ib cross-cultural management skills ib 3105 fall 2005 jeffrey harper
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IB Cross-Cultural Management Skills
IB 3105 Fall 2005
Jeffrey Harper
What is Geography?
Geography is the descriptive science dealing with the surface area , its divisions into continents and countries, and the climate, plants, animals, natural resources.
Geography Let’s begin with the United States
Europe CountriesUS states.pdf
Europe.pdf Euro with.pdf
Us.pdf
European Union
European Commission
Council of Ministers
European Parliaments
European Court of Justice
President
Jose Manuel Barroso
Institutions and Bodies of the EU
The institutions of the EU are:
● The European Parliament● The Council of the European Union● The European Commission● The European Court of Justice● The European Court of Auditors (ECA)
European Commission
The European Commission is an independent institution charged with representing and upholding the interests of the EU as a whole. It submits proposals for new legislation, policies and programs for action. It is also responsible for implementing the decisions of the Council and the Parliament and monitors that the Member States are abiding by their commitments agreed upon at EU level. Finally, the Commission is responsible for the budget of the EU.
The commission is appointed by the EC government, not elected
Commissioners come from EC countries but take an oath of allegiance
Each commissioner has a specific responsibility area, -i.e. competition
Council of Ministers
The Council comprises Ministers representing each of the Member States.
The Council has the main role in agreeing legislation, although in recent years this has been shared more and more with the Parliament under the co-decision procedure.
The Ministers in Council are accountable to their own national parliaments for the decisions in the Council.
European Council of Ministers
Main decision-making body Task is to examine draft measures from the
Commission and accept, modify, or reject Represent the EC nations Meets twice yearly as an EC summit There is a 6 month, rotating presidency
Consisting of: President of the Commission Nation’s Prime Ministers
European Parliament
EU parliament has 3 main functions-1. makes legislation,2. Supervises other EU institutions including the European commission, 3. EU parliament decides the annual budget also monitors how the commission handles the budget
the 626 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are directly elected to the European Parliament by the citizens of the EU for a five year term
Limited powers, restricted ability to initiate areas of debate
Exercises joint authority over “nonobligatory” budget expenditures
European Court of Justice
Determines matters of the EC law
Takes precedence over national laws
The European Court of Justice is charged with ensuring that the law of the EU is upheld and interpreted and applied consistently in all Member States.
The Court has fifteen judges at present (one per Member State) each of whom is appointed for a six year term
NORWAY
Sovereign: King Harald V
Prime minister: Jens Stoltenberg
Government: constitutional monarchy; executive power is exercised by a council of ministers led by the prime minister.
Capital & largest city: Oslo
Industries: petroleum, food processing, chemicals, fishing, textile.
SPAIN
King: Juan Carlos I
Prime minister: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
Government: Spain has had a constitutional monarchy since 1975.
Capital & largest city: Madrid
Industries: textile and apparel, tourism, automobiles, footwear
ITALY
President: Giorgio Napolitano
Prime minister: Romano Prodi
Government: The government is made up of a president, the Council of Ministers headed by a prime minister, and a Parliament with a Senate and a Chamber of Deputies.
Capital & largest city: Rome
Industries: tourism, chemicals, motor vehicles, clothing, ceramics
UNITED KINGDOM
Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Tony Blair
Government: constitutional monarchy
Capital & largest city: London
Industries: electric power equipment, aircraft, coal, petroleum, automation equipment
GERMANY
President: Horst Kohler
Chancellor: Angela Merkel
Government: federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Federal Chancellor is the head of government
Capital & largest city: Berlin
Industries: electronics, vehicles, uranium, textiles, coal, cement
Czech Republic
President: Vaclav Klaus
Prime minister: Mirek Topolanek
Government: parliamentary democracy
Capital & largest city: Prague
Industries: glass, metallurgy, machinery, equipment, armaments
AUSTRALIA
Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Michael Jeffrey
Government: The Commonwealth of Australia is a constitutional monarchy, a federation and a parliamentary democracy.
Capital: Canberra
Largest city: Sydney
Industries: mining, food, steel, industrial and transportation equipment
AUSTRALIA
Parliamentary form of Government http://www.pm.gov.au/aus_in_focus/government/index.html
Head of state-Prime Minister John Howard
Parliament- http://www.aph.gov.au/whoswho/index.htm
ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS
Poder Ejecutivo(President)
Poder Legislativo(Legislative)
Poder Judicial(Judicial)
Congreso Generalo
Congreso de la Union(Congress of the Union)
Suprema Corte de JusticiaMinistro Presidente:
Mariano Azuela Guitron
Presidente de la RepublicaC. Vicente Fox Quezada
Camara de DiputadosPresidente:
Dip. Juan de Dios castro Lozano
Camara de SenadoresPresidente:
Sen. J. Enrique Jakson Ramirez(Senate)
Composicion:PRI 222 45%PAN 151 30%PRD 95 19%PVEM 17 3%PT 8 1%CON 7 1%
Total: 500 100%300 Votacion Mayoritaria
200 PlurinominalesArt 52 CPEUM
Composicion:PRI 60 47%PAN 46 36%PRD 16 13%PVEM 5 4%PT 1 1%
Total: 128 100%128 Votacion Mayoritaria
Art 56 CPEUM
CHINA
• 23 provinces
• 5 autonomous regions
• Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China, 1 October (1949)
• President and vice president elected by the National People's Congress for five-year terms
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Legislative Branch Judicial Branch
National People’s Congress Supreme People’s CourtPresident Hu JintaoPremier Wen Jiabao
Executive Branch(President)
Local Peoples Courts
Special Peoples Courts
Introduction to Projects
Projects are individual For your benefit Typed Bound Due December 8
Project outlineSEMINAR IN CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS
Syllabus for IB 3105- Section 001 Fall 2005
Instructor: Jeffrey Harper Office: BA 172 Phone: 742-2041 Email: HARPER@ba.ttu.edu Website: http://harper.ba.ttu.edu Office Hours: by appointment from 7.30 am- 4.30 pm M-Friday Section 001: Tuesdays and Thursday s 8-9.20am room 258 Prerequisites: The student must be studying abroad the following semester. The student must be in the Rawls College of Business Administration. Purpose of this course: To provide students with a logical framework and skill set that will lead to a successful international experience. This course does not substitute for any mandatory paperwork, interviews, or orientations that are required by the office of international affairs. When the dates and times of the orientations are made available they will also be announced in this class. Students, who do not attend this course, complete all pertinent paperwork required by both the office of international affairs and the international business programs office WILL jeopardize the ability to participate in a foreign study experience. Class material: Will be provided to the student in the form of PowerPoint slides and lectures. All PowerPoint presentations will be available on the following website http://harper.ba.ttu.edu Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course students will be able to: - function in a foreign culture - able to evaluate different communication techniques - evaluate different modes of transportation systems - convert between different monetary currencies - compare between political systems - understand countries geographic orientations - prepared to participate in a foreign study experience Evaluation Outcomes: Students will be given quizzes worth 50 % of the grade and an individual project that is worth the other 50% of the grade. Class is mandatory, and quizzes will be given daily. There will be no make up quizzes.
Quiz
You will have a quiz over the geographic area you are going to.
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