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.