Postgraduate Course: International Strategy (CMSE11214)
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 provides an overall understanding of the needs, contexts and processes of toplevel 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. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Business School students only unless specific arrangements have been made. |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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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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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Other Study Hours 122,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
0 )
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Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Independent Learning
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
Exam 60%
Coursework 40% |
Feedback |
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Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
The objectives of the course are for students to:
Understand the main concepts of strategic and international management
Be able to apply techniques of strategic analysis to develop useful and persuasive conclusions
Appreciate the opportunities and dangers involved in growing internationally, and in failing to grow internationally.
Appreciate the Liabilities of Foreignness and the strategic approaches that can address them.
Be practised in working with the key tensions faced in the strategic management of an organization as it expands across territories.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Simon Harris
Tel: 07946 645069
Email: Simon.Harris@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Peter Newcombe
Tel: (0131 6)51 3013
Email: Peter.Newcombe@ed.ac.uk |
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