Students interested in managing within the "international" context will find this course useful. It will prepare participants in identifying challenges in attracting, motivating and retaining talent for international operations. The main objective of this course is to equip participants with a basic tool set that will make them effective in managing within the international context. Its three principal learning objectives are: 1) To develop a framework within which firm growth in the international economy can be understood; 2) To understand the challenges that talent management poses within an international firm; 3) to learn about risks in managing an international workforce and to develop policies to manage that risk.