INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR INDIVIDUAL ONLINE COUNTRY STUDY 1. Follow the steps below: • Select and research a country (Post your choice on the discussion board forum: Country Study. No two students can choose the same country; first to po

INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT
GUIDELINES FOR INDIVIDUAL ONLINE COUNTRY STUDY

1.    Follow the steps below:

• Select and research a country (Post your choice on the discussion board forum: Country Study.  No two students can choose the same country; first to post, first choice).
• Choose an appropriate product/service to introduce into the country. 
• Research a service or product line of a native ALABAMA (or the state you call home) company (not foreign-owned), your choice; if you are a foreign-born student, you will sell a product /service from your home country (not foreign-owned) to sell in the chosen country (not the USA). 
• Do further research on the country focusing on the information relevant to the product/service.
• Write the paper following the outline below in #4.     

 2. Use a minimum of five sources.  Newspaper articles (Wall Street Journal) and popular business publications (Business Week, Fortune) are some of the best sources because they are current.  Changes occur rapidly in the international environment for business, so only sources that have been published in the last 5 years are reliable (sometimes the very latest [this semester] sources are most important).  Use the following many times, (Hill, 2015, p. xx—that’s your textbook, by the way).  Cite all sources and arrange headings according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 4th Edition [or latest] (APA style).  

A full reference page is required. 

3.  If I was to print the paper out it would:  be 4-5 printed pages of text (no more, no less), cover sheet and reference page are extra (pages 6 & 7); be double-spaced, 1" margins, numbered pages (first page of text is 1), Times New Roman 12 pt font.  Spelling, typographical errors, and poor grammar count (off).  

This is a formal business report.  This is not a creative writing project.  I do not want your opinion.  State the facts and draw a conclusion.     

4.   Follow the outline below.  Use headings/subheadings.  You must include the BOLD/bold ones.

INTRODUCTION

Describe your company and its reasons for going international.                                                    10

Describe the rational for the choice of product/service and its fit with the country.                          10

Make it very clear what product or service you are selling and who your customer (B2B?) will be.    10

Mgt 20

MANAGEMENT

Strategy.  What is the strategy?  Why?  (global/trans/multi)                                                         20

Mode of Entry (entry strategy) and reasons why.  (export, FDI, JV…)                                         20

Other Management issues; organization, staffing, training and production issues                         20

(This is hard to specify, it depends on the size of your company and country selected—but basically answer the questions: Who is doing what in my company?  What and why am I outsourcing?  What management changes do I have to make in order to make this venture a success?)

SUMMARY

How do you plan to ensure a long-term cooperative relationship with your host country?              10        

 Followed guidelines.  1 point off for each mistake.  10 points off for lack of citations.      ___ / 100