Course Coordinator:Katie McIntyre (kmcintyre@usc.edu.au) School:School of Business and Creative Industries
UniSC Sunshine Coast |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
Online |
Online | You can do this course without coming onto campus, unless your program has specified a mandatory onsite requirement. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
This course focuses on developing and implementing international business strategy and policy. Sustainable and digital perspectives will be embedded into classical international business frameworks and concepts. The course will teach you how to evaluate competitive issues that affect firms competing internationally as they expand offshore or face non-domestic competitors in their domestic market. It addresses the influence of global competitive forces and the resources needed to compete effectively in global markets.
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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| Learning materials – Interactive online learning activities. | 1hr | Week 1 | 12 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Scheduled face to face workshops. | 2hrs | Week 1 | 10 times |
| Online | |||
| Learning materials – Interactive online learning activities. | 1hr | Week 1 | 12 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Scheduled online workshops (Recorded). | 2hrs | Week 1 | 10 times |
Globalisation of competition, sustainable development and social responsibility, global strategy, country attractiveness, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, global marketing and operations, global human resource management, emerging markets
300 Level (Graduate)
12 units
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Mapping Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | Professional Standard Mapping * Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business | |
| 1 | Analyse international strategies of firms drawing on current theories and concepts in the field, including sustainable and digital strategies. |
Creative and critical thinker Engaged Sustainability-focussed Applying technologies |
PC1.2, PC6.2 |
| 2 | Identify strategies for competing internationally, including sustainable and digital strategies adopted by organisations, drawing on relevant sources of information. |
Knowledgeable Sustainability-focussed Applying technologies |
PC1.2, PC3, PC6.2 |
| 3 | Evaluate opportunities for competing internationally, drawing on current theories and concepts in the field. |
Creative and critical thinker Empowered |
PC1.2, PC3, PC6.2 |
| 4 | Apply advanced written and oral communication techniques for professional business situations. |
Knowledgeable Empowered |
PC1, PC1.1, PC1.2 |
| CODE | COMPETENCY |
| Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business | |
| PC1 | Communication |
| PC1.1 | Written Communication |
| PC1.2 | Oral Communication |
| PC3 | Creative and Critical Thinking |
| PC6.2 | Discipline Knowledge |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
BUS104 or IBS100
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Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
The first assessment task is due over weeks 2, 4 and 6 to get early feedback on your progress. Additionally, tutorial activities in all weeks allow for formative feedback on course concepts.
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Activity Participation | Individual | 50% | 2000 words |
Refer to Format | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 2 | Report | Individual | 50% | 2,000 words |
Week 12 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All - Assessment Task 1:International business strategy portfolio | |||||||||||||
| Goal: | To demonstrate knowledge of international business strategy, including sustainable and digital issues and an ability to conduct in-depth research and analysis of those issues. |
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| Format: | Between weeks 2 and 6, you will complete a range of activities related to the weekly topics. You will work on these in class and hand them in. For each tutorial, you will analyse a real-life business case and be required to discuss the answers to the case in class. In your written piece, you will conclude with the most suitable strategy for the company, taking into account sustainable and digital issues. A detailed task description is provided on the course site, and will be discussed in class. |
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| Generic Skills: | Communication, Problem solving |
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| All - Assessment Task 2:International business strategy report | |||||||||||||||||||
| Goal: | To demonstrate understanding and application of international business theories and conceptual frameworks, including considering sustainable and digital perspectives. |
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| Product: | Report | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Format: | Business report. You should prepare this assignment individually. Select relevant frameworks of analysis to demonstrate your knowledge of a firm's international strategy, taking into consideration sustainable and digital perspectives. Additional information regarding assessment structure and formatting will be provided on the course site. |
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| Generic Skills: | Communication, Organisation, Information literacy |
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A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
You need regular access to the resource(s) below. Many texts are available as ebooks through the Library at no additional cost.
| Required? | Author | Year | Title | Edition | Publisher |
| Required | Philippe Lasserre,Felipe Monteiro | 2022 | Global Strategic Management | 5th | Bloomsbury |
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Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying:
(a) The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4%; and
(b) The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale
Late submissions may be penalised up to and including the following maximum percentage of the assessment task’s identified value, with weekdays and weekends included in the calculation of days late:
(a) One day: deduct 5%;
(b) Two days: deduct 10%;
(c) Three days: deduct 20%;
(d) Four days: deduct 40%;
(e) Five days: deduct 60%;
(f) Six days: deduct 80%;
(g) Seven days: A result of zero is awarded for the assessment task.
The following penalties will apply for a late submission for an online examination:
Less than 15 minutes: No penalty
From 15 minutes to 30 minutes: 20% penalty
More than 30 minutes: 100% penalty
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