Our group name is International Union.
Reasons for “International Union”
We chose the word "international" because this name fit the course, i.e. international management. We should have a "global view". Due to globalization, every country and people is interacting with each other. We cannot live without the others. Furthermore, Hong Kong is an international financial centre and it is the mixture of different culture. Therefore, the word “international” fit this place. We chose the word "Union" because we want to work as a group. Like the European Union, different European countries merge together to form a huge single entity, it is just similar to our situation. We came from different secondary school and we finally grouped together to participate in the project. In today's commercial society, group work is important. No matter you are doing project or you are working, we should cooperate with a group of people toward a goal.
Logo for “International Union”
Figure 1: Logo for International Union
Figure 1: Logo for International Union
Before we start our introduction, we have to introduce our logo. You may ask why we decide to design a logo for our team. The answer is quite simple. In this course, we learn about the management aspect of the international organization. Have you ever seen a successful international organization without their logo? The answer is no. When you see a big “M”, you can have fast food there. You spend a huge amount of money to buy a motor vehicle like Toyota is partly due to its logo. We want to establish a clear identity for our group.
To begin with, the logo is the combination of the words “i” and “u”. Actually, they are the initial of our team’s name “International Union”. Why we use initial instead of the full name for our logo? Due to globalization, many transnational companies changed their logo and name to initial only. For example, “Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation” changed the logo to “HSBC” while “International Business Machine” changed the name to “IBM” only. That’s why we use “IU” only.
How about the color of the logo? We follow the major color of the CityU logo, green and blue. Apart from that, green stands for sustainability for the company and corporate responsibility. Apart from generating profit, it should protect the earth and environment. That’s why the “I” is inside the “U”. The blue part of the logo is just like the earth and the sea.
Group Members:
Figure 2: Group Photo
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Kong Ngo Pak, BBA Human Resource Management, City University of Hong Kong
I am Kong Ngo Pak Ronald, a year three student from BBAHRM. My interests are playing basketball and running. I take this course because I think that the knowledge about international issues is very important in recent years and I can learn it from this course. I will try my best to work hard in this course and hope that i can use its knowledge in my career.
I am Kong Ngo Pak Ronald, a year three student from BBAHRM. My interests are playing basketball and running. I take this course because I think that the knowledge about international issues is very important in recent years and I can learn it from this course. I will try my best to work hard in this course and hope that i can use its knowledge in my career.
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Li Bing Hei (Jet), BBA Business Economics, City University of Hong Kong
Glad to attend this course. I am currently a year three student majoring in economics. I used to be an exchange student to University of Victoria, Canada. My interests are playing squash and piano. I am currently the team captain of the CityU Squash Team. Regarding work experience, I used to work in the Bank of China (Hong Kong) and the accounting and finance department of Securitas Security Services (Hong Kong) Limited. I chose this course since it sound interesting. I would try to apply my economics knowledge in other areas like management.
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Iu Wing Lam, BBA Human Resource Management, City University of Hong Kong
Hello. I am Iu Wing Lam Beatrice form BBAHRM year three. I take this course because I am minor in Global Business. I have a great interest in the global issues, so this course sounds interesting to me. Like any other girl, I like watching movies, traveling, listening to music, reading magazines, eating and surfing the net. Hopefully, I will enjoy my lessons and find this course beneficial to my future career.
Goals
We would like to learn more about the current issue in the international business organization as well as their operation. It is essential to our future career since we may be working in the transnational corporation. If we have more knowledge on the operation, we will have a high possibility of getting into those company and we could do our job more smoothly. From the course, we are looking forward to learn to communicate with the people from different culture background.
Topics that excites us the most
We believe that crisis management will excite us the most as there are many real life examples and it is important in maintain a corporate image. For example, the car accident caused by Toyota caused a great casualty to the image of the company. However, the management skills for Toyota were acceptable and the brand and goodwill can still be maintained. Ba Wang’s shampoo had discovered some toxic substance inside. However, the management board reacted slowly and finally caused a great drop in sales. From this prospective, we believe that crisis management is a “Must Learn” topic in this course. Also, sustainability and green management sounds interesting. How can a company introduce green concepts without affecting its profitability? We are looking forward to the solution.
Other topics we want to learn
We would like to learn about agglomeration and decentralization of the company. For example, some of the international corporations want to locate near their competitors in order to have a better supply of raw materials. However, some of the organizations tend to locate their office far away from their headquarters. We want to know what the reasons are behind and what factors facilitate the firm make such a decision.
Myth that confirm globalization
Due to the liberalism of the market economy, trade facilitates globalization. We can find that China’s manufactured goods are around the world. American restaurant are found around our country. The formation of APEC, ASEAN and EUPHORIA further encourage globalization.
