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CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT

Subtitle	Advanced learning of comparative management approaches
Lecturer(s)	DRUMMOND, DAMON
Credit(s)	2
Academic Year/Semester	2024 Fall(1st Half)
Day/Period	Mon.1,2
Campus	Mita
Class Format	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
Registration Number	75107
Faculty/Graduate School	INTERNATIONAL CENTER
Year Level	2, 3, 4
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Course Description	A course to aim to learn the international contextual influences and strategic factors which shape organizations and managerial practices across different cultural settings, and highlights cases concerning China, Japan and Korea (CJK).
K-Number	CIN-CO-00243-212-07

Course Administrator	Faculty/Graduate School	CIN	INTERNATIONAL CENTER
Course Administrator	Department/Major	CO
Main Course Number	Level	0	Faculty-wide
	Major Classification	0	Other Course
	Minor Classification	24	International Center Course (Social Sciences) - Business and Management
	Subject Type	3	Elective subject
Supplemental Course Information	Class Classification	2	Lecture
	Class Format	1	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
	Language of Instruction	2	English
Academic Discipline		07	Economics, business administration, and related fields

Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

This course reviews international contextual influences and strategic factors which shape organizations and managerial practices across different cultural settings, and highlights cases concerning China, Japan and Korea (CJK).

The aim is to develop skills to review and determine methods for critiquing and recommending solutions for business methods and or strategies for the case situations presented. Most importantly, members should be capable to effectively communicate solutions to issues identified.

Standards to be achieved: Upon completing this class, members should be able to:

1. Know the relationship between strategic and structural aspects of comparative international business organizations;
2. Be able to analyse and identify the various socio-economic and cultural influences to international organization issues; and,
3. Be able to demonstrate an understanding and ability to to apply concepts to find solutions to issues identified.

The course is taught interactively with weekly in class exercises. To make this effective, preclass reading and exercise preparation is required. Team work is expected for some class activities and final exercises.

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Textbooks

Sorge, A., Noorderhaven, N., Koen, C., 2024, Comparative International Management, Routledge.

Reference Books

Alston, P., 1989, Wa, Guanxi, and Inhwa: Managerial principles in Japan, China, and Korea
Business Horizons, 32, 2, March–April, 26-31.
Cho Y., Shin M., Sugiri M., Ota M., Choi M.C., 2016, A Comparison of Leadership Effectiveness among China, Japan, and Korea: Crossvergence Perspective, Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2016, No. 1.
Fitzgerald, R., Rowley, C., 2016, MNCs from the Asia Pacific in the global economy: examples and lessons from Japan, Korea, China and India, Asia Pacific Business Review
Rowley, C., Benson, J., Warner, M., 2004, Towards an Asian model of human resource management? A comparative analysis of China, Japan and South Korea, The International Journal of Human Resource Management 15, 4-5, 917-933.
Rowley, C., Ishikawa, J., & Oh, I., 2018, Changing facets of leadership in East Asia: globalization, innovation and performance in Japan, South Korea and China, Asia Pacific Business Review
Thompson, Peteraf, Gamble, Strickland, 2015, Crafting and Executing Strategy; Concepts and Cases. McGraw-Hill.
Zhang, Y.B., Lin, M.C., Nonaka, A., Beom, K., 2005, Harmony, Hierarchy and Conservatism: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Confucian Values in China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan
Communication Research Reports, 22, 2, 107-115.
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