School of Management, Unit Catalogue 2007/08 |
MN50387 Managing in an international context |
| Credits: 12 |
| Level: Masters |
| Academic Year |
| Assessment: CW 100% |
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Only available to students on the MSc in Advanced Management Practice. Aims: The unit's aim is to expose students to contemporary analyses, debate, research, and management practice relating to the execution of business in an international context. In particular, the unit will focus on a range of aspects of firm-level strategy, structure and process in an international setting, including the managerial challenges and implications of market, cultural, institutional, social, political, and economic dynamics within an increasingly globalised business environment. Learning Outcomes: After completing the unit students will be able to: * show an appreciation of the complexity of the international environment businesses have to operate in. * understand the underlying patterns, motivations for and modes of international trade and investment. * appreciate the role of national and supra-national organisations in the formation of international trade and investment policies. Skills: * Intellectual skills: ability to select a focus for a project, analysis and synthesis of information. * Practical ability to analyse, identify and relate firm-level strategy to micro- and macro-level international business environments will be necessary and developed. * Transferable/Key skills: research, ability to select a focus for a project, analysis and synthesis of information, structuring and writing a long essay. Content: Topics covered include: firm-level rationales for internationalization, mechanisms of internationalization, structure and management of international firms, the process and firm-level implications of globalisation, national market and cultural dynamics. |