Course Title: Contemporary Issues in International Management
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Contemporary Issues in International Management
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BUSM3229 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face | Sem 1 2006, Sem 2 2006, Sem 2 2007, Sem 2 2008, Sem 2 2010, Spring2010, Sem 1 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 2 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 2 2016, Sem 1 2017, Sem 2 2017, Sem 1 2018 |
BUSM3231 |
Malaysia Institute of Managemt |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face | Offsh 3 08, Offsh 2 10 |
BUSM4036 |
Hanoi National Uni of Tech |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face | Viet2 2008 |
BUSM4036 |
RMIT Vietnam Hanoi Campus |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face | Viet2 2010 |
BUSM4037 |
RMIT University Vietnam |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face | Viet1 2016 |
BUSM4037 |
RMIT University Vietnam |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face | Viet2 2007, Viet2 2008, Viet2 2009, Viet2 2010, Viet3 2015, Viet3 2016, Viet1 2017, Viet3 2017, Viet1 2018 |
Course Coordinator: Dr Sarah Kim
Course Coordinator Phone: NA
Course Coordinator Email: sarah.kim@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Melbourne City Campus
Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
In this course you will review, critically consider and discuss a variety of contemporary issues in international management (IM). With an initial focus on multinational management and comparative management, international management has expanded to include issues concerning the globalisation of the world economy and its effects on competition between firms and nations.
Key components of IM are:
- Multinational Management—studying the multinational firm, reasons for its existence, the way it conducts business and its effects
- Comparative management—considering the transfer of management practices across countries, cross-national or cross-cultural similarities and differences of management phenomena
- Globalisation of the World Economy—focusing on its effects on competition between firms and nations
You are expected to bring to the fore issues that are contemporary and that fit within the main strands of IM stated above.
This course includes a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
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On successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- Develop a critical understanding of a variety of current issues impacting the management of international business
- Design creative, pragmatic and sustainable options to address international business issues
- Demonstrate advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of contemporary contexts
- Synthesise and apply theory and research to explore contemporary issues in international business
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of contemporary international management issues
- Source, appraise and use relevant data, information and viewpoints to address current issues in international management
- Practise and develop skills in communicating clearly and effectively
- Explore strategies to incorporate new understandings into practice
Overview of Learning Activities
The main learning activities involve a thorough review of twelve Topics, with an emphasis on using the corresponding Topic Notes, working through the activities provided therein, and performing a review and reflection at the end of each Topic which should result in a summary of the key issues covered. To enhance the learning experience and hence student skills and knowledge, students are expected to participate in discussions on-line which cover six of the twelve Topics, and to conduct a detailed analysis of a case study relating to topical and important issues in the international management sphere.
Overview of Learning Resources
From 2018, Canvas is RMIT University's Learning Management System. Canvas is a flexible online system which will provide you with an engaging and exciting learning experience as part of your studies with us. The Canvas platform will be the primary site for you to gain access to all the resources designed to support your learning in this course. Your Canvas portal can accessed by logging into the following RMIT page: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students
Overview of Assessment
All written Assessment Tasks must be submitted to myRMIT/Blackboard and/or Turnitin by the dates and times specified. You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development in relation to the graduate capabilities.
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester by the Offering Coordinator in class, through individual or group feedback on practical exercises, and through feedback on each of the Assessment Tasks. Feedback will also be provided by an industry panel on the WIL project.
The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:
Assessment Task 1: 25%
Linked CLOs: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7
Assessment Task 2: 25%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Assessment Task 3: 50%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.