Intercultural management
Magistral and Practical course - Graduate students in management sciences
Knowledge to develop:
> Definition of the multidimensional concept of culture and its different application frameworks in management
> Knowledge of the main reference frameworks in intercultural management
Target competences:
> Understand cultural diversity
> Understand the issues, representations and current practices of intercultural management.
> Develop operational skills in managing intercultural projects in different environments (public/private, national/international, North/South)
> Provide a guide for reflection and action to (future) managers facing intercultural situations
Key references from prominent authors in the field:
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-Christoph BARMEYER,
-Erin MEYER,
-Geert HOFSTEDE,
-Philippe D'IRIBARNE
-Geneviève TREGUER-FELTEN
-Fons TROMPENAARS...
& Many more
International Human Resources Management
1.0.1. Magistral course to Graduate students in International Trade and Management Program
Current challenges in IHRM:
-Social dumping
-Mistrust in the workplace: How to detect borderline management
-Trumpism or demagogic governance
-Intersectionality or intersectionalism
-A tax on GAFAM/AAFAM, NATU and BATAXS?
Managing international talent
International mobility:
-Impact of COVID on international mobility
-The role of HR in raising awareness of future expats
-New forms of mobility under the microscope
-SMIC in Europe
Are you tempted by an adventure abroad? Some useful official links
Managing remote employees:
-How to prevent and detect toxic leaders in an organisation
-Violence and harassment at work, in times of massive distance work
Diversity management:
-Migrants and semi-slavery: the responsibility of IHRMs
General conclusion:
-Creating professional and social links at a distance, even in times of COVID
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----> This online course uses several mini-case studies to help students understand each topic while projecting themselves in practical HR scenarios.
Global leadership
Magistral course taught in English to exclusively foreign students – SELF program, Study English in Lyon France – Undergraduate students
Course description:
Global challenges need to be treated at an individual and an organizational levels. It means that during the lessons we will have a better knowledge about the competencies needed to be successful in a global environment in different locations especially emerging markets and, more importantly, how these competencies are gained. A combined effect of work and non-work experiences are as important as individual personality characteristics. Our main focus will be why and how to build the pipeline of future global leaders critical for the competitiveness of organizations going forward.
Prerequisites:
HRM basic knowledge
Course objectives:
-Overall review of the current situation of global leaders at a time of shifting certainties and of a lack of actual solutions.
-New prospects to understand the leadership roles and styles and widden it to include forms of power in multinationals and managerial effectiveness.
Targeted skills:
1.Speaking / 2.Active Listening / 3.Social Perceptiveness / 4.Persuasion / 5.Critical Thinking / 6.Service Orientation / 7.Judgment and Decision Making
Overview:
-International Human Resources Policy and definition of leadership
-In search for global competency and leaders' adjustment, determinants of global leadership effectiveness, examples of political and management global leaders, managing global leaders in multinational companies, becoming a global leader in the next decade.
International business development
Graduate level – 1st semester specialized in International Trade and Management
Practical course
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Coaching students through case studies training them:
To carry out internal and external company diagnoses,
To use a market matrix and
To undertake studies of foreign markets with a view to providing concrete strategies to support internationalisation.
Based on project-based learning, students produce a report covering all these steps applied to real SMEs that are starting or pursuing their conquest of international markets. The teacher guides the students in this process of setting up a situation and structuring their business plan.
International business environment
Graduate level – 1st semester specialized in International Trade and Management
Practical course based on business case studies and a Traditional Business Game in introduction. (This first experience with Business Games enabled me to reflect on Spark20, an innovative pedagogical business Role Playing-Game yet to be developed).
The main goal of this course is to help students notice who are the main actors, understand what each of them are facing and how their interests are not always aligned...
