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.