BECOMING A GLOBAL BUSINESS LEADER​


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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is a hands-on course in which exercises, cases, and guest speakers give answers to the following questions: What skills are needed by global business leaders? What is required to do cross-border business? What essential strengths and weaknesses do you have as a cross-cultural leader and how can you maximize your potential? How can you analyze and change organizational culture to suit the needs of a global business? Michael Frese was one of the founders and authors of the award-winning Global Leadership and Effectiveness Study (GLOBE study). As a result of this course, you will become a better global leader (including leading cross-national teams), understand potential problems of ex-pat leaders better, and be better prepared for a new job in a different country.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • Better understand cross-cultural measures
  • Understand cross-cultural differences affecting international business as well as international marketing campaigns
FACULTY BIOGRAPHY

Professor Frese is full professor at ASB and Leuphana (he also held past (visiting) appointments: Univ of Pennsyvlania, University of Munich, Giessen, Amsterdam, London Business School, Markerere University Business School, NUS Business School). He is the most highly cited OB scholar in Asia-Pacific; among the 10 most cited worldwide; published 400 articles, 30 books, about 500 seminars, talks for industry; Several Distinguished Scientific Contributions Awards (Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Entrepreneurship division of Academy of Management, German Psychological Association; International Association for Chinese Management Research’ International Association of Applied Psychology and fellowships). Member of the Academy of Science in Germany (oldest Academy in the world, other members e.g., Einstein)

MICHAEL FRESE

Professor of Management

AREA OF EXPERTISE
Leadership, entrepreneurship, change management, motivating employees, high performance team, managing across nations/cultures

TARGET AUDIENCE

Anyone who is going to be an expat, who is leading across borders, and who is preparing for a career in a multinational corporation.

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