Faculty Development

Professor David M. Lampton (Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies) will talk about his just-published book entitled: The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money and Minds (University of California Press, 2008). This book addresses the following issues, among which are: How have Chinese viewed national power throughout their history? What is the dominant conception of comprehensive national power and national strategy today in China? How is China’s power along different dimensions changing? And, what may all this mean for the world and America as we look ahead? The book will be available for purchase for those interested.

The Connecticut District Export Council ad Commercial News USA have organized the World Trade Week Event for Exporters, Monday, May 19 at the Old State House in Hartford, CT 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The focus of the event: “Leveraging Export Resources To Succeed in the Global Marketplace.” Congressman Joseph Courtney (D-CT) will be the keynote speaker. Anne Evans, Director of the U.S. Department of Commerce office in Middletown will launch The New Global Main Street Challenge and moderate presentations by representatives from the event’s three presenting sponsors: UHY, a business advisory, consulting, and accounting company; HSBC, a global banking company; and the Metro Hartford Alliance, which represents more than 1,000 businesses in central Connecticut. The $35 fee includes networking, a buffet lunch, and a tour of the historic Old State House. Discounts are available for multiple registrants from the same company. Seating is limited. Register online at www.thinkglobal.us/wtw or call 1-800-581-8533 to register or for more information.

This workshop will be held in 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall at the University of Pittsburgh’s main campus. Pre-registration is required. To register, please fill out the form on the reversee of the brochure and return it with your $25.00 workshop registration fee. A confirmation email will be sent upon receipt of your payment. Pre-Registration Deadline Wednesday, May 14, 2008. A limited number of travel grants are available to participants from outside of Allegheny County.

The main objective of the PDIB Mercosur program is to raise US business professional and faculty awareness of the social, political, economic, and business environments that exist in South America. Topics include national economic reforms and adjustments, the opening of markets to the global economy, regional integration as a basis for global competition, the impact of these domestic changes on commerce with the US, and both regional and country specific business practices. The program in Brazil, Argentina and Chile will include meetings with business faculty from leading academic institutions, business executives from multinational companies, and government officials. It will also include cultural events and city tours.

The study abroad program includes seminars on European business and cultural issues, on-site visits to a variety of industries, and exciting side trips to Frankfort and Stuttgart, Germany. Participants are exposed to the latest developments in European business issues through discussions with leading faculty and business experts, and develop an increased understanding of the function and structure of the EU.

This conference will be a follow up to the "Voluntary Programs: A Club Theory Perspective" conference held at UW in 2007, which examined voluntary governance across issue areas from the perspective of club theory and will focus on institutional design issues and the impact of program design on program efficacy. By invitation only.

The 2nd annual FDIB-Africa program, to be conducted in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe, will once again combine over two dozen business visits, cultural experiences and academic visits and lectures over 17 days, to initiate and/or enhance faculty awareness and insight in the business, academic and cultural world of sub-Saharan Africa.

Beginning on May 17, 2008 program participants will take a 12-day trip to visit Croatia, Bulgaria, and Poland. Participants will develop an understanding of regional business and economic integration issues among these markets. This program will also examine the relationship between these markets, world markets, and other regional markets, such as the European Union. The trip will involve lectures on economic and business conditions, group seminars, and company and governmental visits.

The Advanced International Business Institute (AIBI) for Community College Faculty is a unique faculty development program. It is designed for community college faculty who have previously attended international business faculty development workshops, seminars, or conferences, as well as faculty who bring previous international business experience to their classrooms, and international business program administrators.

Topics to be covered in the AIBI include: classroom tools and course development, developing and maintaining IB programs, and best practices in IB integration. The AIBI will also offer small group breakout sessions for faculty to tackle and resolve their own IB challenges and concerns.

The Faculty Development in International Entrepreneurship (FDIE) will be held in Denver, Colorado. It is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and the Centers for International Business Education and Research (CIBERs) at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Indiana University and Brigham Young University. For further information please email manuel.serapio@cudenver.edu or call 303-556-4738.

The majority of traditional Western business curriculum is founded on theory and research generated in developed countries, where political, economic, legal, and social institutions generally are formalized, well-developed, and stable. But MNCs increasingly are setting their sights on developing and emerging countries for future growth potential, where the institutional context is quite different. This workshop is designed to equip international business educators with an in-depth understanding of how institutions shape the strategies that firms employ and the actions that managers take in emerging and developing countries. Key topics include corruption, political risk, social divisions, non-governmental organizations, social entrepreneurs, diaspora communities. Workshop speakers will include representatives from institutions such as the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), and USAID. Please contact Alexis Gaul at agaul@gwu.edu or (202) 994-3098 for more information about the workshop.

The Globalization Seminars are designed to help business faculty bring international context into the classroom and to expand teaching and research skills. Each Seminar is built around a comprehensive "coursepack" to support and demonstrate the globalization of business. These course materials will be available to seminar participants: course outlines, case studies, powerpoint slides, reference materials and experiential exercises. The FIVE seminars are held concurrently; therefore, each participant may select one seminar to attend. Also, three half-day workshops are available: Research, Teaching, and Grant Opportunities.

This is an exciting opportunity to learn and discuss new methods of teaching International Business in the classroom. Our high-energy, experienced experts will provide hands-on, interactive tools to add new methods to your teaching portfolio.

The workshop is designed for college and university professors of Spanish who are interested in or already offering courses in business Spanish at the advance-intermediate and advanced levels. It is also intended to provide an understanding of the field of international business, a source of employment for many students of foreign languages. Participants will discover new practices and resources to improve their abilities as instructors in the ever-evolving international business environment. The University of South Carolina CIBER offers fourteen (14) $500 scholarships on a first-come, first-served basis to help defray the cost of attendance.

The 20th annual FDIB seminar series conducted by the University of South Carolina to internationize business school faculty, preparing them to teach international business courses. Each participant chooses one of six concurrent seminars (Survey of International Business, International Management, International Marketing, International Accounting, International Financial Management, or Global Operations and Supply-Chain Management)and spends a week with some of the top faculty in the international business field developing both professional knowledge about the particular topic and the pedagogical skills that will enhance teaching of the subject. The University of South Carolina CIBER provides a total of $20K in scholarships to help defray the cost of attendance.

The Ninth Annual Spanish Language Faculty Development Program - Teaching Spanish for Business: A Global Approach is designed for Spanish professors. The program will provide Spanish language faculty with knowledge about business terminology, the methodology of teaching Spanish for Business, information about the business world in Spain and its relationship to the European Union. FIU CIBER in cooperation with UNED, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, invite Spanish language faculty to join their colleagues from around the nation for an exciting and rewarding one week workshop on Business Spanish to be held in Spain.

The University of Florida is pleased to sponsor a program in Brazil for business students and others interested in Latin American business and finance. Drawing on the resources of the Center for Latin American Studies and CIBER, UF has offered this unique study opportunity since 2000. The program offers six credits and two courses: Business in Brazil (3 transfer credits) and Brazilian Portuguese (3 transfer credits). Business in Brazil is organized by the School of Business at PUC-Rio and includes visits to local companies and NGO's three afternoons per week. Brazilian Portuguese is offered at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels in small intensive classes taught by native speaking, professionally trained IBEU instructors.

The PURC Leadership Workshop will use the “field laboratory” method of examining participants’ own leadership challenges. Most learning will take place in teams and will use industry-specific cases and scenarios as teaching points. Instructors will present brief “tool kit” sessions followed by intensive team application exercises and workshop-wide presentations by the teams.

This Institute has been designed by leading community college and university faculty to assist instructors who want to internationalize their business courses and curriculum. The program provides resources, class materials, and a forum to discuss teaching in a rapidly globalizing educational environment. Although the conference organizers anticipate that most participants will come from the Northeastern United States, registration is open to any instructor who might find the discussions and resources useful to their efforts in curriculum development. Speakers will come from the host institutions listed above. Housing will be single occupancy in Columbia University dormitory rooms. The registration fee of $450 includes housing, materials for the conference, and meals listed below, but does not include transportation costs.

Designed primarily for secondary and post-secondary language educators, this program provides an overview of basic business concepts, combined with discussions of current issues in language-teaching methodology and curriculum design. The institute is team-taught by Mr. Carlos Menendez, a Wharton/Lauder graduate, and Dr. Cheri Micheau of Penn’s Graduate School of Education. Participants work on group projects in which they design curriculum modules that apply the concepts addressed during the program. After the Institute, participants receive a compilation of all the projects to enable them to adapt and use the modules in their own classroom situations. This year’s participants will also have the opportunity to participate in a partnership program with the Wharton School and Penn’s Graduate School of Education. The dual Teaching Language for Business Communication Certificate prepares graduates to develop and teach courses in business language.

The purpose of the conference is to promote international cooperation in the teaching and research of business Chinese. Under the main theme of the conference “Contemporary Linguistic Theory and the Teaching of Business Chinese”, there are three sub-themes: “Sociolinguistics”, “the Teaching of Business Chinese” and “the Linguistic Study of Chinese.” Participants of the conference are mostly by invitation, but submission of abstracts for a poster session by other scholars is also welcome. All papers presented at the conference will be screened by an independent panel for publication in the proceedings. The full text of each paper submitted for publication should be no longer than 10,000 Chinese characters or 10 pages in English. The conference is jointly sponsored by the College of International Cultural Exchange, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, the Hitotsubashi University (????) in Japan and the University of Florida in the U.S. and is organized by the College of International Exchange and the Center for Business Chinese Research of the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Annual meeting of the 31 member schools from U.S., Canada, Asia, Australia and New Zealand in either Hawaii or Asia. This year's theme is "Internationalization of Business in Transitional Economies."

ICIS is the premier international conference on information systems

The 8th Biennial International Business Institute for Community College Faculty is a unique professional development program designed specifically for community and technical college faculty. The aim of the Institute is to provide participants with the knowledge, experience and resources they need to internationalize general business courses and/or develop specialized international business courses at the two-year college level.

The purpose of the 2006-2010 GBS program is to equip HBCU faculty with teh knowledge, skills, pedagogical tools, and international experience to enale them to internationalize their courses, programs, and institutions.

The NASBITE CGBP provides a benchmark for competency in global commerce. The CGBP designation demonstrates an individual's ability to conduct global business including Global Business Management, Global Marketing, Supply Chain Management, and Trade Finance. For candidates experienced in international trade, the certification confirms that knowledge. For candidates just beginning, it establishes a professional development goal to ensure a full understanding of the profession. For companies, it assures that employees are able to practice global business at the professional level required in today's competitive environment.