring a formal handout, a Powerpoint presentation, and a formal paper on a global business management topic.

Learning Outcomes: After completion of this course students will have the skills, information, knowledge, and tools:

·         to recognize the functional areas of business.

·     to understand how the functional areas of business contribute to organizational success from a global perspective

·         to understand how diverse global cultures affect modern business practices.

Changes to the syllabus will be announced in class and updated in Blackboard, but the student is ultimately responsible for keeping up to date with such changes.

Course Requirements and Grading:

a)      Examinations: There will be four scheduled exams, each accounting for 17.5% of the final grade. Exams will consist of multiple choice questions, true/false questions, and short fill-in responses. All topics covered in class may appear on the exam including those not contained in the text, and material found in the text but not covered in class may also appear on the exams. An optional comprehensive final exam will be given in place of a missed regular exam or to replace a low grade on a previous exam.

b)      Project: Each student will choose a global business management problem, have the topic approved by the instructor, and complete a project that accounts for 30% of the final grade. There are four parts to the project:

1.      Handout: create a formal 1 sheet presentation-style handout for audience members.

2.      PowerPoint: Each student will prepare a Powerpoint slide show (approx. 12-18 slides) for the topic.

3.      Formal Paper: Each student will prepare a formal report (1,080 – 1,320 words not including references) for the approved topic.  A minimum of 5 references are required.

4.      Presentation: each student will present their individual project in class (5 to 10 minutes depending on class size). Students are expected to attend all presentations and complete an assessment form of the other presetations.

Grading

Final grades may be curved, with the following representing a maximum % for each grade:

93.34 – 100.00%                                 A                                                                                             73.34 - 76.66%                                    C

90.00 – 93.33%                                   A-                                                                                            70.00 – 73.33%                                    C-

86.67 – 89.99%                                   B+                                                                               66.67 - 69.99%                                    D+

83.34 – 86.66%                                   B                                                                                             60.00 – 66.66%                                    D

80.00 – 83.33%                                   B-                                                                                            00.00 – 59.99%                                    F 

76.67 – 79.99%                                   C+

Administrative policies apply to all students in this course:

a)     Academic honesty: Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved credit.  In addition, it is considered to be cheating when one cooperates with someone else in any such misrepresentation.  The use of the intellectual property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic offense.  It is the University's policy that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade for either the work or course.  Repeat offenses result in dismissal from the University.

b)     University policy 3342-3-01.3 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access to course content. If you have a documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments. Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these accommodations through Student Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit http://www.kent.edu/sas  for more information on registration procedures).

c)     Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes.  You are advised to review your official class schedule (using Student Tools on FlashLine) during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this class and section.  Should you find an error in your class schedule, you have until Sunday, September 6, 2015 to correct the error.  If registration errors are not corrected by this date and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which you are not properly registered.

d)     If you are eligible to graduate, it is your responsibility to apply for graduation before the set deadline (May Graduation: Apply before September 15^th August Graduation: Apply before December 15^th December Graduation: Apply before March 15^th)  If you apply after the deadline you will be assessed a $200 late fee. Please see your academic advisor as soon as   possible if you are uncertain as to your progress toward graduation.  To apply for graduation complete the following steps: Log onto your Flashline account (1) Click on the Student Tools tab (2) Look in the Graduation Planning Tool Box (3) Click on Application for Graduation. If an error message appears, you must contact your advisor.

e)     The course withdrawal deadline for Fall 2015 is Sunday, November 8, 2015.