Multinational companies

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Principles of Management

11 units

1 The Nature of Organizations
2 Introduction to Management
3 Management: History and Current Thinking
4 Environmental Context of Management
5 Planning and Making Decisions
6 Fundamentals of Organizing
7 Leadership and Motivation
8 Fundamental of Influencing and Communication
9 Control and Quality Management
10 Managing in the Global Arena
11 Management Trends and Scenario in Nepal

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What the syllabus expects

Meaning and types
Advantages and disadvantages

Multinational companies

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — First Year

Subject: Principles of Management (MGT 213)

Unit 11: Managing in the Global Arena

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

To develop an understanding of multinational companies and explain the managerial concepts and assess their application in organizational situations.

Curriculum Scope

Meaning and types
Advantages and disadvantages

Detailed Microsyllabus

Multinational companies
1. Meaning and operating characteristics.
2. Types of international organizational arrangements.
3. Parent-subsidiary and cross-border relationships.
Benefits and limitations
1. Capital, technology, employment and market access.
2. Coordination costs, cultural issues and host-country concerns.
3. Assessment from company and host-economy perspectives.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, BBS curriculum with first-year syllabus, PDF pages 9-10.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit lecture hours apply to the whole unit; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here.