Subtitle: | Topic 5 Scenerios of Globalization |
Instructors: | Dr. Manfred Reichl |
Type: | PI |
Weekly hours: | 2 |
Members (max.): | 35 |
Registration period: | 09/18/08 to 10/10/08 |
- Class objective(s) (learning outcomes)
- Trends and changes, summarized under the buzzword globalization have profoundly impacted the way, how big, medium-sized and even many small companies are doing business. The opening of major new economies, like China or India, will ensure that these changes will continue during the upcoming decades.
The course will develop an understanding of trends, forces, impacts, risks, opportunities, etc. which are connected with globalization. After participating in the course, students will be able
i) To understand the driving forces of globalization and how these have changed and will be changing the structures of businesses, economies and societies
ii) To judge how major players and stakeholders are behaving, in order to promote their interests and to responsibly use/avoid consequences arising out of these trends
iii) To assess the risks and opportunities from these challenges and to position various industries within these environments
iv) To use opportunities from globalization in an entrepreneurial way for the own business or the future company.Participants will jointly elaborate scenarios, how globalization might develop during the years to come and will develop sensitivity for differentiating between typical industries.
- Teaching and learning method(s)
- The subjects connected with globalization are highly complex, interrelated and mostly connected with experiences and strategic decisions. Therefore, the course will be held in a highly interactive mode, with the students preparing defined subjects. They will work in teams on cases and scenarios. In addition, the course will be supported by several guest speakers, mostly from top management, who will highlight their own experiences, views and interests.
- In case of restricted admission; selection criteria
- - Students should have a strong interest in both business and economics
- Students should have read through the required reading material before the first day of the class. The reading material is available on homepage of Roland Berger Vienna: www.rolandberger.at/globalization
The user name and password for accessing the material will be distributed via e-mail.- Students must have written a one page Opinion Statement (in English) on two of the articles of the reading material (obligatory; registered students, who do not deliver the pre-course assignment in the first session of the course cannot be considered for participation). For further details see also "Criteria for positive evaluation".
- Criteria for successful completion
- Missing 2 (out of the 10) classes will results in negative evaluation.
i) Pre-course assignment (15%) - written
Pick two articles and express your opinion on one DIN A4 page (1 ½ lines, character size 11). Bring the page to the first day of the course. (Header of page containing: Name of participant, articles commented)
- Evaluation according to substance of opinion and clarity of expressionii) Class participation (15%) - oral
- Students are strongly encouraged to actively take part in the discussions and contribute with their own experiences. Engagement will be tracked.iii) Teamwork and seminar presentations (35%) - oral
Students are motivated to engage in teams to prepare homework (e.g. subjects like constraints, regulatory environments, cases or scenarios) jointly and to present the results in very short (3-5 minutes) presentations
- Engagement will be tracked and evaluatediv) Examination (35%) - written
On December 19 there will be a written exam, where students will answer questions on the discussions during the course and write short statements on his / her opinion on certain subjects and/or cases. - Availability of instructor(s) for contact by students
- Please address all administrative issues to mailto:barbara.pramboeck@wu-wien.ac.at
Dr. Reichl can be reached via mailto:barbara.pramboeck@wu-wien.ac.at
Downloads of material via http://www.rolandberger.at/globalization - Miscellaneous
- After his long-term position as a Senior Partner and Managing Director of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Austria and Central/Eastern Europe, Dr. Reichl stepped down from operative management in mid 2007, after 20 years with the company. He is now acting as a Senior Adviser to UBS Investment Bank and to the World Economic Forum, he invests into small and medium sized companies and serves in non-executive positions. Before joining Roland Berger in 1987, he was a Marketing Program Manager at Hewlett Packard in Böblingen/Germany for four years; before that he had served as an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Management and Organization in Graz/Austria, lecturing IT-organization, Computer Aided Design and Artificial Intelligence. During and immediately after his studies, he did various jobs in sport teaching and at a major Austrian Construction Company. He studied at the Technical University in Graz/Austria, at Stanford University in California, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Reichl holds a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Civil Engineering and Doctor degrees in Engineering and in Law. He was born in 1953 in Salzburg, is married, and has 2 adult daughters.
Day | Date | Time | Room |
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Wednesday | 10/15/08 | 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM | H 2.18 (A) |
Friday | 10/17/08 | 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM | H 2.18 (A) |
Wednesday | 10/29/08 | 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM | H 2.18 (A) |
Friday | 10/31/08 | 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM | H 2.18 (A) |
Wednesday | 11/12/08 | 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM | H 2.18 (A) |
Friday | 11/14/08 | 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM | H 2.18 (A) |
Wednesday | 12/03/08 | 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM | H 2.18 (A) |
Friday | 12/05/08 | 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM | H 2.18 (A) |
Wednesday | 12/17/08 | 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM | H 2.18 (A) |
Friday | 12/19/08 | 06:00 PM - 09:30 PM | H 2.18 (A) |
Unit | Date | Contents |
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1 | 15.10.2008 |
6 - 8:45pm Introduction to the course, expectations, time planning etc. HAND IN PRECOURSE ASSIGNMENT! |
2 | 17.10.2008 |
6 - 8:45pm Warm up-discussion on recent examples from intl press |
3 | 29.10.2008 |
6 - 8:45pm Warm up: discussion on recent examples from intl press |
4 | 31.10.2008 |
6 - 8:45pm Warm-up: discussion of recent examples from intl press |
5 | 12.11.2008 |
6 - 8:45pm Warm-up: discussion of recent examples from intl press |
6 | 14.11.2008 |
6 - 8:45pm Warm up-discussion on recent examples from intl press |
7 | 03.12.2008 |
6 - 8:45pm Warm-up: discussion of recent examples from intl press |
8 | 05.12.2008 |
6 - 8:45pm Warm up-discussion on recent examples from intl press |
9 | 17.12.2008 |
6 - 8:45pm Warm up-discussion on recent examples from intl press |
10 | 19.12.2008 |
6 - 8:00pm Warm up-discussion on recent examples from intl press Written exam (60 min; 20:15 21:15) |
Joseph E. Stiglitz: Making Globalization Work, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, New York/London, 2006; Content relevant for class examination: Ja; Content relevant for degree examination: Keine Angabe; Recommendation: Unbedingt notwendige Studienliteratur für alle Studierenden
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