Overview:
- Credits:
- 5.0
- Level:
- 3
- Semester:
- Spring
- Subject:
- Business Management
- School:
- Business
- Coordinator:
- Dr John Cassidy
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Curricular information is subject to change
On completion the students should be able to:
- Understand and analyse the fundamental dynamics of the global economy with respect to the underlying determinants of globalisation and be able to discuss the positives and negatives of the globalisation argument.
- Explain the critical role of state sovereignty, international organisations and multinational corporations in the pursuance of political and economic globalisation.
- Understand globalisation with respect to global MNE production and service networks.
- Understand the critical role of technology as a process of globalisation.
- Analyse globalisation as a force across a number of sectors such as the agrifood industries, the clothing industries, the auto sector, the semiconductor industry, financial services and logistics.
- Undesratnd all the above in context through doing a project on a specific global industry.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
---|---|
Lectures | 24 |
Practical | 40 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
Total | 114 |
Completed at least two year business course
Learning Exclusions:Students without two year business course completed
Learning Recommendations:Particularly necessary for students who need to have a broader understanding of the global context within which business in general and international business in particular operates.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: Essay 1 | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | Yes | 30 |
Continuous Assessment: Class Participation | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Essay: Essay 2 | End of trimester MCQ | n/a | Graded | Yes | 30 |
Group Project: Project on Globalisation Topic. | Week 11 | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
---|---|
Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
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Name | Role |
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Dr John Cassidy | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |