COURSE NUMBER: MBA 256.1

This course is cross-listed with the EWMBA 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.