BUAD 104
LEARNING ABOUT INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE
SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
LINC PROGRAM
Syllabus Spring, 2013
Friday 12:00PM – 1:50PM
Course meets in Accounting 310 unless otherwise noted
Professor:
Office:
Office Phone:
Office Hours:
E-mail:
Julia Plotts
Bridge Hall 307E
213-821-6798
Before/after class by appointment
plotts@marshall.usc.edu
Jennifer Alderete
Office:
Hoffman Hall 200
Office Phone: 213-821-5602
E-mail:
jalderet@marshall.usc.edu
Mayra Miranda
Office:
Bridge Hall 104
Office Phone: 213-740-0640
E-mail:
mayramir@marshall.usc.edu
COURSE OUTLINE AND SCHEDULE FOR LINC SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
2/22 (Fri.)
Pre-Trip Session # 1: Introduction to Course
Reading: Syllabus
3/1 (Fri.)
Pre-Trip Session # 2: LINC Plenary Session on Ethics in Global Business
Formal Business Attire is Required for this Session
Location SGM 123, Seeley G. Mudd building
Reading: See Ethics Reading and Memo Assignment on Blackboard
Due: Memo and Student Bio
3/8 (Fri.)
Pre-Trip Session # 3: Globalization and Global Business Strategy
Reading: See Blackboard
Due: Memo or Quiz
3/29 (Fri.)
Pre-Trip Session # 4: Doing Business in Australia
Reading: See Blackboard
Due: Group Project Presentations
4/5 (Fri.)
Pre-Trip Session # 5: Cultural/Social Environment of Australia
Guest Speaker: Tom Plotts
Reading: See Blackboard
Due: Memo or Quiz
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Marshall School of Business
LINC Program 2013
University of Southern California
4/12 (Fri.)
Company Briefing Paper Due
No Class Session Today
Due:
Company Briefing Paper (By Starting Time of Class)
Submit 3 Hardcopies to Professor Plotts
E-mail Electronic Version to
marshall.linc@marshall.usc.edu
4/19 (Fri.)
Pre-Trip Session # 6: The Political/Historical Environment of Australia
Reading: See Blackboard
Due: Memo or Quiz
4/26 (Fri.)
Pre-Trip Session # 7: Cross-Cultural Exercise
Location: Popovich Hall JKP ELC 301 Do not be late.
Reading: See Blackboard
Due: Memo or Quiz
5/3 (Fri.)
Pre-Trip Session # 8: Trip-Talk
Due: Memo or Quiz
5/17 (Fri.)
Depart from LAX for International Field Study Trip
Virgin Australia Flight 0002 Departing at 10:10pm
5/19 (Sun.)
- 5/25 (Sat.)
International Field Study Trip with Company Visits, Experiential
Exercises, and Cultural Activities
Due:
Experiential Exercises
5/25 (Sat.)
Final Session and Final Presentation: Integration of Learning from Course
Due:
Final Presentation
5/26 (Sun.)
Return to LAX from International Field Study Trip
Virgin Australia Flight 0001 Departing at 1:40pm arrive LAX 10:30am
5/29 (Wed.)
Final Project Due
Due:
Final Project (By 5:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Savings Time)
E-mail Electronic Version to plotts@marshall.usc.edu
E-mail Electronic Version to
marshall.linc@marshall.usc.edu
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