Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
51567:[2025 Spring]Managing Multinational Enterprise (B) § 51568:International Industries (B) 2025 Spring Tue1 College　Of　Business　Administration RAUPACH SUMIYA JORG 2

Campus

OIC

Class Venue

AC342

Language

This course is taught in English. All course materials are in English

Course Outline and Method

This course discusses various challenges as well as organizational and managerial approaches for managing the modern Multinational Enterprise (MNE) within the context of a dynamically changing, interconnected, global environment. Following a review of fundamental principles in organization, management and leadership, key concepts for managing across borders are introduced (e.g., transnational organization, meta-national organization) and the required mindsets and competences for global leadership are discussed. Managing the complexity and diversity of MNE requires sophisticated processes for information and knowledge management. Furthermore, fundamentals of Corporate Governance and Risk Management of MNE, as well as key issues in global Human Capital Management (e.g., roles and remuneration, appraisal and performance management, talent management) are addressed. Managerial issues of international cooperation such as joint ventures as well as acquisitions as well as emerging managerial and organizational challenges for the risk management of MNE such as cyper-security or geo-political risks are discussed, with a particular focus on corporate responses to climate change. While referring to state-of-the-art academic research, the course is built around the case study of NSG Group (https://www.nsg.com/en/) and the personal experience of the lecturer in international business.

Student Attainment Objectives

Students should gain a thorough, conceptual and practical understanding about managerial and organizational issues and challenges in the cross-border management of large multinational companies. Students will learn about required leadership competences, the importance of governance and risk management, state-of-the-art practices in human capital management as well as approach to corporate sustainability and climate change management in international business.

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
Session #1~2

Orientation / Managing across borders: Transnational organization and knowledge management [+R授業実施、Manaba+R参照][+R授業実施、第1回の授業で実施][+R class by VOD, details to be announced here][+Rclass to be Held during 1st Session)

Strategic objectives of international expansion; global competitive advantage and strategy (Porter); archetypes and patterns of international strategy and organization (I/R framework); Transnational Management and organization; Meta-National Management and organizational learning; information and knowledge management; organizational capacity and collaborative advantage of MNE

Session #3~4

Corporate governance of the Multinational Enterprise

Separation of ownership and control; national diversity in corporate governance (Anglo-Saxon/US, EU, Japan, emerging markets); Global principles of good corporate governance; board structure and the role of independent directors (two-tiered vs three-tiered structures); committee structures (auditing, compensation, remuneration); the role of external auditors; compliance and risk control (SOX regulations); internal auditing

Session #5~6

Competencies and mindsets for global leadership

Leadership vs. Management; Mintzberg's model of Managing; GLOBE study on global leadership; competences for global leadership; cultural diversity and inter-cultural management competencies; 5 mindsets of effective management;

Session #7~8

Key issues in global Human Capital Management

HR management cycle; roles and remuneration (HAY system); appraisal and performance management (incentive schemes); talent management (recruitment, retention); expatriate management; restructuring and transformation management

Session #9

Managing global cooperation

modes of foreign expansion; joint venture management; mergers & acquisitions (M&A); post-merger intergration (PIM); collaboration with NGOs

Session #10~11

Global risk management in the 21st century: Fundamentals

corporate governance and risk management; concept of materiality; risk classification, corporate risk assessment and risk appetite; global risk management organization (three levels of defense); re-emergence of geo-political risks; digitization and cyper-security; fraud and corruption; CSR/ESG/SDGs; non-financial performance; Global Reporting Initiative (GRI); Sustainable Standard Accounting Board (SSAB); Integrated Reporting

Session #12~14

Global risk management in the 21st century: Climate Change

Business and climate change; physical and transition risks; corporate carbon accounting, governance and reporting; Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD); GHG Protoocol and Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP); Science-based Target Initiative (SBTi); blueprint for corporate decarbonization; mitigation strategies and managerial tools for corporate decarbonization; carbon tax; carbon credits,certificates and carbon trading; renewable energy; Power Purchasing Agreements;

Class Format

This course will in principle be taught face-to-face.

Recommendations for Private Study

Review of standard textbooks on Organization Management, International Management (国際経営論), and International Strategic Management

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written)

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)

Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)		 100

- Students are required to prepare four 2~page papers (~750 words each / English) which summarize and discuss 4 specific topics described in the Integrated Report of the NSG Group (Governance, Human Capital Management, Risk Management, Environment/Climate Change) that serve as the base for group discussions (80%)
- Active participation in discussion on class subjects and presentation of results of group discussion (20%)

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Textbooks

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

Reference Books

Title Author Publisher ISBN Code Comment
International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace, 14th edition Hill, Charles W.L. McGraw Hill, 2023 978-1-265-03854-0
Global Strategy and Management: Theory and Practice Gooderaham, Paul N. / Grogaard, B. / Foss, Kirsten Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019 978-1-788-11-485-1
International Business, 3rd. edition Peng, Mike / Meyer, Klaus Cengage Learning EMEA, 2019 978-1-4737-5843-8
Transnational Management: Text and Cases in Cross-Border Management, 8th edition Bartlett, Christopher A. / Beamish, Paul W. Cambridge University Press, 2018 978-1-108-42243-7
International Corporate Governance: A Comparative Approach, 2nd edition Clark, Thomas Routledge, 2017 978-0415586467
Risk Management and Corporate Governance Jalilvand, Abol / Malliaris, Tassos Routledge, 2012 978-0415-8797-05

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Web Pages for Reference

- website of NSG Group https://www.nsg.com/en/
- NSG Group Integrated Report 2023 https://www.nsg.com/investors/ir-library/annual-reports#

How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)

Learning Management System （manaba+R）,Talk with Students

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