The international management course wants to Introduce students to international strategic planning and entry choices at both strategic and operative level.
Knowledge and understanding
students have to understand the basic step of international strategy, and of market analysis. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand the main issues connected to the interaction with stakeholders coming from different cultural contexts, and the organizational, cultural and cognitive barriers threats to face.
Applying knowledge and understanding
students will develop the capability to analyse foreign markets, decide the entry choice, verify the coherence between the factors behind the strategic decision to internationalize and the process. They will be able to identify the main instrument and apply the main instrument available and the institutional player that facilitate foreign market entry.
Making judgments
students need to develop the ability to interpret and critic theoretical models, and to decide the models and techniques, which are more useful in specific situations. They will be able to deal with internationalization strategies in non-familiar market and to choice the suitable mode of entry
Communication skills
students need to be able to answer in a precise and reasoned way to the questions posed during the written and the oral exam, using an appropriate vocabulary
Lifelong learning skills
to pass the exam, students need to demonstrate their capability to learn the different topics, and to discuss them also considering different and independently bibliographical resources. The student should also be able to apply his knowledge to real problem, making interdisciplinary connections with other related subjects.