STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT OFFERINGS.

Abstract

International management is alive and well through it seems at the moment to have lost some of its glamour. In the future the multi-national firm will be the dominant form of business enterprise. The study of international business problems and operations serves as a potential unifying force in most business curricula in that it calls for a harmonization of diverse intellectual disciplines. The difficulty is, however, that a study of the international scene tends to be sort of superimposed on the business curricula. One approach that seems to be effective is to develop international programs which are staffed by faculty members from several different parts of the school, or even the university. In terms of the future, I see more exchange programs and more faculty from abroad working in our schools of business. I also see an interest in our becoming regarding developments abroad rather than merely teachers. I do believe that more empirical data will become available which will help promote greater interest in the problems and issues of international management. It is likely that master's and doctoral programs in the field will remain quite stagnant. Many schools are now providing for majors in international management or at least more elective courses. This trend is likely to continue.