The document provides information and advice about the exam for an international management course. It notes that the exam is worth 40% and consists of two parts: Part A involves answering 4 out of 6 short questions, while Part B involves analyzing a case study by providing an introduction, answering 3 questions in an analysis, and giving recommendations. It then reviews the key topics covered in each week of the course that could appear as exam questions and provides advice on how to structure answers for Part B of the exam. Finally, it encourages students to provide feedback and notes that completing an honors project can help students stand out.

1. MGF3681: International Management
Week 12:
Revision
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2. Exam
• Worth 40%
• Part A (Worth 40% of the exam)
– 6 questions
– You must answer 4
• Part B (Worth 60% of the exam)
– Case study
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3. Exam – Part A
• They are worth 10 marks each
• Work out where the 10 marks are located
• Look at the lecture slides – the questions will come from there
• E.g. What are Hofstede’s five (5) cultural dimensions? Provide
examples to demonstrate.
• 1 point for each of the dimensions and 1 point for an example
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4. Exam – Part A
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Set it out clearly.
Double space your work
I will be looking for key words – make them clear
Underline or put the ideas on a separate line
• Power Distance is xyz. An example of this is abc.
• Uncertainty Avoidance is xyz. An example of this is abc
• The easier it is for me to read, the easier it is for me to find
you marks
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5. Exam – Part B
• Case study
– About two thirds of a page of information
– Three questions you will need to base your analysis around
• You need to have
– Introduction
– Analysis (where you answer the 3 questions not 1. 2. 3. it needs
to be an analysis with these ideas in mind)
– Recommendations
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6. Exam – Part B
• Introduction
– Context, Importance, What you will discuss
• Analysis
– 3 paragraphs analysing the three questions
– Make each paragraph clear that you are linking to the question
at hand
– They need to be linking back to theories you have learnt in class
• Recommendations
– Very clear – get to the point
– Very practical
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7. Exam
Now the bit you
have all been
waiting for
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8. Week 1 - Introduction
• What is international management
– If you get this question you are so so lucky!
• Compare and contrast international and domestic
organisations
– This will help for a general knowledge of the questions
• Parochialism and Ethnocentrism
– It probably will help to have a grasp
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9. Week 2 – Role of Culture
• Hofstede
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Power Distance
Uncertainty Avoidance
Masculinity and Femineity
Individualism and Collectivism
Long / Short Term Orientation
• If you do not have this down – don’t bother coming to the
exam
• Well come to the exam anyway, just don’t expect to do very
well
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10. Week 3 – Cross Cultural Communication
• It was what the essay was on
• As if its going to be on the exam
• But….you can always use it for the long answer so
• Understand High Low Context
• Verbal communication
• Non-Verbal Communication
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11. Week 4 – Managing Across Culture
• Convergence and Divergence
– Once again great knowledge to have to frame answers
– Are cultures becoming similar?
• Social Institutions
– Understand what they are and how they work
• Four predispositions
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12. Week 5 – Conflict and Negotiation
• 5 conflict management styles
• 6 steps to the negotiation process
– Four ways that culture affects this process
• 7 characteristics needed to be a successful negotiator
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13. Week 6 – Organisational Structure
• Global Product
• Global Area
• Export department
• International Division
• Matrix
• Centralisation debate
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14. Week 7 – Motivation Across Cultures
• Expectancy Theory
• Reinforcement Theory
• Equality Theory
• Goal Setting Theory
• You need to know how each of these is affected by culture
and have country examples
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15. Week 8 – Leadership Across Cultures
• Contingency theory
• How under different cultural dimensions do you need to
change your leadership style?
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16. Week 9 – IHRM
• Parent Country Nationals
• Host Country Nationals
• Third Country Nationals
• Advantages and Disadvantages
• Ethnocentric, Regiocentric, Polycentric and Geocentric
– Strengths and Weaknesses
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17. Week 10 – International Teams
• Transnational, Representation, Subsidiary and GVT
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Advantages and Disadvantages
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18. Week 11 – Ethics and Social Responsibility
• 5 ethical issues identified in international management
• Legal and economic components of CSR
• Ethical relativism v ethical universalism
• Stages of moral development
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19. Exam
• Main thing: Don’t get too cocky
• Go in and smash it
• and……
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20. SETU
• Student Evaluation of Teaching and Unit
• Telling Monash what is good and bad
• 1-7 scale (but check – 6 used to be I haven’t been to class
and 7 was not assessable)
• More importantly you can say how much you love me
• Or not love me if that is the case….
• Helps me improve
• Helps me get jobs =)
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21. Honours
• Gives you an extra degree
• Get to look into a research topic of your choice – whatever
you are interested in:
– Sustainability in Car Manufacturing
– Nurses and Work Stress
– Malaysian Voting Preferences and Intention to Emigrate
• Puts you above your peers
• Increases communication skills – verbal and written
• Goes on your HECS
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22. Exam
GO WIN
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