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

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • 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.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Communicate the impact of international business events on organisations to peers and academia.
  2. Apply international business theories and frameworks to contemporary business contexts.
  3. Recommend strategic choices for an organisation to address a variety of international business needs.

Unit Content

  1. Globalisation and its implications for firms.
  2. Technology and international business.
  3. Approaches to international market assessment.
  4. Strategy of international business.
  5. Theories of trade, investment and internationalisation.
  6. Culture and business.
  7. Political economy of international business.
  8. Ethics and CSR in international operations.
  9. Entering foreign markets.
  10. Global value chains.

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.

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

Core Reading(s)

  • Hill, C., & Hult, G. (2019). International business : competing in the global marketplace (12th ed., pp. xxxii, 667). McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1035386405

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

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • 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.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Communicate the impact of international business events on organisations to peers and academia.
  2. Apply international business theories and frameworks to contemporary business contexts.
  3. Recommend strategic choices for an organisation to address a variety of international business needs.

Unit Content

  1. Globalisation and its implications for firms.
  2. Technology and international business.
  3. Approaches to international market assessment.
  4. Strategy of international business.
  5. Theories of trade, investment and internationalisation.
  6. Culture and business.
  7. Political economy of international business.
  8. Ethics and CSR in international operations.
  9. Entering foreign markets.
  10. Global value chains.

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.

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 engagement10%
PresentationPresentation and critical analysis report on a specific topic in international business40%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationDiscussion board participation10%
PresentationPresentation and critical analysis report on a specific topic in international business40%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Hill, C., & Hult, G. (2019). International business : competing in the global marketplace (12th ed., pp. xxxii, 667). McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1035386405

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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