INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT FINAL PROJECT STRUCTURE

Main scope of the final project: The project aims to apply the theoretical knowledge about management functions in a concrete situation. I. General presentation of the company: - Company to be internationalized can be a real or an invented one. - The information should not adhere strictly to reality. - The company may already exist on a number of foreign markets and the project may target a new market entry on a new external market or it may be a national company looking for its first internationalization through implantation on a foreign market. - This section of the project only contains the general information regarding the company. Planning: - Mission (objectives, premises, values, lines of action) - Strategic scope (established at the top management level) - Strategic planning (SWOT analysis and the corresponding strategy, company strategy and product strategy Porter and Miles & Snow; all the proposed strategies should be justified) - Tactical scope (established at the department level; the number of analyzed departments will be equal with the number of the team members) - Tactical planning (the plan should comprise: actions to be done, period, resources material, financial and human, responsible) - Operational scope (established at the operational office level; the number of analyzed operational offices will be equal with the number of the team members; in addition, each operational office should be chosen from a different department) - Operational planning (the plan should comprise: actions to be done, period, resources material, financial and human, responsible; in addition, the type of operational plan should be also emphasized). Organizing: - The organizational structure of the company, before and after internationalization (scheme) - The identification of the type of organizational structure - The justification for choosing the respective organizational structure - The departmentalization of the personnel. Coordinating (human resources policy): - Three key-employees from the new company are chosen: the general manager, the head of one department and an operational worker - For the general manager: there should be proposed and justified the most efficient methods or policies of recruiting (the source), selecting (selection criteria), training (technical and cultural) and motivating - For the head of one department: there should be proposed and justified the most efficient methods or policies of recruiting (the source), selecting (selection criteria), training (technical and cultural) and motivating - For an operational worker: there should be proposed and justified the most efficient methods or policies of recruiting (the source), selecting (selection criteria), training (technical and cultural) and motivating. Controlling: - The financial, quality and human resources performances are controlled - For each type of performance previously presented, the most suitable control methods are proposed and justified, taking into account the two main classifications (direct or indirect control; preventive, current or verification control).

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