Prerequisites
Language
Compulsory/Elective
Required textbooks and
course materials
IB 820International Business - 3KU/6ECTS credits
Subject
(code, title, credits)
Economics and Management
Department
Graduate
Program
(undergraduate,
graduate)
Spring 2015
Term
Fuad Aliyev
Instructor
fuadaliyev@gmail.com
E-mail:
(050) 3387245; (055) 2241109
Phone:
Bashir Safaroglu 122, Room # 21, Wednesday 18:30 – 21:00
Classroom/hours
By appointment
Office hours
MGT 830 Organizational Behaviour
English
Compulsory
Hill, Charles W.L. 2009. International business: competing in the global marketplace. 7th ed.
Boston: Irwing McGraw- Hill.
Course website
Armstrong, Gary; Kotler, Philip. Marketing: An Introduction. 9th ed. Prentice Hall 2006
N/A
Identification
Course outline
In the course we begin with an overview of the global business environment and introduce the
international organization and key decision mangers have to face with in organization going
international. Strategy and structure of the international business organization will be examined.
The international trade and investment environment for these organizations is explored and the
global monetary system introduced.
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to provide students, from both marketing and economic
backgrounds, with knowledge of the international business environment and how to manage
international and global companies, and culturally diverse employees. The course seeks to build
on the students different backgrounds in marketing and economics to solve cases and provide
cross-disciplinary learning.
Students should be able to develop thought processes and analytical skills essential to a global
business mindset, practice critical thinking by keeping current with global events and
discussing their implications, understand the role of globalization in shaping the business
environment and assess trends, challenges and opportunities created by the globalization of
business practices, identify complexities introduced by globalization and integrate concepts
learned in this class with those acquired in other courses, identify and evaluate major issues
related to ethics and social responsibility in the international arena, critically evaluate various
components of a national environment: technological, cultural, economic, political, and legal
systems, and their influence on business practices and strategies, examine trade and investment
theories and patterns, and critically evaluate the role of governments and their impact on the
international business environment, critically evaluate the role of various forms of regional
economic integration on national economies, apply the concepts learned and knowledge gained
in the case of specific international organizations.
x
Lecture
x
Group discussion
Experiential exercise
x
Case analysis
Simulation
Course paper
Others
Methods
Date/deadlines
Percentage (%)
25
Midterm Exam
5
Case studies
10
Class Participation
10
Assignment and quizzes
Learning outcomes
Teaching methods
Evaluation
Project
Presentation/Group
Discussion
Final Exam
Others
Total
10
40
100
Wee
k
Policy
Tentative Schedule
Topics
Date/Day
(tentative)
1
Globalization
28.01.15
2
5
6
7
8
9
National Differences in Political Economy. Differences in Culture
Chapter 2&3 in IB
Assignment: Closing Case
Quiz
11.02.15
Differences in Culture. Ethics in International Business
Chapter 3&4 in IB
Assignment: Closing Case
Quiz
18.02.15
International Trade Theory
Chapter 5 in IB Assignment:
Closing Case Quiz
25.02.15
The Political Economy of International Trade
Chapter 6 in IB Assignment:
Closing Case Quiz
04.03.15
Foreign Direct Investment
Chapter 7 in IB Assignment:
Closing Case Quiz
11.03.15
Mid-term exam, Regional Economic Integration
Chapter 8 in IB Assignment:
Closing Case Quiz
18.03.15
The Foreign Exchange Market
Chapter 9 in IB Assignment:
Closing Case Quiz
25.03.15
Novruz Holiday
10
The International Monetary System
01.04.15
11
08.04.15
12
The Global Capital Market
The Strategy of International Business
15.04.15
Case Presentation by Students
13
14
Chapter 1 in IB Assignment:
none
04.02.15
3
4
Textbook/Assignments
Chapter 10 in IB
Assignment: Closing Case,
Quiz
Chapter 11 in IB
Assignment: Closing Case
Quiz
Chapter 12 in IB
Assignment: Closing Case
Quiz
22.04.15
The Organization of International Business
Chapter 13 in IB
Assignment: Closing Case
Quiz
29.04.15
Global Marketing
Chapter 15 in MI
Assignment: Closing Case
Quiz
15
16
06.05.15
Course Summary and Presentations
Final exam
17
This syllabus is a guide for the course and any modifications to it will be announced in advance.