The Fundamentals of Globalisation

With global markets increasingly open, every business will have an aspiration to expand overseas to reach further markets. This process is fraught with unique difficulties and poses unique challenges for management professionals. If you aspire to these roles, this course will help you to demonstrate to employers that you have given the challenges of globalisation consideration and are well prepared to manage through them.

Why do this course?

• Looks great on your CV
• Shows recruiters you have the skills they are looking for
• Gives you a great grounding in business management

The Global Context

• This course focuses on the significance of the global context for business organisations.
• You'll find out how the social, economic, and political dimensions of globalisation affect how organisations work.
• You'll also learn what's causing the acceleration of globalisation, what implications this has for your organisation, and the different ways that companies can globalise.
• Finally, the course highlights the strengths that are important for a company to have in the global context.

Analysing the Global Environment

• This course deals with the global environmental factors influencing an organisation's strategies and management.
• It explains how to analyse these factors and also describes a framework for analysing the industries and markets that make up the competitive environment in which a global organisation operates.

Strategies for Globalisation

• This course outlines value-creation opportunities in the global marketplace, as well as the challenges of pursuing those opportunities.
• It also describes three broad global strategies – adaptation, aggregation, and arbitrage – and how companies may use them in unique combinations.

Managing in a Global Environment

• This course describes some strategies and techniques for managing successfully in a global business.
• It explains the importance of having a global mindset and how to cultivate one so that you can carry out your responsibilities effectively – even with the added complexity of different cultures.
• The course also describes which managerial styles and techniques work best for different cultural contexts and outlines some strategies for managing a global team.

What’s included?

• Hands-on interactive exercises - learn by doing

In partnership with Skillsoft

reed.co.uk has partnered with SkillSoft, the world’s leading provider of eLearning, to offer you all the quality training you need. You will be learning on SkillSoft software. SkillSoft is the world leader in e-learning for businesses, and is used by multinational companies such as FedEx, Hilton, VirginMedia and Hewlett Packard. By training with SkillSoft you will be working with an industry recognised organisation and investing in training that employers already know and trust.

Please note:

Please allow 24 hours to receive your online training details. If your order is made over the weekend, your online training details will be provided on the following Monday morning.

This SkillSoft course is not aligned to any certification or exam - it is a course to teach knowledge and skills.

This course is designed specifically for for use on desktop browsers. Performance on mobile devices may vary and compatibility with non-desktop devices is not guaranteed.