INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
BUA4IBE
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject on international business management describes analyses and critiques the principal environmental challenges, strategic responses and interpersonal dynamics of managing and organising in a global context. It begins by exploring the complex and uneven process of globalization, and the key political, economic, legal, ethical technological and sociocultural environments in which contemporary global business takes place. The subject then moves to address the three interconnected issues of strategy, structure and culture in international business operations. It aims to develop the skills necessary to design and implement global strategies, to manage daily operations in foreign subsidiaries and to conduct effective cross-and intra-cultural cultural interactions.
Faculty: Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Bret Slade
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Admission into HZBAHA or SZITBA or LPGEI or SZBAEE or SZBAEE01 or SZBATE or SZBATE01 or LMBAH or LCBA or LCBAB or LGBA or LGBAB or LMBAC or LMBACB or enrolled in a postgraduate course
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: IBU5IBE
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: The Department of Management has an expectation of 80% attendance in all lectures. The University reserves the right to offer this subject in other modes including seminars, lectures, and block mode or modes using electronic technologies. When offered in different modes, assessment schemes may also be varied.
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | International Management: managing across borders and cultures. International Edition | Prescribed | Deresky, H. | 7TH INTERNATIONAL EDITION, PEARSON PRENTICE HALL, NEW JERSEY, 2011. |