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INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES

EPD 613
Course Description

Provides a deeper understanding of various elements of culture related to business, avoiding the pitfalls, and finding the complementary strengths that will benefit the business. International strategy and the managerial implications such as product, country, location, and organization choices for a multinational engineering operation will be assessed, analyzed and applied. Further discussion will be focused on multi-cultural organization issues and exploring best practices.

Prerequisites

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.77

-4.31% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

0.2% from Historical

A Rate
80%

-11.41% from Historical

Class Size
15

-45.45% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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