GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS/UTIC104
Course Title: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Doç.Dr Cemalettin Aktepe
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  w3.gazi.edu.tr/~mithatuner/
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  caktepe@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
He/She knows that notions about international and global business
He/She learns about entry strategies into foreign markets of international business.
Learns the marketing strategies applied by international businesses.
He/She learns about global market segmentation and target market selection.
He/She knows the environmental factors of international businesses.
He/She has enough knowledge about international organizations affecting international business.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Intraduction to International Business
2. Week  Historical development of International Business
3. Week  International Trade Theories I
4. Week  International Trade Theories II
5. Week  Internationalization Process of International Enterprises
6. Week  Introduction to international markets
7. Week  International environment
8. Week  Midterm exam
9. Week  International Organizations
10. Week  Socio-cultural environment in foreign markets
11. Week  Political factors in foreign markets
12. Week  Physical and environmental factors
13. Week  Economic environment
14. Week  Labor environment
15. Week  Financial environment factors
16. Week  Final exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  International Business Theory and Application, Professor Esin Can, Beta Publishing,2015, istanbul International Business; Tamer Çavuşgil, Gary Knight, John Riesenberger, 2007 Doing Business in Emerging Markets; Tamer Çavuşgil, Pervez N. Ghauri, Milind R. Agarwal, 2012.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
0
0
 Reading
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
3
2
6
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
0
0
 Preparing Reports
0
0
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
0
0
 Presentation
0
0
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
7
3
21
 Final and Studying for Final
6
3
18
 Other
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
129
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5.16
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having theoretical knowledge in international trade management, international business administration, international logistic international law areas and having ability and professional expertise in terms of implementationX
2Having professional competence in order to be assigned in various private and public sector institutions like national and international trade organizations and unions, economics consultancy offices, under secretariat of foreign trade and foreign trade officesX
3Having knowledge about other disciplines like business administration, economics, law, public administration and international relations that are related to international tradeX
4Being able to behave according to principles of ethical behaviors in all international trade areasX
5Having abilities about issues like information technologies, basic computer programs and foreign language that are needed to perform international trade activitiesX
6Being aware of the economical, political and cultural integrations and systems in his/her country and all over the world, to be able to position the country and organization while performing activates related to his/her areaX
7Beeing capable of identifying problems in his/her field, access to relevant resources, having knowledge about the legislation and abilities to produce scientific knowledge and analyzing-synthesizing abilities to carry out a researchX
8Having knowledge and qualifications to carry out and complete a national and an international projectX
9Carrying out activities relevant to his/her field, having critical, creative and innovative thinking abilitiesX
10Having theoretical and practical knowledge and abilities needed to undertake international trade activities related to export-import, exchange, regional collaborations and organizations, free zone practicesX
11Having knowledge and abilities about transporting, storing, supply chain management, risk analysis and insurance and to carry out national and international logistic activitiesX
12Having basic business administration information about production, management, marketing, accounting, finance and human resources in order to undertake international trade and having abilities about quantitative methods that help to have this knowledgeX
13Pursuing and applying legislation information about national and international trade law, public law and private law in order to manage international trade operationsX