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Cuban Posters Repinted by Permission of Intl Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, Holland |
Course Syllabus:
Course Description: An examination of the cultural, political, social and economic aspects of doing business abroad. Study and application of methods of conducting country, investment, project and trade risk vs opportunity analysis. Course Objectives: An introductory course in theory and practice of assessing international business environments. Issues, concepts and applications of conducting international cultural, political, and economic analysis for business decisions. A precursor course in conducting macro level screening of global business risks vs opportunities. As all levels of business activities are considered, this is a service course to all other international business courses to follow. For Spring Quarter 2002 the 400 level undergraduate course will focus on Cuba as an extended case study. The course will also be offered at a graduate level MBA level through the College of the Extended University and eligible students from throughout the world may register. Prerequisites: None Texts: Required Books and Papers: Book to be determined on Doing Business with Cuba
(see Resources Page) GRA Electronic Books, Edited by Jerry Rogers, Global Risk Assessments, Inc., Riverside, CA, USA Required Listserv or Online Subscriptions (read daily): BusinessWeek online (click on register/subscribe) Recommended: All at the Cal Poly Pomona library, on reserve, ground floor. Global Risk Assessments: Issues Concepts and Applications, Edited by Jerry Rogers, Global Risk Assessments, Inc., Riverside, CA, USA Book 1 (1983) Book 2 (1986) Book 3 (1988) Book 4 (1997) Book 5 (2002) Required Equipment: Web Digital Camera - for student-student; student-professor,class-expert interaction and for use with Microsoft's NetMeeting. Course Requirements: 1. Cuban history period review: Conduct research from various resources on a period of Cuban history. Create PowerPoint presentation for posting to WebCT and presentation in class. Individual or group effort: 9 points 2. Cuban Business Issue Brief: Conduct research on a business issue along the lines presented in the Doing Business in Russia text. Create PowerPoint presentation for posting to WebCT and presentation in class. Individual or group effort: 9 points. 3. GRA Book chapter reviews: From GRA Electronic Books review ten (10) articles. 1 point each WebCT article posting. 10 points total. 4. Maps: Hand draw two maps, one of Cuba and one of a subregion. 4 points each; 8 points total. 5. Examinations: Examination 1; 7 points Examination 2; 7 points. Examination 3; 7 points. 21 points total. 6. Assessing International Business Environments (AIBE) Report: Written Report: 25 points; Oral report: 3 points (Create PowerPoint presentation). 28 points total. The AIBE report is a political risk assessment on Cuba and will focus on an industry sector. Students will team up in pairs and prepare an assessment modeled after models shown in binder format by the professor. Each AIBE will be formatted according to a model provided. 7. Attendance and participation: Attendance and participation is necessary due to the nature of the material. Students will be called upon to express their knowledge and opinons, and are encouraged to ask questions and volunteer opinions. Role will be taken each meeting. In addition, non-excused, late written assignments will be graded down by 50%. 15 points (detailed below): WebCT participation: 8 points During the course we will also be having virtual guest speakers on various topics using a threaded discussion capability: "Risk Assessment Chat Room" located on the Cal Poly Intranet. 8. Extra Credit: (choose one) a. An Annotated Bibliography of 8 magazine articles dealing with AIBE since 1998. b. Book Review on Cuba:. (1) The book may be selected from the Cuba Bibliography which is posted at the Cal Poly Pomona Internet Reference Website, or, (2) From other books selections on Russian History or on Doing Business in Cuba Students will use the 2 page reporting format provided, available for viewing on WebCT. An oral presentation will accompany either report. Create a PowerPoint and post it to WebCT beforehand. Work must be completed by Week 7. 5 points. Method of Evaluation: Cuban history period review: 9 points WebCT Participation: 8 points Total: 100 points Extra credit: 5 points Method of Assigning Letter Grades: A Outstanding 90 and above Plus and minus letter grades are assigned |
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