最新糖心Vlog

Lecturer-in-charge:
Dr Henry Shi
Adelaide Business School
The 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide
Office: 9.26, Nexus 10
Email: henry.shi@adelaide.edu.au

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Apply their understanding of theories and conceptual frameworks to explain what determines the success of firms regarding competitive, corporate and organisational strategies in the global business environment.
2	Develop and enhance argumentation skills by participating in current debates in international business.
3	Critically evaluate academic research in international business.
4	Develop and enhance problem-solving skills by addressing relevant managerial problems in international business strategy.
5	Apply the skills and content learned in this course in a real-life experiential learning project.
6	Collaborate in and lead teams and solve team-level problems.

Peng, M. (2017). Global Business (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning (ISBN: 978-1-305-50089-1).

See reading list in Course Outline (via MyUni).

This course is problem-based, i.e., each session will be anchored in at least one international business strategy managerial problem. Therefore, each session often initiates with a case study that leads over to an interactive lecture during which we discuss key concepts and theories, often making reference to what happened in the case study. The lecturer-in-charge will not talk through endless power point presentations. Instead, we will place most emphasis on the application of what students have learned through their readings (textbook and articles) and critical reflections of their applied research activities.

The course will be conducted in seminars adopting a hybrid mode of delivery. Those in Adelaide are required to attend all seminars in person, and a Zoom invite code will be sent out to those who are overseas and register as learning remotely at the beginning of the trimester, and the students should log in to each online session prepared to summarise and comment on their understanding of what they have read for the session. During each session students will be asked to contribute to discussions in relation to relevant materials such as, for example, case studies and journal articles.

The following information is provided as a guide to assist students with engaging appropriately with the course requirements. The 最新糖心Vlog expects full-time students (i.e., those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that you are expected to commit approximately 9 hours for a three-unit course of private study outside of your regular classes. Each student can expect to dedicate approximately 156 hours to undertaking this Course. Students in this course are expected to attend all weekly sessions throughout the semester.
Please see our 最新糖心Vlog policy for details: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/669/

As per Course Timetable - see syllabus on myuni.

For a successful learning outcome, we strongly recommend that students have passed Fundamentals of International Business (INTBUS 7500) and Business Research Methods (COMMERCE 7039) and Economic Principles (ECON 7200) before they enrol in International Business Strategy (INTBUS 7506).

An integral part of this course is an applied research project developed in small groups of up to two members each. The goal of this project is to enhance and apply your problem solving skills, deepen and apply conceptual frameworks studied and discussed during this course and to train your critical thinking, presentation and debating skills. Please find details and supporting material in the Research Project myuni folder.
• Deliverables and basis for assessment: written report, presentation and performance during in-class debate.
• It is paramount that you present concrete strategy recommendations (e.g., which markets to enter, how to enter, how to change corporate diversification, how to react against competitive threats, depending on the case).
• Importantly, you need to convincingly explain why you chose a strategy alternative in your report, during your presentation and during the debate in class.
• Your arguments must be based on empirical evidence, generated through your own empirical inquiry and / or obtained from published research.
• To produce your own empirical evidence, you must use up-to-date quantitative and / or qualitative data. All data needs to go into the appendix (copy & paste) or provide in form of a commented electronic data file.
Details on topics change every trimester and will be made available at the beginning of the course. 

Assessment Task	Weighting	Learning Outcome
Active participation (in-class discussions)	10%	1-6
Case study reflections (x3)	30%	1-5
Application research project - team presentation	10%	1-6
Application research project - team report	20%	1-6
In-class test	30%	1-5
Total	100%

Notice that some assessment items can be modified in accordance with the delivery mode of the course (weekly, semi-intensive, intensive). For specific due dates see MyUni.

Students must complete all course assessment requirements and achieve an aggregate of at least 50% to be eligible to pass the course. Students in this course are expected to attend all seminars throughout the trimester.

1. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION (10%)

Your participation in class is essential to the course as we will construct knowledge through student-engaged in-class discussions. Basically, your participation will be assessed using three criteria: (i) (almost) never participates; (ii) participates occasionally; (iii) makes significant contributions to the development of knowledge. Significant contributions are characterised by critical, analytical thinking and well-argued thoughts. Participation scores will be registered in each class and add up to 10% of your overall course grade.

2. CASE STUDY REFLECTIONS (30%)

Each student is required to write a reflection piece of about 500 words every week based on the assigned case studies and questions, by applying concepts and frameworks of the related topics. Three pieces will be graded, and the students will be advised weekly. Details will be provided in class as trimester progresses.

3. APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT (30% - team report 20% and team presentation 10%)

An integral part of this course is an applied research project developed in groups of up to four members each. The objective of this project is to enhance and apply your problem solving skills, deepen your understanding of conceptual frameworks studied and discussed during this course and to train your critical thinking, presentation and debating skills. Topics are as follows and case studies are available in MyUni (for the duration of the delivery of this course only.
Group 1: Adidas and Reebok – Question 4
Group 2: Airbus – Question 4
Group 3: Aldi and Lidl – Question 3
Group 4: Lenovo – Question 6

• Deliverables and basis for assessment: written report, presentation and performance during in-class debate.
• It is paramount that you present concrete strategy recommendations.
• Importantly, you need to convincingly explain why you chose a strategy alternative in your report, during your presentation and during the debate in class.
• Your arguments must be based on empirical evidence, generated through your own empirical inquiry and / or obtained from published research.
• To produce your own empirical evidence, you must use up-to-date quantitative and / or qualitative data. All data needs to go into the appendix (copy & paste) or provide in form of a commented electronic data file.

Basic requirements:
• Up to 3000 words excluding reference list and appendix
• Logic and flow of argument;
• Ability to present your findings clearly and succinctly;
• Application of key relevant theories and concepts;
• Recommendations developed from analysis;
• Relevance to the topic;
• Effective overall strategy, adequate introduction, body, and conclusion;
• Presentation: word limit; layout; referencing

Reminder: This is a team-based assessment, so please make sure that each member of the team makes (roughly) equal contribution to the work.

4. IN-CLASS TEST (30%)

This assessment is aimed at testing your understanding of subject knowledge and capacity for logical, critical, and creative thinking. The test will be held during the final session. The contents of the exam will cover topics discussed in the seminars. The test is open book and conducted online. Students undertaking this course should be aware it is a language intensive course that requires competent skills in English comprehension and interpretation, synthesis and extrapolation of the concepts and material presented. Rote learning material will NOT be sufficient to demonstrate an understanding of the material in this course in assessment. Instead, you are expected to have acquired critical thinking, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. Quality of English expression is considered an integral part of the assessment process.

All project reports and exercises have to be submitted through turnitin. No paper submissions or e-mail submission will be accepted. Late submissions result in a penalty of 5% of the assignment grade per day.