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The International Safety Management Code, 2003.
This paper takes a critical look at the International Safety Management Code and the need for a true safety culture in shipping.
4,262 words (approx. 17.0 pages), 17 sources, APA, £ 80.95
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Recent marine accidents have resulted in significant human, pollution, and damage costs. This paper explains how the International Safety Management Code (ISM) seeks to improve personnel, operational, and environmental safety performance by providing a framework for effective safety management. ISM is based upon widely accepted quality and safety management methodology. It discusses how recent studies indicate the code is less than effective. Merely implementing the minimum requirements of ISM does not do enough to significantly enhance safety performance in the marine industry. The writer argues that international shippers must work towards achieving a true safety culture to ensure effective safety and environmental performance. This should be part of a company?s global strategic plan.
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"The International Safety Management (ISM) Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention was introduced by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 1993 after several notable marine accidents (Anderson, 2002, p. 7) and the capsizing of the passenger ferry Herald of Free Enterprise which resulted in the loss of 193 lives (Rodriguez & Hubbard, 2001, 8; Sagen, 1999, p.58)."
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International Contract Management, 2008.
A discussion of international contract management and the importance of satisfied suppliers.
1,458 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 34.95
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This paper discusses the development, negotiation and successful administration of international contracts. The writer explains the need to understand the cultural perspective of the other party and the role of the contract manager in building a supplier/partner relationship. The writer stresses the importance of operational, business and strategic communication and lists essential factors in good contract management. The writer also describes the results of poorly managed contracts and concludes with a definition of a good supplier.
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Introduction
Challenges
Cultural Environment Knowledge
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"The task in international contracting is basically the same concept as domestic contracting and yet international contracting is a great deal more complex in nature. Gabbard states that in order to understand the complexity in the international contracting environment one must understand the legal environment in which international contracting takes place which is generally within the realm of: (1) U.S. law; (2) The law of the country in which the purchase or sale is made; and (3) International Law. (2006)"
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International Management, 2002.
A paper which presents an examination of communication on an international level when it comes to business management.
1,370 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 12 sources, APA, £ 32.95
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A paper which shows the importance of understanding that international cultures may differ and those differences can interfere with the ability to communicate effectively when doing business on an international level. The writer takes the reader on an exploratory journey through the reasons it is important to be able to manage such communication and the benefits for a business. The paper discusses the importance of the English language in the international business world.
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"Another example of communication culture on an international level is the understanding of how color affects thinking. African nations consider red to be the color of death. However, Denmark residents consider it a positive color and a sign of future luck. When communicating with various nations through the use of international management it is important not to use offensive colors in banners, memos, seminar posters and other tools of business communication(Heeding, 1996). "
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International Business Management, 2004.
A look at the changing role of organizational culture in business management.
2,935 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 21 sources, MLA, £ 61.95
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This paper examines how the era of improving business management through the acquisition of new equipment or designing a new manufacturing process seems to be drawing to a close and how the global economy, which is increasingly based on knowledge and knowledge management (KM), is becoming more dependant on the way in which people can work together, rather than the way in which cogs in a machine interact. It explores how the digital, global economy has allowed businesses to diversify their approach to managing people and how the individual in the company has slowly become recognized as possessing just as much value, if not more, than the machinery or computer equipment with which he works.
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"According to Tony Morden, issues of effective management are being tied to international culture. Both elements, which can be unique expressions of an individual organization or culture, are understood to be affectively related to the commitment of the individual to their organization. Morden quotes research by Hofstede, Hampden-Turne and Trompenaars who are ?contributors to the rapidly developing body of experience and knowledge about international culture and management? their work supports an understanding in which ?cultural interpretation and adaptation are a prerequisite to the comparative understanding of national and international management practice."
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Strategic Management and the International Automotive Industry, 2006.
A study of the international automotive industry and strategic management philosophies.
2,983 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 13 sources, MLA, £ 62.95
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This essay examines the concepts and theories of strategic management as they relate to the international automotive industry. Current literature suggests that case studies be applied to determine future goals for automotive marketing. On the financial side, a well-taken approach to strategic management would enable the company to evaluate the risks, costs and returns of any venture more effectively. The experts' advice is to search continuously for alternative methods and systems.
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The Global Car Industry
Strategic Management
Management Education
Case Analysis
Strategy Groups
Conclusion
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"The business environment is becoming harder to decipher and predict as market forces and customer buying patterns undergo dizzying changes and competition toughens in all industries. With this situation, the widely shared belief that a clever manager can improvise and take off-the-cuff actions as the problems and threats to profitability come along will no longer do. Planning ahead is now the name of the game. Even the so-called reality shows on TV made out as spontaneous events are in fact heavily scripted. Recent studies show that organizations that plan their operations perform better than those that do not (Joyce & Woods). Academic research seems to show enough evidence that strategic management is valuable in today's business context. Another unmistakable sign of its growing importance is the increasing use of strategic management courses in business schools. The question is: Does it work in actual practice?"
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Effective Career Management of International Assignees, 2002.
This paper discusses the importance of pre-departure career counseling or managers who are going to work in countries other than their own.
1,955 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 18 sources, APA, £ 44.95
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This paper states that the turnover rate among expatriate managers has been found to be substantially higher than the rate of turnover for domestic managers. The author points out that inclusion of the family in pre-departure training develops a stronger commitment on the part of the expatriate manager. This paper stress the importance of mentoring as part of the overseas training.
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Introduction
Issues and Factors Involved in Successful Career Management
Pre-Departure Training
Job Design
Role Clarity
Decision Process Participation
Pre-Departure Training for Family Members
Mentoring as a Vital Element
Transference of Values
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"An important characteristic of pre-departure training is that such training, when designed for effectiveness, provides participants with the information necessary to preclude the development of dissatisfaction with various aspects of an overseas assignment. ... examined organizational predictors of job satisfaction among expatriates. He tested hypothesized relationships between job satisfaction and six job/task characteristics and three organizational characteristics. The study found that role ambiguity, skill variety, task identify, task significance, pay, and participation in decision processes exerted the most significant influences on perceptions of job satisfaction, and that the adverse effects of each of these factors could be muted through participation in effective pre-departure training (Naumann, 1993b). Pre-departure training, thus, should be an integral part of a career management program for international assignees.
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Managing International Operations, 2004.
This paper discusses the ways businesses enter foreign markets through direct investments and manage these international operations.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 70.95
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This paper explains that, in international operations, the basic rules of management do not change; but, in a foreign country, what changes are the people with whom a manager has to deal. The author points out that changes within the organization will be determined by three main factors: the dominant cultural lifestyles of individuals in the organizations, change agents and strategic opinion leaders of all types, and the communication of innovation. The paper recommends that expatriate managers should overcome their self-orientation and try to enjoy the local entertainment and similar activities.
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"This change will be determined by three main factors ? dominant cultural lifestyles of individuals in the organizations, change agents and strategic opinion leaders of all types and the communication of innovation. These will be influenced by the effort made by the management in trying to be close to the employees, the assurances of the future of the organization as seen by the employees, the quality of the individual leadership provided by the top management of the new organization, and the masculinity shown. The last point is because most people still tend to follow men as leaders and not women. We shall come back to this point of the importance of human relations at the end of this essay.The next point to be considered is the forecasting of the results to be achieved by the foreign organization. This depends a lot on how the new organization has come into being."
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Managing International Acquisitions, 2006.
A comparative analysis of international and domestic mergers and acquisitions.
706 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 17.95
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This paper discusses how merger and acquisition activity is increasing, particularly at the international level. The paper then looks at how these mergers and acquisitions are somewhat different from their domestic counterparts in corporate culture and governance, cross-border communications, logistics, tax and accounting systems, and merger legislation.
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Chrysler and Daimler Benz (DaimlerChrysler)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
Ford Volvo
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"Ford Motor Company bought the Swedish based Volvo for 6.45 billion in 1999 which followed the Chrysler Daimler merger. Ford Motor was already the world's most profitable carmaker at the time. Though the takeover produced a flood of concern in the industry concerning globalization it also proved to be highly successful. Ford's production of luxury cars increased from 250,000 to 700,000 in 1 year, with a target of 1,000,000. They used common vehicle platforms, engineering architecture and design capacity for Volvos, Jaguars, and the US luxury brand Lincoln. Lincolns and some Jaguars already shared a common platform. "
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International Events and Human Resources Management, 2003.
Reviews the potential for international events to affect human resources management .
2,530 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 12 sources, APA, £ 61.95
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This paper reviews the potential for international events to affect human resources management at the organizational level. It maintains that effects vary in relation to an organization's global orientation and to the nature of an international event.
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International Human Resource Management, 2002.
A look at the ins and outs of hiring for an international work team.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 36.95
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This paper examines testing and hiring employees in the context of International Human Resource Management (IHRM). It identifies the qualities that are required in international employees and the screening procedures to achieve them.
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International Relations and Crisis Management, 2004.
Studies the role of the military in preventing and managing crisis situations.
2,018 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, APA, £ 44.95
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This paper explains how and why the role of the military has been transformed from that of an aggressor to that of a peacekeeper. It explains the international changes that have propelled this transformation, how today's forces are different from those of the Cold War era, and why the military's new role is so important.
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"With the cessation of hostilities after two world wars and the subsequent Cold War, many political analysts believed that the role of the military would be curtailed to formal duties of border management. Many suggested that the role of the military would not be of any significance to the common man, since the changed circumstances in the world power balance would require more diplomatic intervention in times of crisis than the active role of the military. However, experience has taught us that the role of the military cannot be minimized to any stretch of our wishful imagination."
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Management Theory, Management Practice, 2004.
An overview of management theory and practice and the implications for implementation in international business today.
2,569 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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This paper provides an overview of contemporary management theory, with a stress upon how such theories can be used to cope with the stresses of an increasingly multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and complex global business environment.
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International and Comparative Management
Environmental Political, Cultural and Economic Differences, Globalization
Organizing and Staffing in a Global Context
Leadership in a Global Context
Control in a Global Context
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"Management is not a science. Rather, management is a dynamic process that involves the interaction between the manager in question and the environment he or she is located in. This ?environment? includes the manager?s employees. A manager must be continually aware of shifts and changes, not simply in his or her own national branch of the business he or she works for, but the state of that business as the organization exists in different forms and in different areas around the globe. As cited in Patrick Boylan?s article upon the history of management as a theoretical discipline, Rosemary Stewart has noted that there have been, historically, four academic approaches to studying management."
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International Operations and Internalization, 2005.
Considers how international operations affects a company's marketing function.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 13 sources, MLA, £ 44.95
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This paper considers how international operations affects a company's marketing function, including all four components of the marketing mix. It looks at Porter's model of international strategy and stages of internationalization. The paper provides examples.
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"In today's economy companies can no longer be satisfied with serving a single geographic market. This strategy is still effective for some businesses but many companies-including small and medium-sized organizations-have recognized the benefits of expanding their operations to the global market. With the advent of the Internet and the ability to transfer funds across borders seamlessly and with low transaction costs the move toward globalization is no longer limited to only large companies ..."
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Rosenbluth International, 2004.
An analysis of Rosenbluth International, an international travel management company based in Philadelphia.
1,541 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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This paper discusses Rosenbluth International, an international travel management company based in Philadelphia. The paper examines the process of quality management and quality assurance that the company has undertaken in order to remain competitive and to continue to keep a leading position by providing high quality service to its travel customers. The paper explains that the process has been introduced in stages and has achieved some momentum, first by developing a training program that taught the rudiments of quality assurance to all employees, and then set out to implement a board of quality advisors to act as facilitators for quality teams formed at each business unit. The paper explores the issue of how to keep the momentum going and to develop even more means of assuring quality and of promoting it throughout the organization, especially as the organization now wants to implement the program internationally to increase the international clientele.
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"The travel business has been changing in recent years, creating first anew business model for the field and then altering the traditional competitive environment. The advent of the Internet and the wide use of the personal computer and other computer systems opened the way for a new form of control for the hospitality and travel industries. In the 1990s, the computer constituted the technology with the greatest effect on travel and hospitality around the world. The travel business has been changing with the development and widespread use of advanced computer programs and with increased access to different computer networks. These changes have included the introduction of new services which travelers can access themselves without the need of agents. One of the reasons for this shift is the belief on the part of the consumer that he or she has been paying too much for travel and that there is some hidden expense in the use of a travel agent that can now be avoided. The customer may also desire to become master of his or her own fate to a much greater degree, using self-service machines and computers to shape individual travel plans. As this form of do-it-yourself-travel grew, the question emerged as to whether the mass of travelers really wanted this sort of system and wanted to do the job themselves rather than leaving it to a travel agent. This idea has been examined and has now been tested."
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