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MMD005: Strategy and International Business
Module code: MMD005
Module provider: International Business and Strategy; Henley Business School
Credits: 10
Level: NA
When you'll be taught: Semester 1
Module convenor: Professor Alain Verbeke, email: alain.verbeke@henley.ac.uk
Pre-requisite module(s):
Co-requisite module(s):
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):
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Placement information: No placement specified
Academic year: 2024/5
Available to visiting students: No
Talis reading list:
Last updated: 19 November 2024
Overview
Module aims and purpose
This course is intended for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers. This is an advanced course focused on the theory of the multinational enterprise (MNE), and its implications for international strategic management.聽
The course has three main goals:聽聽
First, it provides a critical overview of influential international business strategy literature with a focus on both conceptual and practical managerial insights. This overview should help PhD students to gain a better understanding of the complexity and the challenges associated with managing a large multinational network.聽聽
Second, it aims to prepare PhD students for a professional career, doing work in academia that is relevant to the practice of management, by focusing primarily on the dynamic components of international business strategy and the change processes associated with such strategy.聽
Third, the course aims to develop some practical skills, namely through preparing and making presentations, and being actively involved in class discussion.聽
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, it is expected that the student will be able to:聽
- Have identified and evaluated major international business and strategy frameworks and explore their strengths and limitations.聽聽
- Have developed a working knowledge of fundamental principles of advanced international business strategy.聽聽
- Have identified and discussed real-world, managerial examples and applied (international) strategic management principles to issues facing large multinationals to recommend solutions.聽聽
Module content
The course consists of a number of sessions. During each session there will be a lecture with class discussion. Each class participant will also have the opportunity to present his/ her own PhD research outline and should prepare 10-15 minutes, max. 10 slide presentation for this purpose.聽聽
The course will address the following topics:聽
- Theories of the MNE聽聽
- MNE Governance聽聽
- Location and the MNE聽聽
- The Management of a Federation聽聽
- Global versus Regional Strategies and Competitiveness聽聽
- Cooperative Arrangements in International Business聽聽
- MNEs and Environmental Strategy聽聽
- Dynamics of international business strategy聽
Structure
Teaching and learning methods
During the sessions there will be a mix of presentations by the course instructor (this should cover approximately 70% of the time in class) and presentations by participants.聽聽
Study hours
At least 14 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.
聽Scheduled teaching and learning activities | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Lectures | 15 | ||
Seminars | |||
Tutorials | |||
Project Supervision | |||
Demonstrations | |||
Practical classes and workshops | |||
Supervised time in studio / workshop | |||
Scheduled revision sessions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Fieldwork | |||
External visits | |||
Work-based learning | |||
聽Self-scheduled teaching and learning activities | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Directed viewing of video materials/screencasts | |||
Participation in discussion boards/other discussions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Other | |||
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聽Placement and study abroad | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Study abroad | |||
聽Independent study hours | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Independent study hours | 85 |
Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.
Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.
Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.
Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.
Assessment
Requirements for a pass
50% pass mark - 鈥淪tudents need to achieve an overall module mark of 50% to pass this module.鈥澛 聽
Summative assessment
Type of assessment | Detail of assessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of assessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Written coursework assignment | Essay | 100 | 5000 words | Three months after the last day of class | Participants registered for formal class credit will be assessed on the basis of a 5,000 words essay. Written assessment can be submitted up to three months after the end of the time in class, and the assessment process will be completed within one month of submission. |
Penalties for late submission of summative assessment
This module is subject to the Penalties for late submission for Postgraduate Flexible programmes policy, which can be found at:
/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmissionpgflexible.pdf
The Module Convenor will apply the following penalties to work submitted late:
- where the piece of work is submitted up to one calendar month after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark;聽
- where the piece of work is submitted more than one calendar month after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.
You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.
Formative assessment
Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.
Reassessment
Type of reassessment | Detail of reassessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of reassessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Written coursework assignment | Essay | 100 | 5000 words | 1st October in the same calendar year when the assignment was due. | Essay resubmission by 1st October in the year when the assignment was due. |
Additional costs
Item | Additional information | Cost |
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Computers and devices with a particular specification | ||
Printing and binding | ||
Required textbooks | Textbook | 拢900 |
Specialist clothing, footwear, or headgear | ||
Specialist equipment or materials | ||
Travel, accommodation, and subsistence |
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MODULE DESCRIPTION DOES NOT FORM ANY PART OF A STUDENT'S CONTRACT.