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FT Business School online: Leading Globally


FT.com presents the fourth instalment in its FT Business School series of online executive education courses conducted in partnership with leading business schools. The course Leading Globally consists of:

Five video lectures, one every day this week featuring Martha Maznevski, professor of organisational behaviour and international management at IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Lecture topics include how to identify the management challenges which accompany globalisation, how to manage across geographical distances and different cultural styles and how to develop and use business networks.

Audio transcripts of the five sessions.

• Additional reading materials and online assessment test.

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Monday

Globalisation, complexity, opportunity

Martha Maznevski

In the first session we discuss some the complexity of globalisation and how this makes management and leadership difficult. After the session viewers should be able to identify which aspects of global complexity most affect their leadership.

Tuesday

Leading through networks

Martha Maznevski

We all know it’s good to build networks, but when you’re leading globally, networks are essential. So in this session we’ll discuss two basic kinds of networks that every leader needs: fishing nets for collecting information and safety nets.

Wednesday

Leading diverse teams

Martha Maznevski

With globalisation comes more teamwork and these teams are inevitably diverse in terms of culture, function and gender. After this session, viewers should be able to apply a toolkit for getting performance from diversity in their teams.

Thursday

Leading with cultural intelligence

Martha Maznevski

In this session we will explore these three aspects of cultural intelligence. After this session, viewers should be able to assess their own broad level of cultural intelligence and should be able to identify ways they can increase it.

Friday

Leading across distances

Martha Maznevski

We will show how virtual teams help to connect people in multinational organisations and give the company a human face. We will then close the session by emphasising how executives in global firms can lead people effectively so that globalisation brings real opportunities.

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Martha Maznevski

Martha Maznevski

Martha Maznevski, professor of organisational behaviour and international management, IMD is an expert in organisational behaviour, in particular the relationship between organisational and national cultures.

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