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

    The Global Economy and Multinational Enterprise
  • Unit Code

    MAN6503
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ian Patrick AUSTIN

Description

The unit will examine both the institutions that provide the architecture upon which the global economy is built, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, The World Trade Organisation (WTO) and others and how Multinational Enterprise (MNE: small, medium, large, for-profit and not-for-profit) make best use of the global architecture and the external environment. Engagement with external bodies in Western Australia, The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade WA division and others will provide the students with opportunities to learn from experienced outside voices. The subject will exclude Asia due to the presence of the stand alone subject, Business in Asia, within the International Business content of the Masters.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Mount Lawley Campus

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the global economy in terms of technological, social, demographics, design, cultural and other changes to understand the potential impacts on MNE success or failure.
  2. Analyse the intellectual shift taking place within MNEs in response to movements in global and regional trends.
  3. Analyse the various key global, regional and national institutions that collectively build this architecture.
  4. Evaluate how these intellectual shifts are manifested in the MNE operations.
  5. Evaluate the external environmental factors (eg. global demographic shifts, sustainability) that influence global economic growth and MNE operations.
  6. Identify and critically analyse the elements that make up global economic architecture.

Unit Content

  1. Africa, the Middle East and Latin America's Economic Future.
  2. Global external environment: Demographics, social, cultural, design and technology changes.
  3. MNE & innovation.
  4. MNE global exports and countertrade.
  5. MNE globalisation of production & logistics.
  6. MNE mergers, acquisitions and alliance.
  7. Multi-national enterprise and the external environment.
  8. The European union and Europe's economic future.
  9. The United States of America economic future.
  10. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) and regional trading groups.
  11. The global economy overview and Australia as a trading nation.
  12. The world bank and the international monetary fund.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students will be informed as to the delivery method of this subject: Mode A: Attend a weekly three-hour seminar. The seminar contains the lecture, tutorial discussion and practical exercises. Lectures are used to introduce the central concepts of the unit and to guide students through the literature. Students have the opportunity to research concepts, present ideas orally, discuss situations and outcomes in groups and to develop critical perspectives from written sources. A weekly three-hour seminar will be comprised of lectures, small group discussion, group presentations, scenario simulations and case study evaluations. Mode B: Intensive Mode conducted over a series of day-long sessions, each day will comprise of a series of three-hour seminars of the same format and content as in Mode A. On-line students will cover all all of the above material using blackboard, skype and other methods of communication. Student communication and dialogue with the lecturer will be key components of this unit.

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
ProjectThe Global Economy and MNE Project50%
Case StudyThe Global Economy and MNE Case Study Analysis50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectThe Global Economy and MNE Project50%
Case StudyThe Global Economy and MNE Case Study Analysis50%

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

    The Global Economy and Multinational Enterprise
  • Unit Code

    MAN6503
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ian Patrick AUSTIN

Description

The unit will examine both the institutions that provide the architecture upon which the global economy is built, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, The World Trade Organisation (WTO) and others and how Multinational Enterprise (MNE: small, medium, large, for-profit and not-for-profit) make best use of the global architecture and the external environment. Engagement with external bodies in Western Australia, The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade WA division and others will provide the students with opportunities to learn from experienced outside voices. The subject will exclude Asia due to the presence of the stand alone subject, Business in Asia, within the International Business content of the Masters.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Mount Lawley Campus

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the global economy in terms of technological, social, demographics, design, cultural and other changes to understand the potential impacts on MNE success or failure.
  2. Analyse the intellectual shift taking place within MNEs in response to movements in global and regional trends.
  3. Analyse the various key global, regional and national institutions that collectively build this architecture.
  4. Evaluate how these intellectual shifts are manifested in the MNE operations.
  5. Evaluate the external environmental factors (eg. global demographic shifts, sustainability) that influence global economic growth and MNE operations.
  6. Identify and critically analyse the elements that make up global economic architecture.

Unit Content

  1. Africa, the Middle East and Latin America's Economic Future.
  2. Global external environment: Demographics, social, cultural, design and technology changes.
  3. MNE & innovation.
  4. MNE global exports and countertrade.
  5. MNE globalisation of production & logistics.
  6. MNE mergers, acquisitions and alliance.
  7. Multi-national enterprise and the external environment.
  8. The European union and Europe's economic future.
  9. The United States of America economic future.
  10. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) and regional trading groups.
  11. The global economy overview and Australia as a trading nation.
  12. The world bank and the international monetary fund.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students will be informed as to the delivery method of this subject: Mode A: Attend a weekly three-hour seminar. The seminar contains the lecture, tutorial discussion and practical exercises. Lectures are used to introduce the central concepts of the unit and to guide students through the literature. Students have the opportunity to research concepts, present ideas orally, discuss situations and outcomes in groups and to develop critical perspectives from written sources. A weekly three-hour seminar will be comprised of lectures, small group discussion, group presentations, scenario simulations and case study evaluations. Mode B: Intensive Mode conducted over a series of day-long sessions, each day will comprise of a series of three-hour seminars of the same format and content as in Mode A. On-line students will cover all all of the above material using blackboard, skype and other methods of communication. Student communication and dialogue with the lecturer will be key components of this unit.

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
ProjectThe Global Economy and MNE Project50%
Case StudyThe Global Economy and MNE Case Study Analysis50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectThe Global Economy and MNE Project50%
Case StudyThe Global Economy and MNE Case Study Analysis50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Cavusgil, S. T., Knight, G. A., & Riesenberger, J. R. (2014). International business: the new realities (3rd ed.). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson 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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