Course Summary:

This course features eight weeks of Instructor Led Online Self-Study and two days In-Class Living Training. Students will access: Lecture notes, Assignments, Readings, Session Forum, Course Forum, and Course Library.

Course Objective:

This course is about leadership and management, specifically for engineers, scientists, and technicians who work in a global and cross-cultural environment. It deals with the development of leadership skills in multi-national businesses and projects and with problems encountered in cross-border and global teams, including differences in culture, time zones and attitudes, communication and management styles, organizational learning and knowledge management, international negotiations, international business strategy, virtual teams, and human resource management issues, such as staffing, training, and compensation. The course uses case studies, lectures, readings, discussion, and simulations.