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Assignment - Essay (20%)
**10. Exporting, Importing, Global Production, Outsourcing and Logistics**
**11. Global Marketing & Research & Development**
**12. Global Human Resource Management**
**13. Course Overview**
||{text-align:center}**Part 1** ||{text-align:center}**Thursday I** ||{text-align:center} 8.15 - 9.45 am ||{text-align:center} H0102||
||{text-align:center}**Part 2** ||{text-align:center}**Thursday II** ||{text-align:center} 10.15 - 11.45 am ||{text-align:center} C201||
**10. Exporting, Importing, Global Production, Outsourcing and Logistics**
**11. Global Marketing & Research & Development**
**12. Global Human Resource Management**
**13. Course Overview**
||{text-align:center}**Part 1** ||{text-align:center}**Thursday I** ||{text-align:center} 8.15 - 9.45 am ||{text-align:center} H0102||
||{text-align:center}**Part 2** ||{text-align:center}**Thursday II** ||{text-align:center} 10.15 - 11.45 am ||{text-align:center} C201||
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**10. India**
**11. Corporate Governance and Human Resource Management**
**12. Technology Development, Regionalism and Production Networks**
**13. Marketing in Asia**
**14. Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development**
**15. Exam**
||{text-align:center}**Part 1** ||{text-align:center}**Wednesday I** ||{text-align:center} 8.15 - 9.45 am ||{text-align:center} H203||
||{text-align:center}**Part 2** ||{text-align:center}**Thursday II** ||{text-align:center} 10.15 - 11.45 am ||{text-align:center} C206||
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- [[http://www.amazon.de/International-Business-Competing-Global-Marketplace/dp/0077140656/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413188494&sr=8-1&keywords=International+Business%3A+Competing+in+the+Global+Marketplace Hill, C.W.L.: International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace, 9th Ed., 2012]]
- Please use this [[http://www.fh-schmalkalden.de/schmalkaldenmedia/GC_+International+Business-p-27610.pdf link]] on page 3.
Students entering the program, particulary those entering with a non-business background or non-international business background, need an understanding about how the conduct of business operating in the global economy is distinct from that of domestic business. The additional complexity of international business operations is both one of degree as well as of context. Business must operate in diverse foreign environments and engage in specialised types of transactions. To succeed in international business requieres functional understanding of the threats and opportunities arising from diversity of markets and the growth of globalisation, the nature and role of business operations in the international value chain and the management and control of international business operations.
The lecture "International Business" hosted by Mr. Prof. Dr. Gary Chittick takes place conventionally from the fourth semester up to the sixth semester.
**1. Introduction: Nature and Growth of International Business and Globalisation**
**2. Competitive Environments and National Differences in Poltical Economy. Political and Country Risk**
**3. Dealing with Cultural Differences and Ethics**
**4. International Trade Theory: Political Economy of Trade**
**5. Foreign Direct Investment**
**6. Regional Economic Integration**
**7. Foreign Exchange: The International Monetary System**
**8. Strategy & Structure of International Business**
**9. Entry Strategy & Strategic Alliances**
- Please use this [[http://www.fh-schmalkalden.de/schmalkaldenmedia/GC_+International+Business-p-27610.pdf link]] on page 3.
Students entering the program, particulary those entering with a non-business background or non-international business background, need an understanding about how the conduct of business operating in the global economy is distinct from that of domestic business. The additional complexity of international business operations is both one of degree as well as of context. Business must operate in diverse foreign environments and engage in specialised types of transactions. To succeed in international business requieres functional understanding of the threats and opportunities arising from diversity of markets and the growth of globalisation, the nature and role of business operations in the international value chain and the management and control of international business operations.
The lecture "International Business" hosted by Mr. Prof. Dr. Gary Chittick takes place conventionally from the fourth semester up to the sixth semester.
**1. Introduction: Nature and Growth of International Business and Globalisation**
**2. Competitive Environments and National Differences in Poltical Economy. Political and Country Risk**
**3. Dealing with Cultural Differences and Ethics**
**4. International Trade Theory: Political Economy of Trade**
**5. Foreign Direct Investment**
**6. Regional Economic Integration**
**7. Foreign Exchange: The International Monetary System**
**8. Strategy & Structure of International Business**
**9. Entry Strategy & Strategic Alliances**
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- Please use this [[http://www.fh-schmalkalden.de/schmalkaldenmedia/GC_Business+in+Asia-p-27612.pdf link]] on page 3, 4 and 5.
On completion of this students should be able to:
- Explain the development of different business activities within the economies studied;
- Analyse business structures, strategies and relationships within the region;
- Differentiate local, national and international influences on firms´ behaviour in Asia;
- Evaluate contending strategies or approaches to the conduct of business with the Asian region and apply them to case study materials;
- With active seminar participation you should develop greater skills in active listening, group discussion, debating and oral communication. You will also develop skills in professional report writing, production and presentation in this unit.
The lecture "Business in Asia" hosted by Mr. Prof. Dr. Gary Chittick takes place conventionally from the fourth semester up to the sixth semester.
**1. The Strategic Importance of the Asia Pacific**
**2. The Business Systems of Asia**
**3. Asian Cultures and the Role of the State in Asia**
**4. The Development of Japanese Business**
**5. Contemporary Japanese Business**
**6. Korea**
**7. China´s checkered Economic Past**
**8. Contemporary Business in Asia**
**9. Business Development in Southeast Asia: The Case of Singapore**
