BA 711: International Business Management

Overview

International business is the study of primarily economic transactions that take place across national borders.  The course is intended to show how international business differs in many ways from conducting business within national borders. Looking beyond the traditions “triad” economies of the EU, Japan, and North American, this course is designed to also integrate the non-triad economies, particularly India and China.

Learning Outcomes

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

• Develop both a historical and current perspective of international business management: the evolution of the discipline, seminal works of theory and research, how theoretical perspectives have or continue to impact international business management practice, and to understand the application of theoretical findings in a business enterprise.
• Review, analyze, and integrate the major theoretical underpinnings of international business management to help understand how these theories contribute to managerial strategies necessary for meeting the needs of the organization, the shareholders, customers and the business community.
• Analyze the current body of knowledge of international business management research pertaining to technology, globalization and application of such findings in the current business environment.
• Apply research theories and identify methodological insights in beginning to build individual annotated bibliographic citations for use in the doctoral program.
• Identify applicable seminal research, theory, and/or methods, particularly action research, from this course relevant to individual research question(s); and contribute to the field of study by extending previous knowledge.

Required Texts
BA 711 texts are available from the JIU/MBS bookstore