LB5201 - Business: A Global Perspective
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
This subject examines the concept of globalisation and assesses its influence on the governance of business enterprises and nations. It examines the diverse nature of transnational capitalism issues relating to transnational corporations; international capital and product markets; regionalisation; global marketing; transnational organisations and operational arrangements; cross-cultural diversity and its management; managing across time and space.
Learning Outcomes
- understand the concept of globalisation in a historical and contemporary context;
- appreciate the complex interactions between enterprises and governments in a global economy;
- understand issues in managing transnational corporations including regionalisation, cultural diversity, time/space and global/local interfaces.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
- The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
- The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
- The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
- The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
- The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
- The ability to use and interpret different media;
- A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products;
- The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
- A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | BU5104 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 26-Aug-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor John Hamilton, Professor Zhang-Yue Zhou |
| Lecturer: | Dr Boaz Bernstein. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); case study/in class activities (15% - 25%); assignments (35%). |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 4 | |
| Census Date 18-Mar-2010 | |
| Non-standard start/end 12-Feb-2010 to 30-Apr-2010 | |
| Face to face teaching 12-Feb-2010 to 28-Apr-2010 (Fri 12/2 6-9pm, Sat 13/2 & Sun 14/2 9-5pm AND Fri 26/2 6-9pm, Sat 27/2 & Sun 28/2 9-5pm) | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor John Hamilton, Professor Zhang-Yue Zhou |
| Lecturer: | Dr Boaz Bernstein. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); case study/in class activities (15% - 25%); assignments (35%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Zhang-Yue Zhou |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); case study/in class activities (15% - 25%); assignments (35%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 18-Nov-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Boaz Bernstein |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); case study/in class activities (15% - 25%); assignments (35%). |
| JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 55 | |
| Census Date 29-Apr-2010 | |
| Face to face teaching 08-May-2010 to 30-May-2010 (2 weekends 8/9 May & 15/16 May 2010. Exam 30 May 2010.) | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Boaz Bernstein |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); case study/in class activities (15% - 25%); assignments (35%). |
| JCU Singapore, Block, Study Period 57 | |
| Census Date 16-Dec-2010 | |
| Face to face teaching 30-Oct-2010 to 21-Nov-2010 (2 weekends 30/31 Oct & 6/7 Nov 2010. Exam 21 Nov 2010.) | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Boaz Bernstein |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); case study/in class activities (15% - 25%); assignments (35%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 15-Apr-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Zhang-Yue Zhou |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); case study/in class activities (15% - 25%); assignments (35%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 12-Aug-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Boaz Bernstein |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); case study/in class activities (15% - 25%); assignments (35%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 09-Dec-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Boaz Bernstein |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); case study/in class activities (15% - 25%); assignments (35%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Block, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 12-Aug-2010 | |
| Face to face teaching 19-Jul-2010 to 16-Aug-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Boaz Bernstein |
| Lecturer: | Mrs Elizabeth O'Brien. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40% - 50%); case study/in class activities (15% - 25%); assignments (35%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.