Dates: 02/02 - 05/18
M	T	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
		6:00 pm 9:00 pm SCH 314

Subject: Management (MGMT)

CRN: 22099

In Person | Lecture

Minneapolis: Schulze Hall 314

Requirements Met:
     Part-time MBA
     MBA Global Elective

  Rama Hart

To be effective and just, leaders need to understand the diverse peoples who comprise their organizations and markets, and practice inclusion at self, interpersonal, team, and organizational levels. Culturally competent leadership rests on foundational knowledge, skills, and mindsets applied in both domestic and global contexts. This course introduces a range of perspectives (legal, ethical, structural, political, symbolic, historical, social, relational), exploring topics such as dimensions and categories of human diversity and of cultures; social identity and perception; attribution, bias, stigma, and harassment in organizations; cross-cultural communication and conflict; power, privilege, and oppression; domestic and world workforce and market demography. Prerequisites: NONE.

3 Credits

M	T	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
	02/10: 6:00 pm 9:00 pm SCH 301 02/24: 6:00 pm 9:00 pm SCH 301 03/10: 6:00 pm 9:00 pm SCH 301 03/17: 6:00 pm 9:00 pm SCH 301 04/07: 6:00 pm 9:00 pm SCH 301 04/21: 6:00 pm 9:00 pm SCH 301 05/05: 6:00 pm 9:00 pm SCH 301
+ asynchronous coursework: 02/02 - 05/18

Subject: Management (MGMT)

CRN: 22100

Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture

Minneapolis: Schulze Hall 301

Online

Requirements Met:
     Part-time MBA
     MBA Global Elective

  Diego Arias Garcia

Companies today face an increasing variety of choices about where to locate different value-creating activities. This course explores the opportunities and challenges associated with conducting business in a global context. The goal of this course is to provide the foundations for understanding the external global environment facing a multinational enterprise (MNE), and the internal challenges of managing an MNE. Specifically, this course examines the following topics: the forces behind globalization, the different cultural, political, legal and economic environments in which global businesses operate, the tradeoffs between global and local strategies, the alternatives available for coordinating activity in an MNE, and the unique challenges involved with managing people in a globally dispersed organization. Prerequisites: NONE.

3 Credits