IB Cross-Cultural Management Skills

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IB Cross-Cultural Management Skills

• IB 3105 Fall 2005
• Jeffrey Harper

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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.

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Geography

• Lets begin with the United States
• Europe Countries

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European Union
President Jose Manuel Barroso
European Commission
Council of Ministers
European Parliaments
European Court of Justice
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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)

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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

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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.

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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
• Nations Prime Ministers

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Czech Republic

• President Vaclav Klaus
• Prime minister Mirek Topolanek
• Government parliamentary democracy
• Capital largest city Prague
• Industries glass, metallurgy, machinery,
  equipment, armaments

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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

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AUSTRALIA

• Parliamentary form of Government
  http//www.pm.gov.au/aus_in_focus/government/index
  .html
• Head of state-Prime Minister John Howard
• Parliament- http//www.aph.gov.au/whoswho/index.ht
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ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS
Poder Ejecutivo (President)
Poder Legislativo (Legislative)
Poder Judicial (Judicial)
Congreso General o Congreso de la Union (Congress
of the Union)
Suprema Corte de Justicia Ministro Presidente
Mariano Azuela Guitron
Presidente de la Republica C. Vicente Fox Quezada
Camara de Diputados Presidente Dip. Juan de Dios
castro Lozano
Camara de Senadores Presidente Sen. J. Enrique
Jakson Ramirez (Senate)
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
Composicion PRI 60 47 PAN 46 36 PRD
16 13 PVEM 5 4 PT 1 1 Total 128 100 128
Votacion Mayoritaria Art 56 CPEUM
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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 five-year terms

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PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch (President)
National Peoples Congress
Supreme Peoples Court
President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao
Local Peoples Courts
Special Peoples Courts
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Traveling Currency
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Money

• What are your options?
• Bring money with you
• Travlers Checks
• ATMs
• Credit Cards

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Currency exchange places

• Forex, American Express, Cambino
• If it is a great rate then how do they make their
  money?
• What does commission mean?

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Currency calculation

• Currency chart how do you read them?
• http//money.cnn.com/markets/currencies/index.html
  ?vieweurope