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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / İŞL427 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Code: İŞL427 Course Title: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer KORHAN KARACAOĞLU (kkaracaoglu@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ŞEVKİ ÖZGENER, KORHAN KARACAOĞLU,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
• Acquaint students with the complex issues involved in the management of International Business. • Provide a thorough knowledge of relevant strategic theory and concepts. • Develop the ability to apply theory to enhance international management effectiveness. • Examine the holistic nature and the complex challenges of International Business Management. • Demonstrate sound knowledge of the principles, key strategic frameworks, and theories of International Management, and to critically review them.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can define the basic concepts and process of international businesses. PO-1 Students successfully graduating from this department; 1. have advanced knowledge about the basic concepts of business administration, the basic functions of the business management science, the historical development of it, its relationships with other disciplines, businesses and the environment, business objectives, feasibility studies, business functions, cooperation between firms and entrepreneurship, and apply them and make administrative decisions on these issues.
Examination
LO-2 Can tell about international business/management functions. PO-2 analyze and design at the organizational level, understand the functions of business management that are planning, organizing, execution, coordination and control, describe and apply them, and be acknowledged about modern management techniques.
Examination
LO-3 Can explain the problems of international businesses and entry methods in market. PO-1 Students successfully graduating from this department; 1. have advanced knowledge about the basic concepts of business administration, the basic functions of the business management science, the historical development of it, its relationships with other disciplines, businesses and the environment, business objectives, feasibility studies, business functions, cooperation between firms and entrepreneurship, and apply them and make administrative decisions on these issues.
Examination
LO-4 Can describe the organizational structure of international businesses. PO-1 Students successfully graduating from this department; 1. have advanced knowledge about the basic concepts of business administration, the basic functions of the business management science, the historical development of it, its relationships with other disciplines, businesses and the environment, business objectives, feasibility studies, business functions, cooperation between firms and entrepreneurship, and apply them and make administrative decisions on these issues.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course includes the concepts, theories, processes and strategies in international business.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 international business and relevant concepts Lecturing
2 Reasons of internationalization in business Lecturing, discussion
3 History of international business Lecturing, discussion
4 International trade theory Lecturing, discussion
5 Internationalization process Lecturing, discussion
6 Factors that effects on internationalization process Lecturing, discussion
7 Entry methods of international market Lecturing, discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Political environment in international business Lecturing, discussion
10 Socia-culturel factors in international business Lecturing, discussion
11 Physical power factors that effect on multinational companies Lecturing, discussion
12 Problems of multinational businesses Lecturing, discussion
13 Vision and mission in multinational businesses Lecturing, discussion
14 Corporate social responsibility in multinational companies Lecturing, discussion
15 Organization structures of multinational companies Lecturing, discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Mutlu, Esin Can; Uluslararsı İşletmecilik: Teori ve Uygulama, Beta Yayınları, 2012.
Required Course instruments and materials
Obligatory Coursebook: Esin Can Mutlu, “Uluslararasi ?sletmecilik”, Beta Basim Yayim A.S. Istanbul, 2012.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 15 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 8 24
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 7 21
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 5 10
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 2 6 12
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 113