| Description
| This course includes following topics:
? Understand issues associated with a global engineering development environment including developing product needs in unfamiliar cultures, design for adaptability.
? Appreciate first-hand how successful global companies approach these issues.
? Understand design strategies related to concept selection, product architecture, economic modeling.
? Appreciate the challenges in managing technical development and product manufacturing across different countries, cultures and languages.
? Understand why outsourcing is such an important issue with US companies
? Gain a greater appreciation for other cultures involved in the business value chain
? Understand how globalization affects me as an engineer
? Understand the research, design, and manufacturing capabilities of other countries and how to leverage these capabilities in a cross cultural team environment
? Understand the integrated nature of business, engineering, and law in a global econo
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