MGT240 : International Management Assignment - ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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International Management Assignment :

Task :  1. Choose an organisation which operates, or may be planning to operate, in two or more countries. Discuss your choice with your subject coordinator before you proceed. This can be done via email, face to face or by telephone. You may choose to undertake a Case Study  provided by your coordinator. The company chosen need not operate within Australia but it may be easier for you to choose Australia as one of your countries because of the access to information you may need. Contact your subject coordinator to discuss your choice before proceeding with this assignment. 2. Conduct an analysis of the macro environment (ie the economic, political, legal and socio-cultural environment) that your chosen organisation would need to be aware of if they were going to "do business" in this other country. Most firms have detailed websites from which you should be able to acquire sufficient information to address this assignment task. Students may choose to conduct this analysis on their current workplace organisation. However, if choose your own organisation, the country you select to do business with must not be one in which your company currently operates. ? Assist you to develop and demonstrate your learning about the nature of international management and the importance of macro-environmental scanning and research, focusing. ? Allow you to develop your information searching and critical thinking skills. ? Encourage independent research into the ethical, CSR and cross-cultural management issues of doing business in a particular country. ? Provide you with experience in producing an authentic, well researched, workplace report. It addresses the following learning outcomes for this subject. ? Research the political, legal and economic environment of two countries and analyse managerial implications for leading teams and operating a business in an international business venture. ? Evaluate the main theories, concepts and models of culture and use these theories to make recommendations regarding management of cross-cultural communication, negotiation and conflict resolution in a multi-cultural team environment. ? Be able to identify the ethical and corporate social responsibility issues managers may face when operating internationally and develop a strategic response to these issues.