COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA 256.1
This course is
cross-listed with the Full Time MBA Program.
COURSE TITLE: Global Leadership
UNITS OF CREDIT: 3 Units
INSTRUCTOR: Ernest Gundling
E-MAIL ADDRESS: egundling@aperianglobal.com
CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION: bSpace
MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Thursdays, 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
PREREQUISITE(S): None.
CLASS FORMAT: Lecture, discussion, group projects, role
plays, video, and student presentations.
REQUIRED READINGS: Gundling, Ernest, What is Global
Leadership? 10 Key Behaviors that Define Great Global
Leaders. Boston: Nicholas Brealey, 2011;
course reader
BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE:
33% Careful reading of required texts and active
participation in class activities
33% Productive teamwork in group project
33% Final paper on global leadership subject of student's
choice (with instructor's approval)
ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
This course is designed to prepare students for
leadership roles in global organizations. Increasingly such jobs involve
strategic and operational responsibilities across national and cultural
boundaries, and daily interactions with a highly diverse workforce. Drawing
upon recent research and practice in executive development, the course will
examine key behaviors of successful global leaders and demonstrate how these
can be applied in a variety of practical settings in major world markets.
Common leadership development practices have a number of
flaws in light of the accelerated pace of globalization: they are grounded in
assumptions drawn from U.S. or European business contexts, are biased toward
home-country norms, and tend to treat global aspects of leadership as an
“add-on.” Newer approaches to leadership draw upon a wide array of sources from
emerging markets as well as developed countries, and integrate a global
perspective from the start. Most major decisions that current and future
leaders make now have global ramifications, whether the focus is future growth
strategies, marketing, supply chain, R&D, innovation, or human resources.
Students will gain practical global leadership knowledge
and skills related to:
1.
Self:
Personality characteristics and leadership; personal cultural profile;
core values; individual brand as a global leader; comparative leadership styles
in emerging market countries
2.
Team:
Building global relationships; leading a virtual team: startup,
communication, delegation, and conflict resolution; collaboration across
dispersed teams
3.
Organization: Exerting influence within global
matrix structures; cross-border innovation, change management, and knowledge
transfer
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Dr. Gundling is a co-founder of Aperian Global, Inc., and has been involved with the company since its inception in 1990. With offices in North America, Europe, and Asia, Aperian is the largest privately held firm in the intercultural management industry. He currently acts as a co-President of the company's operations. His job is to assist clients in developing strategic approaches to global leadership development, change management, innovation, and organizational learning.
Dr. Gundling holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He wrote his dissertation on Japanese management training programs; his field research was funded initially by a U.S. Department of Education Fulbright Fellowship. He also received a Master's degree from the University of Chicago, and a B.A. from Stanford University. Dr. Gundling has been involved with Japanese language, culture, and business for over twenty years, including more than six years' residence in Japan; he has worked and traveled extensively elsewhere in Asia, and lived for extended periods in Germany and Mexico. He has also been engaged in client projects Europe, the Middle East, and key emerging market locations. Dr. Gundling is currently a Lecturer at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1993. He formerly worked as the Director of Consulting and Organization Development at Clarke Consulting Group.
A partial list of clients that Dr. Gundling has served
includes AT&T, Canon Information Systems, Cisco Systems, Ford Motor
Company, Fujitsu, GlaxoSmithKline, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Hollister-Dansac, Honda, Intel, Intuit, Kodak, Levi Strauss, LG
Electronics, Lucent Technologies, Mazda, Morgan Stanley, Motorola, Procter
& Gamble, Saudi Aramco, Sauer-Danfoss,
Schneider Electric, Texas Instruments, and 3M. Dr. Gundling is the author of
numerous publications, including: The 3M Way to Innovation: Balancing People
and Profits; Working GlobeSmart: 12 People Skills for
Doing Business Across Borders; and Global Diversity:
Winning Customers and Engaging Employees within World Markets. He has also been
a scriptwriter and co-producer of Aperian Global's video series entitled, Working with Japan, and a
contributor to its other video series: Working with China, and Globally Speaking:
Skills and Strategies for Success with Asia. He was recently a member of the
Organization Development panel of the Society for Human Resources Management.