COURSE NUMBER: EWMBA 256.1
This course is cross-listed with the FTMBA 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: Thursday, 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
PREREQUISITE(S): None.
CLASS FORMAT: Interactive lectures, discussion, group
projects, role plays, case studies, 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 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 in Europe, the Middle East,
and key fast-growth market cities such as Chongqing, Bangalore, Moscow,
and Sao Paulo. 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, Fidelity,
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, Takeda, Texas Instruments,
Twitter, 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.