Increasing acquisitions, mergers, innovation, the pressure of change, and the shorter life cycle of competing products demand viable businesses to have global footprints. Multinational organizations require international projects as the norm of organizational growth. The competitiveness of global organizations compels every sector of business to react and align with internationally driven projects. Globalization of projects is nearly in every industry. International projects are more often used to meet the globally competitive marketplace. However, most projects, especially international ones, are expected to fail to meet their stated or planned end goals! This is usually due to adaption to the cultural, technical, or process understanding or collaboration! Surveys of various institutions indicate that only 40% of international projects meet their planned milestones.
In this course, we provide project managers with tools and practices to help them succeed in developing and managing international projects in the Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) era. You will learn critical success factors in managing global projects using objective metrics and applicable methods and techniques and applying GAI’s latest enhancements. This course, at a high level, covers techniques for developing and managing projects in the international business arena and finding winning partners in emerging markets.
Topics Include
- Global business trends.
- Characteristics of international projects.
- Critical success factors for international projects.
- AI Augmented international projects success factors.
- International organizational options.
- Intellectual property management.
- Managing international contracts and agreements.
- GAI applications in international projects.
- Effective communication management in a geographically fragmented project team.
- Unique international project costs and locating International Partners.
This course assesses students on practical problem-solving, applying the latest tools and techniques using Generative Artificial intelligence, and using exercise-based projects. If your company seeks to extend its market reach or your start-up seeks a footprint in emerging market spaces, this is the course for you.
The teaching method combines lectures, problem-solving, in-class exercises, and class discussions. The course material/lecture is intended to be interactive. The instructor inspires students to respond to questions posed and solicits their experience and insights on examined issues. The class format is probing, direct, and dynamic. Lectures focus on materials that enhance understanding through elaboration, illustration, and knowledge sharing. The class atmosphere is intended to be informal and engaging, encouraging students to partake.
Venue
This course is currently being offered at UCSC Silicon Valley Extension.
