MGMT220-08S2 (C) Semester Two 2008

International Business and Foreign Environments for Enterprise

22 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2008
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 October 2008

Description

This course introduces international business theories and develops understanding of the environments for business in various countries.

This course introduces International Business theories and develops understanding of the environments for business in various countries. We will examine the Bazaar and contrast it with the firm-type economy of the Occident. Classes will include learning about: economic reform in Central Asia; opportunities for Kiwis in the rebuilding of the infrastructure in Bosnia-Herzegovina; Indigenous business in South America and what Maori People can learn from their experience; the Doi-Model of Vietnam; and Norwegian reindeer herders competing with New Zealand deer and lamb exporters in international markets.

Relationship to Other Courses:
This course is of interest to students of anthropology, geography and sociology as well as business.

Prerequisites

Any 36 points in ECON, MGMT, MSCI, POLS, SOCI or other social science approved by the Head of Department of Management

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Leo Dana

Guest Lecturer

Professor D. Smallbone

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Progress Test 15 Aug 2008 20% Progress Test
Project 26 Sep 2008 30% Project
Final Test 17 Oct 2008 50% Final Test


You are expected to attend every lecture. The marks for assessment work can be scaled before a final grade is determined. You should not regard a raw score of 50% as a pass mark.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Dana, Leo Paul; When economies change paths : models of transition in China, the Central Asian republics, Myanmar & the nations of former Indochine Française ; World Scientific Pub, 2002.

Daniels, John D. , Radebaugh, Lee H., Sullivan, Daniel P; International business : environments and operations ; 11th ed; Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007.

Notes

Departmental Academic Policies
If you want a hard copy of this document, please ask the course co-ordinator. The Department assumes that you have read this document. You should also read the “Information related to courses and assessment” on page 364 of the Enrolment Handbook 2008 (also in UC Calendar under “General Course and Examination Regulations”).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $788.00

International fee $3,281.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Management, Marketing and Tourism .

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