Module: BM7033-15 International Business Environment

Level: 7

Credit Value: 15

Module Tutor: Dr Lu Liu

Module Tutor Contact Details: l.liu@bathspa.ac.uk

1.Brief description and aims of module

Understanding the international business environment is a key aspect of organisational decision making and is critical to business success. This module is an advanced learning of international business environment in the context of the dynamic, comprehensive and complex nature of this topic.

The module aims to build the student’s specialist knowledge of international political, legal, economic, and financial systems and frameworks that businesses entail; to gain a critical understanding of the complexities of operating in a multi-cultural environment; and to gain a critical awareness of the role of ethics and social responsibility play in business decision making in the global context.

In this module, you will be able to demonstrate the following Graduate Attribute:

• Employable: equipped with the skills necessary to flourish in the global workplace, able to work in, and lead, teams;
• Critical thinkers: able to express their ideas in written and oral form, and possessing information literacy;
• Ethically aware: prepared for citizenship in a local, national and global context.

2.Outline syllabus

This module covers the following topics -

• An introduction to international relations and international development;
• An introduction to managing organisational cultural in global context
• A critical analysis of international political, legal, economic and financial systems.
• A critical understanding of ethics and social responsibility in international context

3.Teaching and learning activities

- Teaching activities – lectures, seminars, guest speakers, open lectures

- Learning activities – lecture, seminar, group work, tutorials, formative tasks, summative assessments and self-study

Where appropriate additional selected readings designed to support learning and understanding will be presented as the module develops.

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: Course Work
• Description: Module Project (4,000 words)
• % Weighting: 100%