code: A7702      studiebelasting: 3 sp      periode: sem. 2
naam: Management and marketing in Pacific Asia
internet: homepage, rooster
opleiding/fase: econ/d23/profiel
voertaal: English
docent(en): prof.dr. B.A. Bakker, prof.dr. J.A. Stam
contactpersoon: prof.dr. J.A. Stam
secretariaat: JPK
aanmelding: -
toelatingseisen: -
aanbevolen: -
onderwijsvorm: hoorcollege, 2 uur per week
tentamenvorm: schriftelijk
tentamenperiode: mei/juni, augustus (herkansing)
tentameneisen: -
tentamenstof: verplichte literatuur + collegestof

Objective

Content

Pacific Asia consisting of the economies of Japan, China, Korea, HongKong, Taiwan and the ASEAN countries, is the third pillar of the triad America, Europe and Asia. The Pacific Asian region is characterized by a strong growth of national production and consumption. In addition regional industries have turned into global players, challenging European and American competitors. Japanese industry is still the most important player but closely followed by Korea and Taiwan, and recently also China and India.

In the semester course Management and Marketing in Pacific Asia the lectures on Management and Organization (a series of 10) will concentrate on the comparison of Japanese, Korean and Chinese enterprises on the following aspects:

  1. Analysis of strategy and structure of enterprises in Pacific Asia, their business philosophy organizational structure and the functioning of networks;
  2. Analysis of production management, focusing on communication and coordination (decision making). A second focus will be management of human resources and management development of enterprises in the Pacific Asian region;
  3. The regional interdependence of Asian enterprises and their international expansion, a.o., to European markets.

Marketing and Pacific Asia, a series of 3 lectures, deals with the following topics:

  1. International marketing management
    Economies and enterprises internationalize in different ways and forms as e.g. through export, joint ventures and alliances with global partners. Marketing management of companies will be directly affected by this globalization;
  2. Marketing and Pacific Asia
    Focus on the analysis of the structure of the markets of the region and the marketing policy of European enterprises towards the fast developing markets for products and services;
  3. Marketing of Pacific Asian enterprises in world markets
    Analysis of marketing strategies of Japanese and Korean companies towards world markets like electronics, automobiles or office automation equipment.

Required Literature

 29-1-2002