Globalization school training courses in Austin, TX (public, in-house or online)

This course examines strategy and tactics that make up the global human resources management field. The course provides a broad overview of how global human resources functions differ from those of domestic human resources, helps students develop an understanding of how global human resources strategy is crafted and shows how such strategy is put into effect. Particular emphasis is placed on staffing, compensation, training, performance management, labor relations, communication and regulatory c...

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This course examines benefits and challenges of managing diversity in the workplace, as well as methods for using diversity to create a competitive advantage. Students analyze ways in which to develop a supportive, nondiscriminatory and productive work environment. Additionally, coursework focuses on specific workplace issues related to differences in gender, race, cultural ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, physical/mental ability, social class and religion. No prerequisite

This course addresses the need for risk management and mitigation in offshore projects. Coursework helps students identify inherent risks of global outsourcing, as well as examines risk areas such as technology, organizational assets, business continuity planning and global business. Students are introduced to risk analysis techniques and mitigation strategies, and then apply these to an offshore case study project.

This course introduces issues, trends, and economic and geopolitical factors driving the offshore outsourcing paradigm. Coursework helps students identify core competencies that should not be outsourced, and examines strategies and business models for aligning outsourcing with corporate strategy in support of near- and long-term profitability. Also explored are key outsourcing players and countries, as well as aspects of offshore software development. Case studies illustrate successful offshore ...

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This course will introduce the student to tools used and issues
encountered in the translation and localization of computer software into
languages and locales other than U.S. English. The course will consist of
lectures, discussion and case study examples. The localization tools
require a PC running Windows.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
a. Define localization vs. translation
b. Define what a hard-coded string in software code is and describe and it
impacts translation
c. De...

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