Course Name | The International Environment and Business Responses (Trade Culture) |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ITF 419 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Lecturing / Presentation | |||||
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Course Objectives | Cultural allegiances whether inherited, imposed or chosen, affect international economic activities. Many of these cultural layersethnic background, religion, language, ideological orientation, and artistic interestspill over national boundaries that have certain impact on the international business decisions. That is why an understanding of different international cultural environment to carry out the international business operation succesfully is essential. That is why this course devolopes the students understanding of the core decisions involved in different international cultural environment. International management has never been as significant as it is today. Many of the world’s largest firms are truly global, and even their smaller counter parts increasingly participate in crossborder activities by its overseas partners. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course will examine the cultural and behavioural relationship between multionational corporations and also the course will analyze the domestic as well as international cultural environments to carry out international business performance efficiently and effectively.Bu ders çokuluslu şirketler arasındaki kültürel ve davranışsal ilişkileri inceleyecek, ayrıca ders verimli ve etkili bir uluslar arası iş performansı gerçekleştirmek için hem yurtiçi hem de yurtdışı kültürel ortamları analiz edecektir. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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Supportive Courses | X | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction | |
2 | The Cultural Environment of International Business | International Business: The New Realities, 4th Edition, S. Tamer Cavusgil, Georgia State University Gary Knight, Willamette University, John Riesenberger, ©2017, Pearson |
3 | Hofstede's Theory of Cultural Dimensions and Its Application | Lecture Notes |
4 | Erin Meyer - Cultural Map and Its Application | Lecture Notes |
5 | Erin Meyer - Cultural Map and Its Application | Lecture Notes |
6 | The Lewis Model and Its Application | Lecture Notes |
7 | Midterm Exam | |
8 | Global Business Culture and Negotiations | How to negotiate anything with anyone anywhere around the world / Frank L. Acuff.—3rd ed., ISBN 978–0-8144–8066–3 (pbk.), 2008 |
9 | Global Business Culture and Negotiations | How to negotiate anything with anyone anywhere around the world / Frank L. Acuff.—3rd ed., ISBN 978–0-8144–8066–3 (pbk.), 2008 |
10 | Global Business Etiquette | Beverly Langford - The Etiquette Edge_ Modern Manners for Business Success-AMACOM (2016) Jeanette S. Martin, Lillian H. Chaney - Global Business Etiquette_ A Guide to International Communication and Customs (2006) |
11 | Global Business Etiquette | Beverly Langford - The Etiquette Edge_ Modern Manners for Business Success-AMACOM (2016) Jeanette S. Martin, Lillian H. Chaney - Global Business Etiquette_ A Guide to International Communication and Customs (2006) |
12 | Global Business Etiquette | Beverly Langford - The Etiquette Edge_ Modern Manners for Business Success-AMACOM (2016) Jeanette S. Martin, Lillian H. Chaney - Global Business Etiquette_ A Guide to International Communication and Customs (2006) |
13 | Presentations | |
14 | Presentations | |
15 | Review of Semester | |
16 | Final Exams |
Course Notes/Textbooks | International Business: The New Realities, 4th Edition, S. Tamer Cavusgil, Georgia State University Gary Knight, Willamette University, John Riesenberger, ©2017, Pearson ISBN-10: 9789332584518 Global Business Management: ACross Cultural Perspectives. Abel Adekola and Bruno S. Sergi, Ashgata eBook,2007. World Development, Volume 38,Issue I, January 2010, Business Horiz0ns, Volume 44, Issue 6, NovemberDecember 2001 ISBN-10: 9780754671121 Abel Adekola and Bruno S. Sergi, Ashgata eBook,2007.How to negotiate anything with anyone anywhere around the world / Frank L. Acuff.—3rd ed., ISBN 978–0-8144–8066–3 (pbk.), 2008 ISBN 978–0-8144–8066–3 |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Dünya Gazetesi ve Ticaret Gazetesi |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 |
Project | 1 | 15 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam | 1 | 35 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 65 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 35 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 10 | 1.5 | 15 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 | |
Project | 1 | 13 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 25 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 30 | |
Total | 141 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to identify and analyze problems in the field of trade and finance, and to develop solutions. | X | ||||
2 | To be able to use the theoretical and practical knowledge gained in the field of International Trade and Finance. | X | ||||
3 | To be able to analyze the developments in global markets by using critical thinking skills. | X | ||||
4 | To be able to analyze and interpret data in the field of finance, commerce and economics by using information technologies effectively. | X | ||||
5 | To be able to acquire knowledge about the legal regulations and practices in the field. | X | ||||
6 | To be able to foresee and define the risks that could be encountered in the field of trade and finance and to take decisions to manage such risks. | X | ||||
7 | To be able to acquire and use verbal and numerical skills necessary for the nature of the International Trade and Finance program. | X | ||||
8 | To be able to obtain, synthesize and report the information related to the fields of trade and finance. | X | ||||
9 | To be able to contribute to the solution of problems as individual, team member or leader. | |||||
10 | To be able to evaluate the issues related to the field with an ethical perspective and social sensitivity. | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of International Trade and Finance and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of expertise. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest