2024/2025 KAN-CPOLO1033U Managing People in Multinational Corporations
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Managing People in Multinational Corporations |
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Language | English |
Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory (also offered as elective) |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Semester |
Start time of the course | Spring |
Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
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Study Board for BSc/MSc i International Business and Politics,
MSc
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Last updated on 25-06-2024 |
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At the end of the course, students should be able
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This course is about how multinational corporations (MNCs) can
motivate, enable, attract, and retain people to pursue their
strategic organizational goals. It is aimed at helping students
understand the key issues in the management of people in
contemporary MNC contexts and providing them with theories,
frameworks, and tools to help them recognize, understand, and
manage human resources more effectively.
During the lectures, the students will be introduced to selected contemporary literature from a wide range of disciplines, including strategy, human resource management, and organizational behavior, to better understand and predict how employees behave in the international context of a multinational firm.
In relation to Nordic Nine The course Managing People in Multinational Corporations (MPMNCs) supports the Nordic Nine values in providing students an understanding of and ability to apply key concepts and theories that are relevant broadly to organizational contexts (NN1), focusing on the tension between global integration and local value creation in multinational firms (NN9). The case-based approach is centered on group and class discussions to achieve learning goals in collaboration (NN6) and enhance the learning of peers (NN8). With this approach, the course puts students in the shoes of decision-makers to reflect on their decisions’ implications on the competitiveness of businesses while compassionately considering their effects on employees and other stakeholders (NN4). Lastly, the course provides students with an understanding of how employee data can be used to analyse employee behaviour in multinational corporations and the ability to detect and navigate sources of ambiguity (NN2), as well as ethical dilemmas between opportunities and potential downsides of these analyses (NN5). |
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In each session, students will learn about research and theoretical concepts and apply them in guided discussions based on cases, guest lectures, and real-world examples from practitioners’ perspectives. Students are encouraged to bring their own views into the discussions, share insights, and learn with and from their fellow students. Required class preparation consists of reading cases and selected articles or podcasts before class. Students’ preparation for the case study sessions will be guided by a few (1-4) questions based on the reading or their own experience. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Feedback will be given as we discuss the cases and readings in class. Polls and guided reading questions will be used to prompt discussions, enable feedback, and reinforce learning from cases and key themes. Discussions are structured and accompanied to encourage students to collaborate in groups and exchange constructive feedback. Finally, students can stop by to get feedback and ask questions during office hours. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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