School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    International Business
  • Unit Code

    INB2102
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Anton KLARIN

Description

The unit offers a balance of sound business management practices that can be applied in a multicultural or an overseas setting. International Business II provides analysis of critical subjects and essential knowledge and skills in theory and practice in the field. Students will be offered challenging and exciting opportunities to enhance their knowledge and skills in the field of International Business. These skills are highly relevant to business/management strategies in the new millennium. The focus of this unit is on international business, particularly the North American, Latin American, European, African and Middle Eastern business environments. The Asian business region is not covered in this unit.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Understand the major aspects and issues of international business.
  2. Understand Australias position in the international marketplace.
  3. Know strategic approaches for entering the international business arena.
  4. Have an awareness of the main ethical issues involved in doing business internationally.
  5. Have an appreciation of the major socio-economic, cultural, and political challenges facing international business in the new millennium.
  6. Have an ability to critically analyse the impact of international events on international business.

Unit Content

  1. Approaches to international market assessment.
  2. Behaviour of multinational corporations.
  3. Culture and business.
  4. Doing business in continents other than Asia.
  5. Political economy of international business.
  6. Theories of International business.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly lecture and weekly one-hour tutorial. The off campus study program is delivered via Blackboard. Regular on line access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment: Interview and Critical Analysis Summary50%
Case StudyIndividual Case Study Assessment50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment: Interview and Critical Analysis Summary50%
Case StudyIndividual Case Study Assessment50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    International Business
  • Unit Code

    INB2102
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Anton KLARIN

Description

The unit offers a balance of sound business management practices that can be applied in a multicultural or an overseas setting. The International Business unit provides analysis of critical subjects and essential knowledge and skills in theory and practice in the field. Students will be offered challenging and exciting opportunities to enhance their knowledge and skills in the field of International Business. These skills are highly relevant to business/management strategies in the new millennium. The focus of this unit is on international business, particularly the North American, Latin American, European, African and Middle Eastern business environments.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Understand the major aspects and issues of international business.
  2. Understand Australias position in the international marketplace.
  3. Know strategic approaches for entering the international business arena.
  4. Have an awareness of the main ethical issues involved in doing business internationally.
  5. Have an appreciation of the major socio-economic, cultural, and political challenges facing international business in the new millennium.
  6. Have an ability to critically analyse the impact of international events on international business.

Unit Content

  1. Globalisation and its impact on firms
  2. Global value chain activities
  3. Approaches to international market assessment.
  4. Behaviour of multinational corporations.
  5. Theories of international business.
  6. Culture and business
  7. Political economy of international business
  8. Role of innovation in international business
  9. Strategy of international business
  10. Ethics and CSR of multinational enterprises

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly three-hour interactive class. The off campus study program is delivered via Blackboard. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationIn-class engagement20%
PresentationPresentation and a critical analysis report on a specific topic in international business40%
ExaminationEnd of semester assessment40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationDiscussion board participation20%
PresentationPresentation and a critical analysis report on a specific topic in international business40%
ExaminationEnd of semester assessment40%

Core Reading(s)

  • Ravenhill, J. (2017). (J. Ravenhill, Ed.), Global political economy (pp. xxvii, 475 ). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
  • Ravenhill, J. (2017). (J. Ravenhill, Ed.), Global political economy (pp. xxvii, 475 ). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
  • Hill, C., & Hult, G. (2019). International business : competing in the global marketplace (12th ed., pp. xxxii, 667). McGraw-Hill Education.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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