Concepts Addressed
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Issues in global business context.
Critically evaluating information.
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Student-selected global issues based on their interests.
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What makes countries attractive business location opportunities?
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Applying international business knowledge to real-world business issues
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Current events in international business and the international business environment |
Notes
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Students draw on outside research. They need to explain a position, but not necessarily support it. Class consensus is often not a pure yes/no, spurring further interesting discussion, reinforcing that global issues are seldom black or white. Good starting point for discussion on evaluating sources of information.
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Instructor consultation helps ensure a broad range of issues across the class. Maybe a 2-stage assignment: First to develop the question, Second to analyze it. Paper, presentation or both.
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Team-based. Instructor consultation on countries and industry allows a range of countries and industries, providing a broader range of in-class presentations. Choose some less familiar countries and pairs of countries that differ significantly.
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Team-based exercise can be positioned as a competition.Local business partner brings real-time question or challenge. Better/broader information from partner leads to better analysis; consider nondisclosure agreement
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Encourages students to keep up with global/international business news. Brings current content into the classroom. Ties into student interests. Stimulates participation. Have some ideas as back-ups, although they may not be necessary. Allow some flexibility in topics; even if not explicitly business-related, can still lead to interesting global or cross-cultural discussions.
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