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 Strategy and Developing Knowledge-Based Businesses in Emerging Economies.
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| Course description |
This course gives students the opportunity to discuss and debate some current issues in international business and emerging markets (including internationalization of firms, emerging market multinationals, privatization, private equity, emerging market finance, financial markets, international human resource management, etc.) 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 attending lectures. To achieve this purpose, open discussions serve as the bases for developing debating skills throughout the first half of the course. The second purpose is to give the student an opportunity to employ their debating skills on group and individual assignments on which they will be assessed. The assessment includes a group project (group report and group presentation) and an individual case study analysis in which the student would apply the debating skills on current issues in international business and emerging markets they have learned throughout the course. In each tutorial session, an expert in that field has been invited in order to facilitate the most vibrant, yet fun, environment for students to grasp up-to-date knowledge and enjoy the relevant debates.
Syllabus:
International Business and Emerging Markets
Internationalisation of the Firm: The 'Big Question' in International Business
Shifting the Balance of Power in the Global Economy?
Critical Perspectives on the Emerging Markets
Current Issues in Emerging Market Finance: Going Beyond the BRICs
Privatization Impact on the Economic Development of Emerging Markets
Trade Vs Aid as Drivers of Economic Development
Challenges and Approaches to International Human Resource Management
Counterfeiting and Diversion: The Crime of the 21st Century
Student Learning Experience:
The course is tutorial based and relies upon a high level of student participation to allow everyone to benefit from tutorials. Tutors carefully chosen as the best in the relevant subject area - are there to shape and direct discussions.
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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 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
| Course Start Date |
21/09/2015 |
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 |
Students will gain feedback on their understanding of the material when they discuss their answers to the tutorial questions in the tutorials. Students are also encouraged to ask questions in the sessions to assess their knowledge.
Feedback on formative assessed work will be provided within 15 working days of submission, or in time to be of use in subsequent assessments within the course, whichever is sooner. Summative marks will be returned on a published timetable, which has been made clear to students at the start of the academic year.
All students will be given at least one formative feedback or feedforward event for every course they undertake, provided during the semester in which the course is taken and in time to be useful in the completion of summative work on the course. Such feedback may be at course or programme level, but must include input of relevance to each course in the latter case
Feedback will consist of:
-Written feedback on groups reports
-Written feedback on groups presentation and individual performances during presentations and debates.
-Written feedback on individual case report
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand and critically evaluate the complexity of international business and emerging market issues beyond that which can be found in textbooks
- Analyse business cases in an international business context
- Understand and critically evaluate of how the development of emerging markets has affected the evolution of thought on international business and trade
- Describe and discuss critically the main streams of research in the areas of international business and emerging markets
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Reading List
| Lists of recommended readings will be made available for each individual lecture. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and 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
Present the most up to date knowledge on their field of interest
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 and presentations
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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 | Mr Peter Newcombe
Tel: (0131 6)51 3013
Email: Peter.Newcombe@ed.ac.uk |
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