Introductory description

The principal module aims are:

1. To develop in students a critical awareness and deeper understanding of key management issues in their destination country or region.
2. To provide students with opportunities to embed their social, political, and cultural interactions and experiences during their year abroad in their own critical reflection on these key management issues.

Module aims

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

Comparative analysis of international management education
Comparative analysis of social and cultural contexts of the destination country and another country the students are familiar with
Practical experiences of International Business Schools or practical work experience
Comparative analysis of approaches to management across different countries

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• contextual understanding of business and management in more than one country.
• knowledge and understanding of their final year options

Indicative reading list

Bartlett C. and Beamish Paul W. (2011) Transnational management: text, cases, and readings in cross-border management, McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Schneider S. C. (2014) Managing across Cultures, Pearson
Hill C. and G. Tomas M. Hult (2018) Global Business Today, McGraw-Hill
Lane H. W. and Maznevski M. L. (2014) International Management Behaviour: Global and sustainable leadership, Wiley

Subject specific skills

Theories on international business cultures and contexts

Transferable skills

• Cultural and linguistic competence
• Teamwork
  inter-cultural awareness
  linguistic competence
  international business analysis