MGT 691-37 — Fall 2022: International Management: Team Project
Objective:
To apply the concepts and frameworks of the course in solving a typical International Management issue. This is to
be completed by:
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¥ach team independently of all other teams,
team members researching secondary-sources and using knowledge gained in their other courses / previous
experiences, courseàframeworks, and their own expertise, and
team members abstaining from interviewing (or gathering information from) directors, executives or staff of
company and shareholders (to avoid getting confused or biased by their diverse views).
Assignment:
In early Fall 2022, the Cargill (https://www.cargill.com/) executive team and key leaders from their businesses in
Brazil came together to discuss one of their most challenging sustainability and Cargill Brand issues. They had to
reconcile the need of available, affordable food with requests for no native biome conversion, land property rights,
and agricultural communities7illingness to increase their income. They kept in mind that the world will have 9
billion inhabitants by 2050, when most of that population will have their income at the lower quartile, from a per
capita perspective; food availability and affordability will continue being a must from a social and political
perspective; and, therefore, more land and more efficient use of technology will be required to produce food. At
the same time, there is a growing global concern with natural biomes conversion into agriculture and their impact
on global warming/climate change, with rich societies demanding a halting on land development into agriculture,
which conflicted with the strategies pursued by several Latin American countries.
To help solve their dilemma, they decided to hire several International Business consulting groups (i.e., your
teams) to conduct an independent, objective assessment of the company’s options — considering both the
policies and strategies pursued by their host-governments, and the responses of their competitors –, and advise
them as to what to do, when, and how (supported with forecasted outcomes under different scenarios). On
December 9, each consulting team will clearly and persuasively explain and defend to Cargillàexecutive team and
key leaders, the analyses (/rationale) supporting its conclusions and recommendations.
Documents/Process:
The team leader will email to your professor the teamàwritten report (including cover page, one-page executive
summary, main text .o longer than 5 doubled spaced pages, Times Roman, 10 Font as many Exhibits as
needed, and references in alphabetic order by family name of author of source, or Periodical) no later than the day
before the teamàoral presentation (lasting no more than 20 minutes, supported with a Power Point or similar).
Before the teamàoral presentation your professor will forward the teamàwritten report to Cargillàexecutives for
them to be familiar with its conclusions and recommendations and be ready to discuss and give proper feedback.
After all oral presentations are done, teams will answer questions and receive feedback from Cargillàexecutives,
and your professor.
Grading:
The oral and written presentations are worth 20 points each (for a total of 40 points). A team self-evaluation,
signed by all team members, per instructions in Exhibit D of the Syllabus, should be included with the final report.
This evaluationàpercentages will affect the grade earned by each team member.

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