Classes

This unit is taught using lectures and applications lectures (whole-of-class tutorials).

Required and Recommended Texts and/or Materials

BUS201 Global Business 3e Compiled by Murray Taylor for Macquarie University, McGraw-Hill Australia and is available for purchase at the University Bookshop

Changes since the Last Offering of this Unit

Please note that the textbook has been revised and updated. The assessment tasks have also been revised and updated.

Other useful references – TEXTBOOKS

·       Cavusgil, S.T., Knight, G., Riesenberger, J.R., (2012) International Business: The New Realities, Upper saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, (ON RESERVE)

·       Cavusgil, S.T., Knight, G., Riesenberger, J.R., Rammal, H.G., Freeman, S., (2012) International Business: The New Realities Australasian Edition, Pearson Australia, (ON RESERVE)

·       Czinkota, M.R., Ronkainen, I.A., Moffett, M.H., (2010) International business, 8^th ed, Mason, Ohio: Thomson South-Western – (ON RESERVE)

·       Daniels, J.D., Radebaugh, L. H., Sullivan, D.P., (2012) International business: environments and operations, 12^th ed, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall (ON RESERVE)

·       Hill, C.W.L., (2013) International business: competing in the global marketplace,  9^th ed, Boston : McGraw-Hill/Irwin (ON RESERVE)

·       Hill, C.W.L., Cronk, T., Wickramasekera, R., (2014) Global Business Today, 3^rd ed, North Ryde, Sydney: McGraw-Hill Australia (ON RESERVE)

·       Morrison, J., (2009) International business : challenges in a changing world, New York: Palgrave Macmillan (ON RESERVE)

·        Peng, M., (2013) Global, Mason, Ohio, Southwestern Cengage Learning, (ON RESERVE)

·       Rugman, A., Brewer, T.L., (2001) The Oxford handbook of international business, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press (ON RESERVE)

·       Sitkin, A., Bowen, N., (2012) International business: challenges and choices, New York, Oxford University Press (ON RESERVE)

·       Wild, J.J., Wild, K. L., Han, J.C.Y., (2013) International business: the challenges of globalisation, 7^th ed, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall: (ON RESERVE)

Other references - ACADEMIC JOURNALS

There is a range of journals in the fields of international business and management. The titles below are indicative only of such publications. Most are available on the library databases:

• Academy of Management Review
• Asia Pacific Journal of Management
• Cross Cultural Management
• International Business Review
• Journal of Asia Business
• Journal of International Business Studies
• Journal of International Management
• Journal of World Business
• Management International Review
• Thunderbird International Business Review

Other references – PERIODICALS

There is a range of periodicals in the fields of international business and management. The titles below are indicative only of such publications:

• Business Review Weekly (BRW)
• Business Week (Asian edition)
• Harvard Business Review
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Economist

Other references - USEFUL WEBSITES

• Australian Bureau of Statistics: http://www.abs.gov.au/
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: http://www.dfat.gov.au/
• World Trade Organisation: http://www.wto.org/
• International Monetary Fund: http://www.imf.org/
• The World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org/
• UNCTAD-United Nationals Conference on Trade and Development: http://www.unctad.org
• International Trade Centre: http://www.intracen.org/
• Australian Financial Review: http://www.afr.com.au
• International business news:
  • orthodox views:
    • The Economist - http://www.economist.com  (some parts available only on subscription)
  • alternative views:
    • Green Left Weekly -http://www.greenleft.org.au
    • New Internationalist - http://www.newint.org

Technology Used and Required

Students need access to a personal computer throughout the semester as all submitted work will be typed and students are required to keep a copy of all work, and students will need access to iLearn on a very regular basis as that will be our method of communication and allocation and submission of assessments..

Unit Web Page

Course material is available on the learning management system (iLearn) http://ilearn.mq.edu.au

Timetables:

http://timetables.mq.edu.au

Lecture Schedule

Tutorial Schedule

Marking Guides for Assignments

Marking guides will be provided when details of the assessments are released.

This unit uses research from external sources and Macquarie University researchers as listed in the references lists on iLearn

Team Agreement/Group Project Formation

In order to encourage commitment on the part of all group members, each team member will sign this Team Agreement which defines how the group will operate during the conduct of the Group Project. Each member of the group is to sign below to indicate that they will abide by the conditions of the agreement as set out below.

Tutor Name__________________________      Group No:_____               Date: _______

Tutorial Time____________

Name_____________________________________________

1.      Team Leader: ______________________________________  Mobile :___________________

2.      Manage Meetings: Time Required/When/Where/Frequency?

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3.      Measure Performance? – Meeting deadlines, grammar, etc______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.      Team Goal(s)? HD, D, equal workload, attend all meetings, etc

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5.      Resolve problems/conflict/lack of co-operation/disruptive behaviour, etc?

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6.      Team Members Obligations (e.g. attend meetings on time; do all assignments on schedule; avoid personal conflict; allow free flow of ideas; listen to everyone; take personal responsibility for outcomes; inform people of decisions; make a file note after every meeting of future action steps and responsibility, help other team members to build their skills

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7.      How to share the workload?

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8.      Quality Audit? (e.g. grammar, referencing, meeting of assignment requirements, layout, etc)

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