Exercise/Assignment	Yes/No Issue Discussion	“What is my Global Question?”	Country Comparison/Industry Analysis	Consulting-style Project	“What’s going on in the world?”
Concepts Addressed	Issues in global business context. Critically evaluating information.	Student-selected global issues based on their interests.	What makes countries attractive business location opportunities?	Applying international business knowledge to real-world business issues	Current events in international business and the international business environment
Level	Largely Undergrad	Largely Undergrad	Grad/Upper-level Undergrad	Grad/Upper-level Undergrad	Grad/Undergrad
Notes	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.	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.	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.	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	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.