Course M&IS 44095       ST:  International Business Management

Tuesdays and Thursdays   3:45pm to 5:00 pm                                                       

Room BSA 208                                                         

 

INSTRUCTOR:          Dr. Michael J. Barnes, BSA 452, phone: 672-1104, email: mbarnes@bsa3.kent.edu

 

OFFICE HOURS:      Before class, otherwise by appointment (Betty Walker

                                    672-1227)

 

REQUIRED TEXT:   ‘International Business’ by Charles W.L.Hill (6^th ed.)

                                     Publisher: McGraw-Hill :ISBN # 13 978-0-07-310255-9

 

 PREREQUISITES:   ECON 22060, ECON 22061, FIN 35053, MKTG 25010,

                                    ACCT 23020

                                    Students who have not successfully completed the course prerequisites must withdraw from this class. You risk deregistration if you have not completed the prerequisite.

 

REGISTRATION:     Students have the responsibility to ensure they are properly

enrolled in classes. You are advised to review your official class schedule during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this class and section. Should you find an error in your class schedule, you must correct it with your advising office. If registration errors are not corrected and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which are you are not properly registered.

 

GRADING:                Course grades will be based on four examination papers. The first three are each worth 20 percentage pts.  The final is worth 40 pts.

                                    The grading system incorporates the newly introduced PLUS/MINUS system with the following scale:

                                    A (4.0), A- (3.7), B+ (3.3), B (3.0), B- (2.7), C+(2.3), C (2.0),

                                    C- (1.7), D+ (1.3), D (1.0), F (0.0)

 

 

ATTENDANCE:        While attendance will not be taken, students are accountable for all

information presented in the lectures. Some of this information will not be covered in the text.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MISSED EXAMS:     If you miss the deadline for a paper you must inform the instructor

within 48 hours of the missed deadline. Students will be given the opportunity to take a make-up exam only if they have a reasonable reason for missing the scheduled exam (death in the family, illness, etc…) and can provide documentation. Failure to meet these conditions will result in the student receiving a grade of zero for the missed paper. There will be no exceptions.

 

 

 

WITHDRAWAL:       The last day to withdraw from the course is November 5, 2006.

 

 

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: In accordance with University policy, if you have a documented disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access in this course, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester or when given an assignment for which an accommodation is required. Students with disabilities must verify their eligibility through the Office of Student Disability Services in the Michael Schwartz Student Services Center (672-3391).

 

 

OBJECTIVES:           The purpose of this seminar is to gain an understanding of how

                                    international business is affected by the forces of globalization: the

                                    opportunities, threats and challenges that ensue from

                                    hypercompetition, and the institutional  checks and balances

                                    necessary to prevent complexity deteriorating into chaos.

 

 

 

COURSE OUTLINE:           

 

 I    Globalization, Culture and Ethics (Chapters 1-4) (12hrs)

 

                         II   Global Money & Trade (Ch. 5-11) (10hrs)

 

III   Competing in the Global Marketplace  (Chapters 12 –14) (12 hrs)

 

                         IV   Management of the Multinational Firm (Chapters15-20)   (12 hrs)