Spring 2027

Global Issues in Management

Strategic management for global business covering environmental analysis, global strategy, subsidiary control, and managing international firms.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Min Li

Min Li's version was lecture and book-heavy, with exams testing specific textbook details and busy work that was difficult to track.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Analyze the key drivers of globalization and their impact on organizational strategy, structure, and culture in global settings.

  • Evaluate the role of cultural differences in facilitating or hindering organizational success and recommend strategies for effective leadership across cultures.

  • Apply global human resource and corporate social responsibility practices to improve organizational productivity and sustainability in a global economy.

  • Assess country, competitor, market, and consumer data to develop and refine management and marketing plans that allows a company to gain a sizeable market share and achieve strong financial performance for its operations in another country.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing. Not open to graduate/professional students

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INTLBUS/MHR 403

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MIN LI is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RANDALL DUNHAM is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Randall Dunham

Students described Randall Dunham as enthusiastic and engaged, noting that his teaching style focused on real-life scenarios rather than heavy grading pressure.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.72 GPA, 86.0% A/AB (n=43 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.45 GPA, 65.9% A/AB (n=44 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.57 GPA, 76.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Min Li

Min Li's version was lecture and book-heavy, with exams testing specific textbook details and busy work that was difficult to track.

Past student reviews · Randall Dunham

One student emphasized that attending lectures was essential because exam questions were derived directly from the professor's slide presentations.

Topics

  • Environmental analysis, global strategy, and subsidiary control.
  • Key drivers of globalization and impacts on organizational strategy, structure, and culture.
  • Cultural differences and cross-cultural leadership strategies.
  • Global human resource and corporate social responsibility practices.
  • Country, competitor, market, and consumer data assessment for management and marketing plans.

Skills

  • Analyze globalization drivers and conduct environmental analysis for global strategy and subsidiary control.
  • Recommend strategies for effective cross-cultural leadership by evaluating cultural differences.
  • Apply global HR and CSR practices to improve productivity and sustainability.
  • Develop management and marketing plans using country, competitor, market, and consumer data assessment.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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