Leader: Mr Paul Kalfadellis

Offered

Caulfield First semester 2008 (Day)
Caulfield First semester 2008 (Evening)
Caulfield Second semester 2008 (Day)

Synopsis

The international environment including international trade and investment, and the legal, political, cultural and technological contexts faced by internationalising organisations; forms of operations available to the internationalising organisation; the impact of the multinational enterprise; international strategic planning.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

• classify the key features and issues in the global environment in which international business takes place;
• explain the impact that the environment has on the internationalisation process of a business organisation;
• demonstrate an understanding of the role of entry mode choice and other strategic issues in order to succeed in international business.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Examination (2 hours): 40%.

Contact hours

Three hours of class contact

Prerequisites

MGF1010

Prohibitions

MGC2120, MGW2351