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Need one more credit? Interested in Asia? ? Come join?the Global Management and Asia course! ? This is a course consisting of a series of outside speakers with expertise in?doing business in Asia as well as Asian companies?with global operation bases. Our first class will?meet on 1/23 (yes, after you have been back from holiday destinations and re-adjusted yourselves to the student life), and it will be?a presentation from fellow Haas students who have abundant experience in living and working in Asia as a foreigner. ? Yes, you can add/drop after classes start on 1/16.?Below please find more details.... and please do not hesitate to contact me if you should have questions. ? Happy Holidays, ? Tomoko ? ===== ? COURSE NUMBER:? BA 294.7 COURSE TITLE:?? Global Management and Asia UNITS OF CREDIT:??????? INSTRUCTOR:???? Michael Gerlach Student Contact:? Tomoko Yamabe yamabe@haas.berkeley.edu MEETING DAY(S)/TIME:??? Tuesday, 6:00 - 8:00 PM, Room C250 PREREQUISITE(S): None CLASS FORMAT : Primarily outside speakers. Class meets 10 times only. REQUIRED READINGS: No textbook. Articles and readings appropriate to the topic of each class may be assigned by guest lectures in which case reading materials will be distributed in advance or will be on two-hour reserve in the Long Library. Students are expected to have done the reading in advance of that class meeting. BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: Participation and final paper. Regular attendance, preparation for class (reading materials), and active participation in class discussions are required. The final write-up will be a short paper of 5 pages that analyzes and critiques one or more of the presentations made by class speakers, or on any of the student's particular interest relative to the class. ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES: This is a 1-unit course dealing with a variety of current issues regarding doing business in Asia and/or with Asian business in the US. The format of the class will consist primarily of a series of outside speakers with expertise in the Asia Pacific region, such as Japan, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Korea, etc. Apart from the macroeconomic environments and recent changes taking place in Asia, we aim to explore areas such as business culture, relationships (with clients, bosses and colleagues), establishing trust, gender, ethnicity in the particular context, and to provide general introduction to living and doing business in Asia and/or with Asian companies in the US.? ? ?
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