IB Cross-Cultural Management Skills

1. IB Cross-Cultural Management Skills IB 3105 Fall 2005 Jeffrey Harper

2. What is Geography? • Geography is the descriptive science dealing with the surface area , its divisions into continents and countries, and the climate, plants, animals, natural resources.

3. Geography • Let’s begin with the United States • Europe Countries

5. European Union President Jose Manuel Barroso European Commission Council of Ministers European Parliaments European Court of Justice

6. Institutions and Bodies of the EU • The institutions of the EU are:● The European Parliament● The Council of the European Union● The European Commission● The European Court of Justice● The European Court of Auditors(ECA)

7. European Commission • The European Commission is an independent institution charged with representing and upholding the interests of the EU as a whole. It submits proposals for new legislation, policies and programs for action. It is also responsible for implementing the decisions of the Council and the Parliament and monitors that the Member States are abiding by their commitments agreed upon at EU level. Finally, the Commission is responsible for the budget of the EU. • The commission is appointed by the EC government, not elected • Commissioners come from EC countries but take an oath of allegiance • Each commissioner has a specific responsibility area, -i.e. competition

8. Council of Ministers • The Council comprises Ministers representing each of the Member States. • The Council has the main role in agreeing legislation, although in recent years this has been shared more and more with the Parliament under the co-decision procedure. • The Ministers in Council are accountable to their own national parliaments for the decisions in the Council.

9. European Council of Ministers • Main decision-making body • Task is to examine draft measures from the Commission and accept, modify, or reject • Represent the EC nations • Meets twice yearly as an EC summit • There is a 6 month, rotating presidency • Consisting of: • President of the Commission • Nation’s Prime Ministers

10. European Parliament • EU parliament has 3 main functions-1. makes legislation,2. Supervises other EU institutions including the European commission, 3. EU parliament decides the annual budget also monitors how the commission handles the budget • the 626 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are directly elected to the European Parliament by the citizens of the EU for a five year term • Limited powers, restricted ability to initiate areas of debate • Exercises joint authority over “nonobligatory” budget expenditures

11. European Court of Justice • Determines matters of the EC law • Takes precedence over national laws • The European Court of Justice is charged with ensuring that the law of the EU is upheld and interpreted and applied consistently in all Member States. • The Court has fifteen judges at present (one per Member State) each of whom is appointed for a six year term

12. Sovereign: King Harald V Prime minister: Jens Stoltenberg Government: constitutional monarchy; executive power is exercised by a council of ministers led by the prime minister. Capital & largest city: Oslo Industries: petroleum, food processing, chemicals, fishing, textile. NORWAY

13. King: Juan Carlos I Prime minister: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Government: Spain has had a constitutional monarchy since 1975. Capital & largest city: Madrid Industries: textile and apparel, tourism, automobiles, footwear SPAIN

14. President: Giorgio Napolitano Prime minister: Romano Prodi Government: The government is made up of a president, the Council of Ministers headed by a prime minister, and a Parliament with a Senate and a Chamber of Deputies. Capital & largest city: Rome Industries: tourism, chemicals, motor vehicles, clothing, ceramics ITALY

15. Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Tony Blair Government: constitutional monarchy Capital & largest city: London Industries: electric power equipment, aircraft, coal, petroleum, automation equipment UNITED KINGDOM

16. President: Horst Kohler Chancellor: Angela Merkel Government: federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Federal Chancellor is the head of government Capital & largest city: Berlin Industries: electronics, vehicles, uranium, textiles, coal, cement GERMANY

17. President: Vaclav Klaus Prime minister: Mirek Topolanek Government: parliamentary democracy Capital & largest city: Prague Industries: glass, metallurgy, machinery, equipment, armaments Czech Republic

18. Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Michael Jeffrey Government: The Commonwealth of Australia is a constitutional monarchy, a federation and a parliamentary democracy. Capital: Canberra Largest city: Sydney Industries: mining, food, steel, industrial and transportation equipment AUSTRALIA

21. AUSTRALIA • Parliamentary form of Government http://www.pm.gov.au/aus_in_focus/government/index.html • Head of state-Prime Minister John Howard • Parliament- http://www.aph.gov.au/whoswho/index.htm

24. ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS Poder Ejecutivo (President) Poder Legislativo (Legislative) Poder Judicial (Judicial) Presidente de la Republica C. Vicente Fox Quezada Congreso General o Congreso de la Union (Congress of the Union) Suprema Corte de Justicia Ministro Presidente: Mariano Azuela Guitron Camara de Diputados Presidente: Dip. Juan de Dios castro Lozano Camara de Senadores Presidente: Sen. J. Enrique Jakson Ramirez (Senate) Composicion: PRI 222 45% PAN 151 30% PRD 95 19% PVEM 17 3% PT 8 1% CON 7 1% Total: 500 100% 300 Votacion Mayoritaria 200 Plurinominales Art 52 CPEUM Composicion: PRI 60 47% PAN 46 36% PRD 16 13% PVEM 5 4% PT 1 1% Total: 128 100% 128 Votacion Mayoritaria Art 56 CPEUM

29. CHINA • 23 provinces • 5 autonomous regions • Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China, 1 October (1949) • President and vice president elected by the National People's Congress for five-year terms

30. PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Executive Branch (President) Legislative Branch Judicial Branch President Hu Jintao Premier Wen Jiabao National People’s Congress Supreme People’s Court Local Peoples Courts Special Peoples Courts

31. Introduction to Projects • Projects are individual • For your benefit • Typed • Bound • Due December 8

32. Project outline

33. Quiz • You will have a quiz over the geographic area you are going to.