1) Discuss organizational culture, and the interaction of national and MNC cultures.

2) DISCUSS the value of country cluster analysis and relational orientations in developing effective international management practices.

3) DISCUSS ethics in international management and some of the major ethical issues and problems confronting MNCs.

4) DISCUSS some of the pressures on and action being taken by selected industrialized countries and companies to be more socially and environmentally responsive to world problems.

5) EXPLAIN some of the initiatives to bring greater accountability to corporate conduct and limit the impacts of corruption around the world, including what needs to be done next in the modern economy.

6) REVIEW key technological developments, including the growth of e-commerce, and discuss their impact on MNCs now and in the future.

7) How does explicit communication differ from implicit communication? Which is one culture that makes wide use of explicit communication? Implicit communication? Describe how one would go about conveying the following message in each of the two cultures you identified: "You are trying very hard, but you are still making too many mistakes."

8) How would you explain a company's decision to employ centralized decision-making processes and decentralized control processes, considering the two are so interconnected? Provide an industry example of where this may occur.

9) DISCUSS how an understanding of employee satisfaction can be useful in human resource management throughout the world.

10) DISCUSS the relationship of culture clusters and leader behavior on effective leadership practices, including increasing calls for more responsible global leadership.

11) If a locally based manufacturing firm with sales of $350 million decided to enter the EU market by setting up operations in France, which orientation would be the most effective: ethnocentric, polycentric, regiocentric, or geocentric? Why? Explain your choice.

12) How do the following legal principles impact on MNC operations:the principle of sovereignty, the nationality principle, the territoriality principle, the protective principle, and the principle of comity?