COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

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 (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DIDEM ÖZER ÇAYLAN

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (English)
Maritime Business Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

To familiarize students with the international maritime environment by concentrating on international business and international management functions, and improving their interpretation skills.

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, Political and Legal Environments Facing Business
3 The Economic Environment, International Trade Theory
4 Governmental Influence on Trade,
5 Regional Economic Integration and Cooperative Agreements
6 Foreign Direct Investment
7 The Foreign Exchange Market, The Determination of Exchange Rates
8 Governmental Attitudes toward Foreign Direct Investment
9 International Business Negotiations and Diplomacy
10 Country Evaluation and Selection
11 Collaborative Strategies, Control Strategies.
12 Marketing, Export and Import Strategies, Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
13 Multinational Accounting and Tax Functions, Multinational Finance Function
14 International Human Resource Management (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.
and international business related journals and publications

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

reading, understanding, interpreting the subjects, 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


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)

didem.ozer@deu.edu.tr
90 232 301 88 94

Office Hours

every Friday, before and after the lectures

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Preparing term paper 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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