Orange Green Peel

SYLLABUS – MGT 450 / 550

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

SPRING 2016

Instructor: Mr. Sergiy Braylyan

Office: BAB 355

Phone: 256/824-6680

Cell: 205-272-9916

Email: sb0108@uah.edu

Course Page: canvas.uah.edu

Classes: T and R, 9:35-10:55am, BAB 106

Office Hours: By appointment

Course Description

This course combines theoretical and practical aspects of doing business in the global market. It addresses the complex environment of international business and the need to investigate its various economic, social, political, cultural and legal dimensions from conceptual, methodological and applications’ perspectives. It then considers how these environmental factors would affect, and can be integrated into, business programs and strategies.

Course Objectives

The basic objective of this class is to facilitate your understanding of the nature, structure, and distinct characteristics of international business. Further, through case studies and group projects, the course should develop your ability to adapt business strategies to specific international market needs and constraints.

Course Prerequisites

This course is open to students who have completed MGT 301, MKT 301, and FIN 301. Any student who has not completed the prerequisites needs to get consent of the instructor in order to remain in class.

Texts (required)

International Business: Opportunities and Challenges in a Flattening World, v. 2.0, by: Mason Carpenter and Sanjyot P. Dunung, Flat World Knowledge, eISBN: 978-1-4533-7284-5. (2015)

https://students.flatworldknowledge.com/course/2471381

Country Manager, an international marketing simulation by Interpretive Solutions (2015), Pearson Education. (http://www.interpretive.com)

Teaching Style

A combination of lectures, online sessions, videos, discussions, group projects and written assignments will be used to achieve the objectives of this course. The focus of all course activities will be on understanding and...