Business and Management in Global Context 2019-2020

Syllabus

The course provides a review of international management as a area of theoretical development as well as a field of practice. It comprises the problem areas of globalization, world economy and modern approaches to organisation and business. Main blocks of the course are trends and drivers of globalisation, political, economic and legal environments of international business, business ethics and corporate social responsibility in the modern world, international trade and investment, international business strategy, organisation of international business, functional areas of international management (marketing, R&D ect.) global information systems management. The course includes elements of economics, general management theory, psychology, anthropology and sociology. Business cases are used as application of theoretical concepts. The main objective of the course is to present modern concepts of international management to the students and help them to develop skills in analysis of global business both in terms of its internal functioning and interaction with the different types of environment. The purpose of discipline - acquaint students with principles of international management, to demonstrate the use of marketing tools in the international markets and decision-making in this field.

Teachers and teaching assistants

Lecturer	S.Barkov barkserg@live.ru
Teacher	E. Dimova

Grading system

1-2 modules

G(rade)1=0.25 * 1st Module Midterm Test + 0.1 * 1st semester Essay + 0.1 * 1st semester Reports + 0.15 * 1st semester Solution Case Studies in seminars + 0.4 * Winter Exam

3-4 modules

G(rade)2=0.04 * 2nd semester Essay + 0.04 * 2nd semester Reports + 0.07 * 2nd semester Solution Case Studies in seminars + 0.1 * 3rd Module Midterm Test + 0.5 * Final (external London) Exam + 0.25 * G1