Open Learn (The Open University) Statement of Participation Joswa Agape has completed the free course including any mandatory test for....

1. Statement of participation
Joswa Agape
has completed the free course including any mandatory tests for:
International management: An institutional
perspective
This 15-hour free course explored cross-national influences on management
practices, and differences in how capitalism is practised.
Issue date: 7 April 2016
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This statement does not imply the award of credit points nor the conferment of a University Qualification.
This statement confirms that this free course and all mandatory tests were passed by the learner.
Please go to the course on OpenLearn for full details:
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-management/management/international-management-institutional-
perspective/content-section-0
COURSE CODE: BB848_1

2. International management: An institutional perspective
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-management/management/international-management-institutional-
perspective/content-section-0
Course summary
It is common for managers and firms to highlight
the difference culture makes to business and
management. However, arguably more important
are the differences between countries in the
social, political, economic and legal institutions
that enable and underpin business activity. This
free course, International management: An
institutional perspective, takes a research-based
look at the differences around the world in how
capitalism is practised and the practical
difference this makes to managers who need to
manage or do business across borders.
Learning outcomes
By completing this course, the learner should be
able to:
critically understand institutional differences
between different national and regional
contexts and their implications for leadership
and management
understand how the varieties of capitalism
framework can be used to highlight differences
between national systems of business
use institutional perspectives as a lens to
generate a more critical understanding of an
organisation's international context and
management practices
access information on different institutional
contexts and draw conclusions about their
implications.
http://www.open.edu/openlearn COURSE CODE: BB848_1

3. International management: An institutional perspective
Completed study
The learner has completed the following:
Section 1
Introducing institutions
Section 2
Understanding institutions
Section 3
What sustains institutions?
Section 4
Thinking about institutional pressures
Section 5
Institutional pressures within multinational firms
Section 6
Introducing the varieties of capitalism approach
Section 7
A deeper look at the varieties of capitalism
approach
Section 8
Identifying country profiles
Section 9
Labour regulation
Section 10
Building a more detailed understanding of
country profiles
Section 11
Conclusion
http://www.open.edu/openlearn COURSE CODE: BB848_1
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