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<h1>Lehrgang International Management</h1>
<h2>CHALLENGING COMPETITION IN GLOBAL MARKETS</h2>
<p><span class="Stil1">*</span> Important Information: The International
<b>Management</b> Program is eligible to be recognized as part of the "<a href="http://www.mci.edu/mba/" target="_parent"><b>General Management Executive MBA</b></a>" and the "<a href="../msc/index.html" target="_parent">Master of Science in Management MSc</a>"</p>
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<a href="#introduction">Introduction</a><br>
<a href="#benefits">Benefits</a><br>
<a href="#participants">Participants</a><br>
<a href="#tuition">Tuition fee</a><br>
<!---a href="#schedule">Schedule</a><br--->
<a href="#modules">Intensive modules abroad</a> <br>
<a href="#faculty">Faculty</a> <br>
<a href="#lecturers">Lecturers</a><br>
<a href="#beirat">Academic board</a><br>
<a href="#AnkerLeitung">Contact</a><br>
<a href="#applic">Application</a> <br>
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<a href="../lehrgaenge/pdf/MCI_Lehrgangsbroschuere_2004_2005.pdf">Info
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<a name="introduction"></a><h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>In the face of rapidly changing global markets and growing competition,
<b>international</b> business today requires broader perspectives, new skills,
shifting competitive sets and technology-driven business models.</p>
<p>Contemporary <b>management</b> has to cope with new issues and growing challenges that
will impact businesses and individuals around the world. The success
of an enterprise is dependent largely upon the knowledge and skills
of its decision makers and their ability to conduct critical and
systematic analyses of the situations confronting them.</p>
<p>This <b>International Management Program</b> (IMP) has been developed in close co-operation
with distinguished international academic in order to provide
top-notch executive <b>management</b> training for decision-makers who deal
with <b>international</b> competition.</p>
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<a name="benefits"></a><h2>Benefits</h2>
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<div align="left">The
purpose of the <b>International Management Program</b> (IMP) is to<br>
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<li>help anticipate and assess critical <b>management</b> opportunities and
issues;</li>
<li>identify trends and changes in industries and markets, both
domestic and <b>international</b>;</li>
<li>show how to establish effective <b>international</b>
networks, partnerships and alliances;</li>
<li>develop strategic thinking,
planning and implementation capabilities;</li>
<li>provide knowledge for
integrating and co-ordinating across functions to support overall
strategy;</li>
<li>increase the effectiveness of interpersonal and organizational
communication and behavior;</li>
<li>strengthen the leadership skills needed
to motivate high-performance work teams;</li>
<li>build a thorough understanding
of the opportunities the Internet and e-commerce offer corporations;</li>
<li>enhance
analytical and decision-making skills in key areas of <b>management</b>;</li>
<li>build
an understanding of value and service as a process rather than
as a series of functions;</li>
<li>provide perspectives for competing in a
global marketplace without frontiers.</li>
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<p>The purpose of the <b>International Management Program</b> (IMP) is to
enhance the global perspective, strategic <b>management</b> skills and knowledge
of high-achievement managers and executives. Designed for the experienced
manager and structured around a small-class format, this program
facilitates the transfer of knowledge and skills necessary to achieve
the objectives mentioned above On-site visits at high-level institutions
complement classroom-instruction.</p>
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<a name="participants"></a><h2>Participants</h2>
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<p>Program participants are middle and upper level managers who want
to broaden their horizons and strengthen their skills in the art
and science of <b>general management</b>, decision making and <b>leadership</b>
in the global marketplace.</p>
<p>Participants will contribute a variety
of experience, perspectives and ideas to the program and in doing
so inspire stimulating, pertinent, and frank discussions both in
and outside of the classroom. Managers and executives learn best
when they are actively involved in the learning process and can make
analogies between that process and their own professional lives.</p>
<p>Participants
are expected to have a sound command of English. They must provide
proof of a minimum score of 235 points – or a
minimum score of 580 according to the former system – on a
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) taken no longer than
three years ago.</p>
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<a name="tuition" id="tuition"></a><h2>Tuition fee</h2>
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<p>The total participation fee amounts to € 10,590 and is payable
in installments. This fee covers all lectures, extensive materials
and documentations relating to the lectures, drinks provided during
breaks and membership in the graduates' club <b>MCI Alumni & Friends</b>.
The fee does not include the cost of travel, accommodation and food.</p>
<p>Three
participants of the same institution may benefit from a price reduction
of 10 percent for the third participant. For information on financial
support see <a href="/foerdermoeglichkeiten/index.html">www.mci.edu/foerdermoeglichkeiten</a>.</p>
<p>Applications may be cancelled subject to the <a href="../agb/pdf/agb_studiengaenge.pdf">General
Terms and Conditions</a> of the <b>MCI</b>. For details see
section III of the Terms and Conditions provided on the reverse
side of the application form.</p>
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<a name="schedule"></a><h2>Schedule</h2>
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<td><b>TOPICS AND CONTENT</b></td>
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<div align="center"><b>APPROX. COURSE DAYS</b></div>
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<td><font color="ff9900">INTERCULTURAL
ASPECTS & MANAGEMENT SKILLS</font><br>
Intercultural Perception & Communication, Negotiation, Presentation,
Team-Building,
Mediation, Conflict <b>Management</b>, Business Ethics<br></td>
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<div align="center">4</div>
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<td><font color="#ff9900"><b>INTERNATIONAL</b> ECONOMICS</font><br>
Equality, Employment, The European Development Model, Competitiveness,
Demographics, Welfare State Reform, Macroeconomic Stability,
Monetary Union</td>
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<div align="center">2</div>
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<td><font color="#ff9900">EUROPEAN INTEGRATION</font><br>
European Integration & the American Challenge, European Integration & the
Asian
Opportunity, European Enlargement, Economic Opportunities & Political
Risk,
Europe Legitimacy & Popular Support, European Effectivness,
Institutional Reform</td>
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<div align="center">2</div>
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<td><font color="#ff9900">GLOBAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT</font><br>
<b>International</b> Strategy, Strategy Imple-mentation, Competitive
Challenge of Globalization,
<b>Management</b> Concepts, Importance of Core Values, Innovation <b>Management</b>,
<b>Management</b> of Knowledge and Intellectual Property<br></td>
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<div align="center">5</div>
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<td><font color="#ff9900"><b>INTERNATIONAL</b> MARKETING</font><br>
Marketing Strategy, Strategic Brand Management, Pricing in Global
Markets,
Multi-Channel <b>Management</b>, Key-Account <b>Management</b>,
Customer Relationship Management, Organizational Behavior</td>
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<div align="center">4</div>
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<td><font color="ff9900">MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING</font><br>
Strategic Cost & <b>Performance Management</b>, Accounting as a
Benchmark-Tool,
<b>International Accounting</b> (IAS, US GAAP), <b>Value Based Management</b>,
Balanced Scorecard</td>
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<div align="center">3</div>
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<td><font color="#ff9900"><b>INTERNATIONAL</b> FINANCE</font><br>
<b>International Finance</b> & Global Capital Markets, <b>Financial
Management</b>, <b>Risk Management</b>,
Financial Information, Financial Issues & Trends</td>
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<div align="center">3</div>
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<td><font color="#ff9900"><b>INTERNATIONAL</b> LOGISTICS & SUPPLY
<b>CHAIN MANAGEMENT</b></font><br>
Supply Chain Design & <b>Management</b>, E-Business, Internet-Based
Business Models</td>
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<div align="center">2</div>
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<td><font color="#ff9900"><b>INTERNATIONAL</b> ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT &<br>HUMAN
RESOURCE <b>MANAGEMENT</b></font><br>
Implementation of Change Strategies, Leading & Managing Teams,
Knowledge-Based
<b>Management</b>, Organizational Learning, Leadership in Global Competition,
Coaching for Results, Managerial Styles<br></td>
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<div align="center">3</div>
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<td><font color="#ff9900"><b>INTERNATIONAL</b> DECISION-MAKING & STRATEGIC
ALLIANCES</font><br>
Mergers & Acquisition, Joint Ventures and Alliances, Risk
Analysis,
Aspects of Culture and Corporate Governance, Intercultural/Cross
Cultural <b>Management</b>, Processes of Integration</td>
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<div align="center">2</div>
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<p class="Stil1">Semester Opening</p>
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The schedule for the IMP can be found <a href="pdf/Terminuebersicht_IMP.pdf">here</a>.
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<a name="modules" id="modules"></a><h2>Intensive modules abroad</h2>
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<p>The <b>International Management Program</b>, which is taught in English
throughout the whole course, also schedules some intensive seminar
modules abroad at one of <b>MCI</b>'s <b>international</b> partner universities.</p>
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<td width="11%"><strong>Cranfield</strong></td>
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<td width="19%"><strong>1 week</strong></td>
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<td colspan="3"><p><strong>Cranfield University, School of Management:</strong></p>
<p> <b>Cranfield School of Management</b>, located about 75 km north-west
of London in the UK, is one of Europe’s leading <b>university</b>
<b>management</b> schools. It is part of <b>Cranfield University</b>, renowned
for its high quality postgraduate teaching and research and
its strong links to industry and business. Cranfield is accredited
by the <b>Association of Masters of Business Administration</b>
(AMBA),the International Association to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Business (AACSB) and by the European Quality Improvement
System (EQUIS). Teaching on the programme has been rated
as "excellent" by the Higher Education Funding
Council of England (HEFCE). Info:: <a href="http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som">www.cranfield.ac.uk/som</a></p>
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<td><strong>Boston</strong></td>
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<td><strong>2 weeks</strong></td>
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<td colspan="3"><p><strong>The Carroll School of Management at
Boston College:</strong></p>
<p> The <b>Carroll School of Management at Boston College</b> is part
of a private elite university founded in 1883 and is enrolled
by 10,000 students. The traditional and venerable buildings
and cultivated greens provide the ideal setting for research
and study activities. The <b>Carroll School of Management MBA</b>
Program continues to climb the <b>international</b> rankings. (E.g.
the U.S. News & World Report 2001-2003 has ranked the
<b>Boston College MBA Program</b> among the nation’s top 50;
in this year's Forbes’ ranking the MBA Program is ranked
23rd, rated "most competitive" by Barron's Profiles
of American Colleges 2004). Info: <a href="http://www.bc.edu/schools/csom">www.bc.edu/schools/csom</a></p>
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<a name="faculty"></a><h2>Faculty</h2>
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<p>Lecturers for this executive education program are carefully selected
from faculty of the <b>MCI</b>, the <b>University of Innsbruck</b>, and other distinguished
academic institutions which offer excellent academic credentials
coupled with years of international experience.</p>
<p> Faculty members are widely recognized for their ability to work with managerial and
professional groups. Each has consulting experience in his or her
area of expertise. Featured speakers, well-known in both industry
and academic circles, will provide the highlights of extra evening
sessions.</p>
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<a name="lecturers" id="lecturers"></a><h2>Lectures (exerpt)</h2>
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<div align="left">Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Beneke<br>
<i>Universität</i> Heidelberg</div>
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<li>
<div align="left">Dr. Peer Ederer<br>
Principal Strategy Consultant, Strategy Works, Rotterdam</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Dr. Carlos
Jahn<br>
Fraunhofer Institut, Magdeburg</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Prof. Dr. Eric Jones<br>
Resident Associate Professor of European Studies, Johns Hopkins
Bologna Center, Bologna</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mario Klarer<br>
Institutsvorstand des Institut d'Anglais, Université de Neuchâtel</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Prof.
Dr. Ron Meyer<br>
Assistant Professor of Strategic <b>Management</b>, Rotterdam School
of <b>Management</b>, Erasmus <i>University</i></div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Prof. Dr. Joseph Nellis<br>
Professor of <b>International Management</b> Economics and Dean of the
Faculty of <b>Management</b>,<br>
Cranfield University School of Management</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Prof. Dr. Markus Rudolf<br>
Dresdner Bank Chair of Finance, WHU - Otto Beisheim Hochschule,
Vallendar</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Usunier<br>
Professor of Marketing & International Business at HEC, <i>University</i>
of Lausanne</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Prof. Dr. Bob de Wit<br>
Professor of Strategic Management and Associate Dean
for Research, Maastricht School of <b>Management</b></div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Prof. Dr. Arch Woodside<br>
Professor of Marketing, Carroll School of <b>Management</b>, Boston College,
Boston</div>
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<td width="18%"><img src="../pics/bilder/matzler.jpg" alt="Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kurt Matzler" width="66" height="96"></td>
<td width="82%" valign="bottom"><strong>Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kurt Matzler</strong><br>
Professor at the Center for Marketing and <b>International Management</b>, <i>University</i>
of Klagenfurt</td>
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<td><img src="../pics/bilder/stahl.jpg" alt="Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heinz K. Stahl" width="66" height="96"></td>
<td valign="bottom"><strong>Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heinz K. Stahl</strong><br>
Business Consultant at Oberwaltersdorf and Visiting Professor at
the Center for <i>Strategic Management</i> and Leadership at the Department
of General and <i>Tourism Management</i>, <b>University of Innsbruck</b></td>
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<a name="AnkerLeitung"></a><h2>contact</h2>
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<td width="202" class="Stil1">program director:</td>
<td width="337"><p> e-mail: <a href="mailto:markus.koeck@mci.edu">markus.koeck@mci.edu</a></p></td>
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<td>Mag. Mag. (FH) Markus Köck</td>
<td>+43 512 2070 - 2110</td>
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<td class="Stil1">Assistent:</td>
<td><p> e-mail: <A href="mailto:karima.huber@mci.edu">karima.huber@mci.edu</A></p></td>
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<td>Mag. Karima Huber </td>
<td>+43 512 2070 - 2121</td>
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<td valign="top">Claudia Kanetscheider </td>
<td>e-mail: <a href="mailto:claudia.kanetscheider@mci.edu">claudia.kanetscheider@mci.edu</a></td>
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<td> +43 512 2070 - 2122</td>
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<p class="Stil1"> Administration:</p>
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<td width="204" valign="top">Simone Butschek </td>
<td width="335">e-mail: <a href="mailto:simone.butschek@mci.edu">simone.butschek@mci.edu</a></td>
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<td width="335"> +43 512 2070 - 2102</td>
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<td valign="top">Evelin Senn </td>
<td>e-mail: <a href="mailto:evelin.senn@mci.edu">evelin.senn@mci.edu</a></td>
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<td> +43 512 2070 - 2103</td>
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