Corporate Leader as a Diplomat
As a consultant to a multinational company (MNC) that has offices in major industrial regions and countries, for example, China, Japan, India, EU, UK, Russia, and Africa, write an explanatory and persuasive memo for the top management advising them about the importance of factoring geopolitics into their decision-making and the need to train its top foreign executives as diplomats.
Length: 1200-1500 words
The following source may be helpful:
Sarfati, Gilberto. “Corporate diplomats: global managers of 21st century
The following texts are used in the course:
Argenti, Paul. Corporate Communication, 8th Edition. New York: McGraw Hill, 2022.
Kline, John M. Ethics For International Business: Decision Making in a Global Political Economy. New York: Routledge, 2010.
Steger, Ulrich. Corporate Diplomacy: The Strategy for a Volatile, Fragmented Environment. Chichester, England: John Wiley &Sons, 2003.
Required Readings
Argenti
Chapters 2 and 3
Steger
Chapter 7
