Postgraduate Course: Current Debates in International Business and Emerging Markets (CMSE11136)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | 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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| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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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. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Formative Assessment Hours 100,
Other Study Hours 27,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
0 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Reading in advance of tutorials
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
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% |
| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
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.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | IBEM-CDIBEM |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Mehdi Safavi
Tel: (0131 6)50 3799
Email: Mehdi.Safavi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Peter Newcombe
Tel: (0131 6)51 3013
Email: Peter.Newcombe@ed.ac.uk |
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