INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
- Course
- BUSN471 - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
- Department
- Business Administration - English - Undergraduate
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
- -
Course Description
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Evaluation Tools (Active Term)
No evaluation items have been defined.
Course outcomes
- 01 Describe the basic principles and fundamentals of international business (Solo 2)
- 02 Recognize main ethical issues in globalized business world (Solo 2)
- 03 Relate international trade theories and economic integration to business developments nowadays (Solo 4)
- 04 Evaluate strategies applied for international business management (Solo 5)
- 05 Judge global organization strategic decisions regards production, logistics and outsourcing (Solo 5)
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | General introduction and orientation (Ch 1) |
| Week 2 | Globalization (Ch 1) |
| Week 3 | Ethics in International Business (Ch 5) |
| Week 4 | Conference on Business Management |
| Week 5 | International Trade Theory (Ch 6) |
| Week 6 | Regional Economic Integration (Ch 9) |
| Week 7 | Review and assignment presentations (Ch 1, 5, 6, 9) |
| Week 8 | Midterm exam |
| Week 9 | Midterm exam |
| Week 10 | The strategy of international business (Ch 13) |
| Week 11 | The organization of international business (Ch 14) |
| Week 12 | Entry strategy and strategic alliances (Ch 15) |
| Week 13 | Global production, outsourcing and logistics (Ch 17) |
| Week 14 | Assignment presentations |
| Week 15 | Final exam |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Hill, Charles. International Business. Competing in the Global Marketplace. 9th Edition. McGraw-Hill Irwin.
- 02 PPTs, videos and other documents on Moodle
- 03 Case studies from the book and other sources published on Moodle
Learning Outcomes
- L01 Describe the basic principles and fundamentals of international business (Solo 2) SOLO 2
- L02 Recognize main ethical issues in globalized business world (Solo 2) SOLO 2
- L03 Relate international trade theories and economic integration to business developments nowadays (Solo 4) SOLO 4
- L04 Evaluate strategies applied for international business management (Solo 5) SOLO 5
- L05 Judge global organization strategic decisions regards production, logistics and outsourcing (Solo 5) SOLO 5
Program Outcomes
- P01 1. Having the ability to understand and discuss international relations discipline by using an interdisciplinary methodology to merge the knowledge coming from sociology, economics, psychology, political sciences well as diplomatic history.
- P02 2. Having an adequate knowledge of the history and the epochs of international system and being able to identify historical evolution of the contemporary world politics.
- P03 3. Recognizing local, regional and international actors functioning within the international system.
- P04 4. Understanding the legal framework of the current international system
- P05 5. Ability to identify the relations between the key actors of the international system – the states – from a theoretical as well as multi-dimensional scientific and academic methods.
- P06 6. Ability to analyse the roles and positions of the non-state actors – international organizations in particular – within the current world system.
- P07 7. Ability to recognize political, socio-economic and cultural structures embedded in international relations.
- P08 8. Exploring the roots of conflicts among the actors and produce solutions at local, regional and international levels with an analytical focus.
- P09 9. Being able to understand the politics and the functioning of political institutions in theory and practice.
- P10 10. Understanding the historical emergence of various political cultures and gaining ability to assess them comparatively.
- P11 11. Prepare international relations graduates; having a vast knowledge, academic formation and skills to work in public offices, civil society organizations, international institutions and companies at local and global levels.
- P12 12. To have moral and ethical understanding in the field of work.
Po-Lo Matrix
| LO | P01 | P02 | P03 | P04 | P05 | P06 | P07 | P08 | P09 | P10 | P11 | P12 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |