Transcript Geography - Texas Tech University

IB Cross-Cultural
Management Skills
IB 3105 Fall 2005
Jeffrey Harper
What is Geography?
 Geography is the descriptive science dealing
with the surface area , its divisions into
continents and countries, and the climate,
plants, animals, natural resources.
Geography
 Let’s begin with the United States
 Europe Countries
European Union
President
Jose Manuel Barroso
European
Commission
Council of
Ministers
European
Parliaments
European Court
of Justice
Institutions and Bodies of the EU
 The institutions of the EU are:
● The European Parliament
● The Council of the European Union
● The European Commission
● The European Court of Justice
● The European Court of Auditors (ECA)
European Commission
 The European Commission is an independent institution
charged with representing and upholding the interests of the EU
as a whole. It submits proposals for new legislation, policies and
programs for action. It is also responsible for implementing the
decisions of the Council and the Parliament and monitors that
the Member States are abiding by their commitments agreed
upon at EU level. Finally, the Commission is responsible for the
budget of the EU.
 The commission is appointed by the EC government, not
elected
 Commissioners come from EC countries but take an oath of
allegiance
 Each commissioner has a specific responsibility area, -i.e.
competition
Council of Ministers
 The Council comprises Ministers
representing each of the Member States.
 The Council has the main role in agreeing
legislation, although in recent years this has
been shared more and more with the
Parliament under the co-decision procedure.
 The Ministers in Council are accountable to
their own national parliaments for the
decisions in the Council.
European Council of Ministers
 Main decision-making body
 Task is to examine draft measures from the
Commission and accept, modify, or reject
 Represent the EC nations
 Meets twice yearly as an EC summit
 There is a 6 month, rotating presidency
 Consisting of:
 President of the Commission
 Nation’s Prime Ministers
European Parliament
 EU parliament has 3 main functions-1. makes
legislation,2. Supervises other EU institutions including
the European commission, 3. EU parliament decides the
annual budget also monitors how the commission
handles the budget
 the 626 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)
are directly elected to the European Parliament by the
citizens of the EU for a five year term
 Limited powers, restricted ability to initiate areas of
debate
 Exercises joint authority over “nonobligatory” budget
expenditures
European Court of Justice
 Determines matters of the EC law
 Takes precedence over national laws
 The European Court of Justice is charged with
ensuring that the law of the EU is upheld and
interpreted and applied consistently in all
Member States.
 The Court has fifteen judges at present (one
per Member State) each of whom is appointed
for a six year term
NORWAY
 Sovereign: King Harald V
 Prime minister: Jens Stoltenberg
 Government: constitutional
monarchy; executive power is
exercised by a council of ministers led
by the prime minister.
 Capital & largest city: Oslo
 Industries: petroleum, food
processing, chemicals, fishing, textile.
SPAIN
 King: Juan Carlos I
 Prime minister: Jose Luis
Rodriguez Zapatero
 Government: Spain has had a
constitutional monarchy since
1975.
 Capital & largest city: Madrid
 Industries: textile and apparel,
tourism, automobiles, footwear
ITALY
 President: Giorgio Napolitano
 Prime minister: Romano Prodi
 Government: The government
is made up of a president, the
Council of Ministers headed by
a prime minister, and a
Parliament with a Senate and a
Chamber of Deputies.
 Capital & largest city: Rome
 Industries: tourism, chemicals,
motor vehicles, clothing,
ceramics
UNITED KINGDOM
 Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II
 Prime minister: Tony Blair
 Government: constitutional
monarchy
 Capital & largest city: London
 Industries: electric power
equipment, aircraft, coal,
petroleum, automation
equipment
GERMANY
 President: Horst Kohler
 Chancellor: Angela Merkel
 Government: federal
parliamentary representative
democratic republic, whereby
the Federal Chancellor is the
head of government
 Capital & largest city: Berlin
 Industries: electronics,
vehicles, uranium, textiles, coal,
cement
Czech Republic
 President: Vaclav Klaus
 Prime minister: Mirek
Topolanek
 Government:
parliamentary democracy
 Capital & largest city:
Prague
 Industries: glass,
metallurgy, machinery,
equipment, armaments
AUSTRALIA
 Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II
 Prime minister: Michael Jeffrey
 Government: The
Commonwealth of Australia is a
constitutional monarchy, a
federation and a parliamentary
democracy.
 Capital: Canberra
 Largest city: Sydney
 Industries: mining, food, steel,
industrial and transportation
equipment
AUSTRALIA
 Parliamentary form of Government
http://www.pm.gov.au/aus_in_focus/governm
ent/index.html
 Head of state-Prime Minister John Howard
 Parliament-
http://www.aph.gov.au/whoswho/index.htm
ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS
Poder Ejecutivo
(President)
Poder Legislativo
(Legislative)
Poder Judicial
(Judicial)
Presidente de la Republica
C. Vicente Fox Quezada
Congreso General
o
Congreso de la Union
(Congress of the Union)
Suprema Corte de Justicia
Ministro Presidente:
Mariano Azuela Guitron
Camara de Diputados
Presidente:
Dip. Juan de Dios castro Lozano
Composicion:
PRI
222
45%
PAN
151
30%
PRD
95
19%
PVEM
17
3%
PT
8
1%
CON
7
1%
Total:
500
100%
300 Votacion Mayoritaria
200 Plurinominales
Art 52 CPEUM
Camara de Senadores
Presidente:
Sen. J. Enrique Jakson Ramirez
(Senate)
PRI
PAN
PRD
PVEM
PT
Total:
Composicion:
60
46
16
5
1
128
128 Votacion Mayoritaria
Art 56 CPEUM
47%
36%
13%
4%
1%
100%
CHINA
• 23 provinces
• 5 autonomous regions
• Anniversary of the Founding of the
People's Republic of China, 1 October
(1949)
• President and vice president elected by
the National People's Congress for fiveyear terms
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Executive Branch
(President)
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
President Hu Jintao
Premier Wen Jiabao
National People’s Congress
Supreme People’s Court
Local Peoples Courts
Special Peoples Courts
Introduction to Projects
 Projects are individual
 For your benefit
 Typed
 Bound
 Due December 8
Project outline
SEMINAR IN CROSS-CULTURAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS
Syllabus for IB 3105- Section 001
Fall 2005
Instructor: Jeffrey Harper
Office: BA 172
Phone: 742-2041
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://harper.ba.ttu.edu
Office Hours: by appointment from 7.30 am- 4.30 pm M-Friday
Section 001: Tuesdays and Thursday s 8-9.20am room 258
Prerequisites:
The student must be studying abroad the following semester. The student must be in the
Rawls College of Business Administration.
Purpose of this course: To provide students with a logical framework and skill set that
will lead to a successful international experience. This course does not substitute for any
mandatory paperwork, interviews, or orientations that are required by the office of
international affairs. When the dates and times of the orientations are made available
they will also be announced in this class. Students, who do not attend this course,
complete all pertinent paperwork required by both the office of international affairs
and the international business programs office WILL jeopardize the ability to
participate in a foreign study experience.
Class material:
Will be provided to the student in the form of PowerPoint slides and lectures. All
PowerPoint presentations will be available on the following website
http://harper.ba.ttu.edu
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course students will be able to:
- function in a foreign culture
- able to evaluate different communication techniques
- evaluate different modes of transportation systems
- convert between different monetary currencies
- compare between political systems
- understand countries geographic orientations
- prepared to participate in a foreign study experience
Evaluation Outcomes:
Students will be given quizzes worth 50 % of the grade and an individual project that is
worth the other 50% of the grade. Class is mandatory, and quizzes will be given daily.
There will be no make up quizzes.
Quiz
 You will have a quiz over the geographic
area you are going to.