Postgraduate Course: International Trade and Business Strategy (MCS) (CMSE11142)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Common Courses (Management School) |
Other subject area | Asian Studies |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course provides an overall understanding of the needs, contexts and processes of top-level decision-making for businesses working in an international context (multinational corporations in particular), and some useful approaches to analysing them. The course highlights and analyses the strategic choices (and implementation approaches and methods) open to managements faced with complex international business opportunities and threats. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Only open to MCS Chinese Studies students. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Formative Assessment Hours 10,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
162 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
40 %
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | International Trade and Business Strategy | 2:00 | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Subject specific knowledge, understanding and skills
On completion of the course students will be expected to have acquired:
¿ Understanding of the complexity of strategic management.
¿ Understanding of the traditional approaches of strategic analysis.
¿ Knowledge of the tools of strategy analysis and their limitations.
¿ Understanding of the current issues being faced by managers in developing their international businesses
¿ Understanding of the importance and dynamics of the world trading system for economic development and international business
¿ Understanding of why enterprises choose to expand operations across national boundaries
¿ Knowledge about the alternative strategies enterprises may adopt to exploit overseas markets
¿ The ability to use strategic management concepts and approaches to produce persuasive conclusions about firms.
Cognitive abilities and non-subject specific skills
On completion of the course work students should be able to:
¿ Manage and analyse relevant information about firms in a clear, sound and explicit way.
¿ Work in groups
¿ Communicate analyses and conclusions clearly and persuasively in presentations
Key Skills:
On completion of the course work students should have:
¿ Learned the dynamic process of argumentation for a senior-management type decision
¿ Demonstrated their ability to present at a senior level
¿ Demonstrated their ability to source and collect material relevant to the topic |
Assessment Information
Exam 60%
Group presentation 40% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Required Texts:
Charles W L Hill Global Business Today (McGraw-Hill, 2011, 7th Ed)
Grant, R., M. (2010) Contemporary Strategy Analysis: Combined Text and Cases (7th ed.), Blackwell
Extra Recommended Texts:
Peter Dicken Global Shift (Sage 2007, 5th Ed)
Bartlett, C., Ghoshal, S & Beamish, P (2008) Transnational Management (5th Ed), New York NY: McGraw-Hill.
Johnson, G., Whittington, R. and Scholes, K (2011) Exploring Strategy: Text and Cases (9th ed.), Pearson - FT Prentice Hall. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | IBEM-ITBS-MCS |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Malcolm Hamilton
Tel:
Email: mhamilto@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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