Intercultural Management Semester
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A real intercultural semester
The IMS semester takes the participants though Asia and the United States, bringing them classroom training, professional exposure to intercultural management, and the opportunity to act as international representatives of companies looking to expand globally.
For five months, from February to June, the IMS students, organized in teams, will experience complete professional immersion in the United States and Asia.
Combining university lectures, seminars with guest speakers, and company visits, the IMS also allows each student to become the international representative of a company seeking new markets in Asia and the United States.
Serge Guarino, Director of the IMS Program:
“What impresses me the most during our stay in Asia and the United States, is the immense maturity of my students and especially their intellectual curiosity when faced with their new reality: high level guest speakers, street performances, meetings and debates with Chinese, Vietnamese, and American students. Most students do not have the opportunity very often to sit down and chat with the French Ambassador, the Director of Carrefour, a professor of a Chinese university, a CEO of a major Vietnamese company, or the owner of an American start-up... And for a lot of our students, the “adventure” really starts with the company trade mission they complete during the semester, which can help them pay for up to the entire cost of the program…they are already actors in “international business” because a French company has mandated them to complete an international market study, for example. What a wonderful experience! What a wonderful way to learn about business! The IMS is the “practical” approach to learning international business on 2 continents, Asia and the USA."
Asian and American locations of the SMI
IN SAN DIEGO
Students attend courses and conferences organized by highly qualified faculty in areas including:
IN BEIJING
CEFAM students will attend conferences on China’s economic and political situation conducted by local political figures. Welcomed by the French ambassador in China upon their arrival in Beijing, the students have a unique opportunity to meet important economic actors.
IN SHANGHAI
CEFAM students will be housed on the campus of the prestigious FUDAN University (China’s third most prestigious university) and will attend courses in geopolitics, international economics, Chinese culture and civilization, logistics and distribution, and international marketing (with specific focus on the Chinese market).
The courses taught by the FUDAN faculty members will be enriched by conferences organised with directors of major European companies implanted in China. Some examples of speakers include the Asian Purchasing Director for DECATHLON, the Director of Development for CARTIER, Managers for CARREFOUR China, and the Director of ALCATEL’s subsidiary in China.
IN HONG KONG
CEFAM students will have an opportunity to learn more about the financial aspects of commercial exchanges with Asia.
They will learn about the financial advantages inherent to the Asian market place to better understand and appreciate the strategies adopted by various companies.
IN HANOI
The IIR (Institute of International Relations) will welcome the CEFAM students to its facilities.
The students will focus on the economic relations between Vietnam and Europe, the marketing approach, and the international negotiation practices common to the country.
A real intercultural semester
The IMS semester takes the participants though Asia and the United States, bringing them classroom training, professional exposure to intercultural management, and the opportunity to act as international representatives of companies looking to expand globally.
For five months, from February to June, the IMS students, organized in teams, will experience complete professional immersion in the United States and Asia.
Combining university lectures, seminars with guest speakers, and company visits, the IMS also allows each student to become the international representative of a company seeking new markets in Asia and the United States.
Serge Guarino, Director of the IMS Program:
“What impresses me the most during our stay in Asia and the United States, is the immense maturity of my students and especially their intellectual curiosity when faced with their new reality: high level guest speakers, street performances, meetings and debates with Chinese, Vietnamese, and American students. Most students do not have the opportunity very often to sit down and chat with the French Ambassador, the Director of Carrefour, a professor of a Chinese university, a CEO of a major Vietnamese company, or the owner of an American start-up... And for a lot of our students, the “adventure” really starts with the company trade mission they complete during the semester, which can help them pay for up to the entire cost of the program…they are already actors in “international business” because a French company has mandated them to complete an international market study, for example. What a wonderful experience! What a wonderful way to learn about business! The IMS is the “practical” approach to learning international business on 2 continents, Asia and the USA."
Asian and American locations of the SMI
IN SAN DIEGO
Students attend courses and conferences organized by highly qualified faculty in areas including:
- Management for International Development
- International distribution and negotiation
- Sales policies
- Strategic choices
- Traditional distribution channels
- Internet distribution
- Intercultural Management: Company role-plays and simulations / Decision making / Setting financial and sales objectives
- Macroeconomics for Large International Markets
- Financial Management: Corporate finance / Capital / Stocks and bonds / Takeovers
- International Marketing: Real Case studies / Company profiles
- US Business Law: Federal Law
IN BEIJING
CEFAM students will attend conferences on China’s economic and political situation conducted by local political figures. Welcomed by the French ambassador in China upon their arrival in Beijing, the students have a unique opportunity to meet important economic actors.
IN SHANGHAI
CEFAM students will be housed on the campus of the prestigious FUDAN University (China’s third most prestigious university) and will attend courses in geopolitics, international economics, Chinese culture and civilization, logistics and distribution, and international marketing (with specific focus on the Chinese market).
The courses taught by the FUDAN faculty members will be enriched by conferences organised with directors of major European companies implanted in China. Some examples of speakers include the Asian Purchasing Director for DECATHLON, the Director of Development for CARTIER, Managers for CARREFOUR China, and the Director of ALCATEL’s subsidiary in China.
IN HONG KONG
CEFAM students will have an opportunity to learn more about the financial aspects of commercial exchanges with Asia.
They will learn about the financial advantages inherent to the Asian market place to better understand and appreciate the strategies adopted by various companies.
IN HANOI
The IIR (Institute of International Relations) will welcome the CEFAM students to its facilities.
The students will focus on the economic relations between Vietnam and Europe, the marketing approach, and the international negotiation practices common to the country.