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International Business (2) Building Capitalism and Ending Communism in East European Business Culture  From: University of Michigan In this seminar, Michael D. Kennedy--vice provost for international affairs, director of the International Institute, and associate professor of sociology at the University of Michigan--looks at the encounters between American business advisors and East European managers within a culture in transition from a socialist past to a capitalist future. Kennedy asks: How do Western business practices fuse with local cultures? How do managers on both sides negotiate claims to competence in these newly emerged transition firms? Who "owns" this transition culture? Chinese Business Culture for Business Travelers From: University of Michigan No matter how much you read about China before your first business trip there, the experience of traveling in China as a non-native speaker will provide you with a much more vivid, realistic and balanced understanding of what it takes to do business in that country. In this seminar, Bradley Farnsworth, director of the Center for International Business Education (CIBE) at the University of Michigan, teaches learners how to approach Chinese business practice with the benefit of a general understanding of the Chinese culture. | |||||||||||||||
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