COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 4003 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DIDEM ÖZER ÇAYLAN

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration
Maritime Business Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

To familiarize students with the international maritime environment by concentrating on international business and international management functions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define globalization and international business and show how they affect each other
2   To understand why companies engage in international business and why international business growth has accelerated
3   To discuss the major criticisms of globalization
4   To become familiar with different ways in which a company can accomplish its global objectives
5   To apply social science disciplines to understanding the differences between international and domestic business

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 International Business: An Overview
2 The Cultural Environments Facing Business The Political and Legal Environments Facing Business
3 The Economic Environment, International Trade Theory
4 Governmental Influence on Trade Regional Economic Integration and Cooperative Agreements
5 Foreign Direct Investment
6 The Foreign Exchange Market, The Determination of Exchange Rates
7 Midtrem I
8 Governmental Attitudes toward Foreign Direct Investment
9 International Business Negotiations and Diplomacy Country Evaluation and Selection
10 Collaborative Strategies, Control Strategies.
11 Marketing, Export and Import Strategies, Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
12 Multinational Accounting and Tax Functions, Multinational Finance Function
13 International Human Resource Management
14 Presentation of Term Papers

Recomended or Required Reading

*John D. Daniels, Lee H. Radebaugh and Daniel P. Sullivan, International Business: Environments and Operations, Edinburg Gate, England, Prentice Hall, 2017
*Ricky W. Griffin and Micheal W. Pustay, International Business, Pearson, 2017
*Tamer Çavuşgil, Gary Knight and John Riesenberger, International Business: Strategy, Management, and the New Realities: Second Edition, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2012.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

interactive learning strategies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MD Midterm
2 HW Homework
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MD * 0.30 + HW * 0.20 + FN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MD * 0.30 + HW * 0.20 + BUT * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cansu.yildirim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 12:30-14:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Lectures 1 2 2
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Preparing term paper 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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