- Hill, Charles. W. L., Thomas M. Hult (2017). International business: Competing in the Global Marketplace (11th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
ISBN-13: 978-1259578113
Syllabus for MAN-372
INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT
This course provides the student with knowledge of the complexities and opportunities of conducting business across national boundaries. Topics include international trade theory, foreign direct investment, and foreign exchange rates. Students will study the functions of management including diplomacy and the unique cultural customs and traditions that impact the business environment. International management topics such as various forms of business practices, business ethics, leadership, and human resource management will also be covered.
After completing this course, you should be able to:
You will need the following textbook to do the work of the course. The required textbook is available from the University's textbook supplier, MBS Direct.
ISBN-13: 978-1259578113 |
International Management is a three-credit online course, consisting of six modules. Each module includes an overview, a list of topics, learning objectives, study materials, and activities. Module titles are listed below.
For your formal work in the course, you are required to participate in six graded discussion forums and to complete five written assignments. You are also required to complete a final paper. See below for more details.
Consult the Course Calendar for assignment due dates.
This course requires you to participate in six graded discussion forums. There is also an ungraded but required Introductions Forum in Module 1. You can find the online discussion grading rubric in the Evaluation Rubrics folder in the course Web site.
For posting guidelines and additional help with discussion board assignments please see the Student Handbook located within the General Information section of the course Web site.
You are required to complete five written assignments. The written assignments are on a variety of topics associated with the course modules. For each assignment, you are required to discuss the topics or countries that interest you in four to five double-spaced pages.
Before submitting your first assignment, check with your mentor to determine whether your word processing software is compatible with your mentor's software. If so, you can submit your work as you prepared it. If not, save your assignment as a rich-text (.rtf) file, using the Save As command of your software program. Rich text retains basic formatting and can be read by any other word processing program.
See the Student Handbook for additional help regarding preparing and submitting assignments located within the General Information section of the course Web site.
In lieu of a final exam, you are required to complete a final paper. Your final paper should be 14 to 20 pages and should focus on global expansion management strategies.
In this comprehensive term paper, you can use all of your written assignment papers and answers in discussion forums to build the final paper, but you will need to conduct additional research regarding a specific business and a specific country. Your final paper should adhere to the following outline:
You can find the final paper rubric within the assignment link in Moodle.
Consult your Course Calendar for due dates.
See the Student Handbook for additional help regarding preparing and submitting assignments located within the General Information section of the course Web site.
Your grade in the course will be determined as follows:
All activities will receive a numerical grade of 0–100. You will receive a score of 0 for any work not submitted. Your final grade in the course will be a letter grade. Letter grade equivalents for numerical grades are as follows:
A | = | 93–100 | C+ | = | 78–79 | |
A– | = | 90–92 | C | = | 73–77 | |
B+ | = | 88–89 | C– | = | 70–72 | |
B | = | 83–87 | D | = | 60–69 | |
B– | = | 80–82 | F | = | Below 60 |
To receive credit for the course, you must earn a letter grade of C or better (for an area of study course) or D or better (for a course not in your area of study), based on the weighted average of all assigned course work (e.g., exams, assignments, discussion postings).
To succeed in this course, take the following first steps:
Consider the following study tips for success:
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