Course Description
Until the early 1980’s, most managers thought about manufacturing in terms of a paradigm whose roots went back over 100 years and whose emphasis was on mass markets, standard designs and mass production using interchangeable parts. However, with rapid evolution of worldwide competition and the pace of technological development, increasing pressures has been placed on companies and industries to change. Goods, people and information all move across the world with greater speed and frequency than ever before. Additionally, organizations of all kinds now rarely conduct all aspects of their business within the confines of their own national borders, thus the need for an in-depth and exhaustive understanding of the evolving nature of international business operations.