Undergraduate Course: Contemporary Issues in Management (BUST10006)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Business Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.bus.ed.ac.uk/programmes/ugpc.html |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Review and analysis of current selected issues in national and international management; analysis of corporate responses to economic, social and political change; critical appraisals of managerial activities of selected companies and organisations. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
After completing this course students will be able to:
- Define the fundamental elements in the East Asian model.
- Assess the general economic and political environment in East Asian countries.
- Evaluate the environment for foreign business operations in East Asian countries.
- Demonstrate the ability to independently research conditions in - East Asian economies that affect foreign direct investment and market entry.
- Recognize the importance of performing a country risk analysis of economies where intense government regulation of industrial output and domestic markets can affect profoundly foreign investment and business activities. |
Assessment Information
Course assignment (essay) 30%.
Final examination 70%.
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
Course assessment is based on two 3000 word min essays (50% each). |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Susan Carpenter
Tel:
Email: Susan.Carpenter@ed.ac.uk |
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