INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

1. Distinct concept of IHRM – Meaning how different is it?

2. Different stages of employee adjustment in international assignments.
3. Organization culture of foreign firms.
4. Cross cultural training.
5. Blunders in Cross Cultural training.
6. Role of women in International business.
7. Industrial relations scenario in a MNC.
8. Global Employer branding.
9. Approaches to IHRM in Global concept.
10. Innovative methods in HRM.
11. Benefits and features of compensation systems
12. Complexities in International compensation system.
13. Recent trends of training employees for global assignments.
14. Major features of HR policies formed by MNCs.
15. Issues in International Labor Relations
16. Compare HR practices in any two countries (US, China, Japan, etc.).
17. Performance appraisal in a global context.
18. Components/Structure of International Compensation Package.
19. Failure o f Expatriates.
20. Repatriation concepts.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

1. What is international business environment? Is it important for a firm to analyze it before

going global?
2. Different modes of entering international business.
3. Impact of cultural and social environment in global business.
4. Exchange rate – fixed and fluctuating.
5. Free Trade Agreements.
a. EU
b. SAARC
c. LAFTA, NAFTA
6. Environmental protection of natural resources -policy.
7. GATT, IMF.
8. International Standards Organization (ISO).
9. Impact of culture on behavior of a global consumer.
10. Four cultural dispositions – meaning ethnocentric, regionocentric, polycentric, and
geocentric approaches.
11. Comparison of different cultures.
12. How do international business firms seek to minimize foreign exchange risks?
13. How do the different kinds of environmental factors enable the domestic firms to go global.
14. How do you evaluate the costs, benefits, and risks of going global?
15. What is exporting and how do firms enter international markets through exporting.
16. Process of internationalization.
17. With some examples explain the features of cultural environment that influence
international firms.
18. How could the international firms distorting the environment of the host country? Elucidate
with examples.
19. Objectives and functions of WTO.
20. Today, Social environment of a country is almost the priority of international firms
producing consumer goods. Your views.
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT

1. Functions involved in International Marketing Management.

2. 5 P’s of International Marketing.
3. Steps involved in implementing total quality marketing.
4. Characteristics and applications of competitive marketing strategies.
5. Product Planning.
6. Product strategies involved in International Marketing Management.
7. Techniques involved in branding and Packaging decisions.
8. Foreign market entry strategies.
9. Indicators of competitiveness.
10. Recent tools of Information Technology used in International Marketing.
11. Differences between standardization and customization of products and services.
12. Product development.
13. International product lifecycle. Marketing strategies during different stages of product
lifecycle.
14. Different kinds of pricing decisions.
15. What is dumping? Explain different kinds of dumping.
16. What is promotion? Explain the difference types of promotion strategies.
17. How does the global advertising differ from the local advertising?
18. Pros and cons of globalization.
19. Essential conditions for globalization.
20. Future of international marketing with special reference to information technology and e-
commerce.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

1. Accounting concepts and conventions

2. Problem on Passing journal entry and posting to ledger
3. Subsidiary books
4. Problem on Cash flow statement
5. Problem on funds flow statement
6. Problems on Final Accounts
7. Importance of financial analysis
8. Problems on Ratio Analysis
9. Uses of Marginal Costing
10. Problems on Break Even analysis
11. Problems of Make or Buy decision
12. Importance of Budgetary control
13. Problems on cash budget
14. Problems on flexible budget
15. Difference between financial accounting and management accounting
16. Importance of capital budgeting
17. Techniques of capital budgeting
18. Problems on payback period
19. Problems on net present value
20. Problems on internal rate of return