Postgraduate Course: Current Debates in International Business and Emerging Markets (CMSE11136)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 15 |
| Home subject area | Common Courses (Management School) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course takes the form of a series of weekly workshops and serves two fundamental purposes. The first is to give students the opportunity to discuss and debate some key issues in understanding international business and emerging markets (including analyses of highly relevant case studies). The second is to give them an opportunity to develop their debating skills and, by exposing them to a variety of viewpoints, help them develop a higher level of appreciation for the complexity of the issues than could be gained from merely reading textbooks and articles.
The course will complement the other two first semester core courses, International Trade & Business Strategy and Developing Knowledge-Based Businesses in Emerging Economies.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
147 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Subject specific knowledge, understanding and skills
On completion of the course students will be expected to have acquired:
* An appreciation of the complexity of international business and emerging market issues beyond that which can be found in textbooks.
* Skills in the analysis of business cases
* An understanding of how the development of emerging markets has affected the evolution of thought on international business and trade
Cognitive abilities and non-subject specific skills
On completion of the course work students should be able to:
* Prepare and carry out a debate on a controversial issue.
* Communicate analyses and conclusions clearly and persuasively in a debate format
Key Skills:
On completion of the course work students should have:
* Demonstrated the ability to develop a persuasive argument
* Demonstrated the ability to learning from each other in group situations in the preparation of debates and case studies. |
Assessment Information
individual position paper for in-class debate (weeks 2, 4, 8, 11): 50%
group critique / discussion paper on case study or paper related to the discussion topic, 600 words (sessions 5, 7, 9, 10): 50% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | IBEM-CDIBEM |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Mehdi Safavi
Tel: (0131 6)50 3799
Email: Mehdi.Safavi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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