COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IBS 4001 INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

International Business and Trade (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IBRAHIM HALIL KORKMAZ

Offered to

International Business and Trade (English)
International Trade and Business (English)

Course Objective

This course focuses on the strategic management issues confronting firms which compete in the global economy. This course is a capstone for all courses. It covers theories, methods, skills, and techniques studied in the entire international business curriculum. The aims of the course are to develop skills in identifying, analyzing, and solving realistic business problems and to develop analytical and decision making skills in international context.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the basic concepts of strategic management to recognize the important role that strategic management plays in a business s success in the global environment
2   Analyze and interpret the international strategic decisions of companies to interpret the organizations and their activities from the perspective of a general manager, incorporating the impact of financial analysis, market position, organizational competences, and ethical principles.
3   Think strategically and develop strategic insight to make decisions in regular or unstable situations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Process of Strategic Management
2 External Analysis: Five Competitive Forces
3 Internal Analysis: The Value Chain
4 Operations Level Strategy
5 Operations Level Strategy
6 International Level Strategy
7 International Strategic Management Strategic planning, formulating strategy, international functional strategies, managing political risk and negotiations, organizing international operations, organizational structure, decision making and control systems
8 Implementation of International Strategy Strategy implementation, management of change, organizational culture and strategy implementation, leadership and strategy implementation
9 Global Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, Developing a Global Management
10 General Overview
11 The challenges in Global Management Developing co-ordination and control, The organizational challenge, creating and leveraging knowledge, The world wide learning challenge, managing across boundaries: the collaborative challenge, building multi dimensional capabilities: the management challenge, preparing for the future, evolution of the transnational corporations.
12 Problem Solutions
13 Problem Solutions
14 General Overview

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Mead R. (2004), International Management: Cross cultural dimensions, Wiley Blackwell Publishers
2. Thompson, Jr., A.A. & Strickland, A.J.L. (2003). Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases. McGraw Hill.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, Discussions, Group Studies, Case Studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASS Assignment
2 TP TermProject
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASS * 0.60 + TP * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will clearly define the basic strategic management concepts in midterm and final exams.
2. The learner will use necessary strategic management concepts and ethical approaches to explain the decision-making processes of international companies in class discussions.
3. The learner will present the solution of case studies which includes international strategic management problems and actively contribute to the class discussions.
4. The learner will show how to respond uncertain business conditions by analyzing financial data, market data and organizational capabilities.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
2. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
3. All assignments should be submitted on time. Otherwise will not be accepted

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

E-mail: mustafa.tanyeri@deu.edu.tr
Personal Website: http://kisi.deu.edu.tr/mustafa.tanyeri
Office: 111

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2,5 42
Tutorials 2 2,5 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparation for quiz etc. 0 0 0
Preparing Individual Assignments 0 0 0
Preparing Group Assignments 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 5 10
Other 0 0 0
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.144
LO.234433
LO.344555

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