LEE KONG CHIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Year 2005/06 Term 2
MGMT205 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (IB)
G2
Instructor :
Dr. Raj Komaran
Practice Associate Professor of Management
Tel
Email
Office
6828 0272
rajkomaran@smu.edu.sg
Room 5030, Level 5, Lee Kong Chian School of Business
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The objective of this course is to develop a conceptual and practical understanding of
the inevitability, complexity and challenges of business operations across countries,
including an appreciation of the current debates on the consequences of globalization.
You will learn about the international business environment and the forces of
globalization, and how countries and companies respond to them. The topics include:
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international-level: international institutions, trading regimes, economic
cooperation, monetary systems;
country-level: natural resources, economics, culture, laws, regulations, politics,
trade and investment policy; and
corporate-level: international business strategies, foreign entry decisions,
international marketing, foreign direct investments.
REQUIRED TEXT
Ball, Donald A., Wendell H. McCulloch, Jr., Paul L. Frantz, J. Michael Geringer and Michael
S. Minor, 2006, International Business: The challenge of global competition, 10th Edition,
New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
REFERENCE TEXT
Hill, Charles W. L., 2005, International Business: Competing in the global marketplace, 5th
Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Occasional readings and articles will be assigned during the term.
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ASSESSMENT METHOD
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B.
C.
D.
Individual
Individual
Individual
Team
A. Individual
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Class Participation
Quiz (T/F, MCQ)
Essay Test
Project
2O%
2O%
2O%
4O%
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Class Participation
(2O%)
The Class Participation assesses your in-class performance: responses to cold calls;
discussion skills, frequency and quality; leading case discussions; Q&A sessions as presenter
and as audience; and disposition toward class activities.
Please read ahead the text chapters, powerpoint slides, cases and articles so that you would be
able to participate meaningfully. Try to keep abreast of news that pertain to doing business
abroad and to foreign businesses in Singapore from the business section of Straits Times
(Singapore), and business periodicals such as Business Times (Singapore), Asian Wall Street
Journal, Economist and Business Week.
B. Individual
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Quiz (T/F, MCQ)
(2O%)
This is a 45-minute closed-book Quiz. It consists of T/Fs and MCQs based on Chapters 1
through 12.
C. Individual
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Essay Test
(2O%)
This is a 60-minute open-book choose-two-out-of-three test based on the whole course.
D. Team
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Project
(4O%)
Each team will be assigned a different project topic for research and presentation. Each team
is allotted 25 minutes to present its key findings to the class 15%) to be followed by Q&A
with the audience. The written report (25%) is due the following week. A template will be
provided for the written report.
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MGMT205 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
~ CLASS SCHEDULE ~
Week
Topic
Readings
1
Scope of International Business
Globalization: economic and strategic logic
chp 1, 2
2
International Trade
Foreign Direct Investment
chp 3, 4
3
The International Business Environment – 1
– Socio-cultural Forces
– Natural Resources
– Socio-economic Forces
chp 6, 7, 8
4
The International Business Environment – 2
– Political and Legal Forces
– Financial Forces
– Labor Forces
chp 9, 10, 11, 12
5
Quiz (chp 1-12, 45 mins, 20%)
chp 13, 17
International Business Strategies
International Marketing
6
Entry Modes and Entry Strategies
chp 14, 15, 16
7
Organizational Structures and HRM
chp 18, 19
8
Mid-term Break
9
Essay Test (course-wide, 60 mins, 20%)
International Finance
10
Team Project Presentations
Teams 1, 2, 3, 4
11
Team Project Presentations
Teams 5, 6, 7, 8
12
Video case discussions
13
Course Review and Q&A
3
chp 5, 20