Industrial Business (5cr)

Materials

The study materials created by teachers

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Completion alternatives

Face-to-face course

Employer connections

-

Student workload

Lectures 64 hours
Company visits 8 hours
Team work 30 hours
Individual study 25 hours
Exams 8 hours
Totally 135 hours

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Student takes part in all lectures, team work, company visits and has presentations. Student also does two exams.

Exam schedules

Two exams: the first one in the middle and the second one in the end of the course

Teaching language

en

Teaching methods

Lectures, team work, independent study, study visits at companies and exams

Location and time

May 2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5

Qualifications

No prerequisites

Content

During the course you will explore the cultural, political and technological environment in which multinational companies (MNCs) operate across national boundaries. A special attention will be given to some of the current issues in international business, including the issues of sustainable development, emerging markets, impact of globalization and corporate social responsibility. Throughout the course you will be exposed to comparative analysis of practices among MNCs from different countries.

Objective

Industrial Business is a Bachelor's level elective course.
The main objective of the course is to give you an overview of international business management concepts and practices.

Knowledge and understanding:
The learning process enable you to demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of mathematics and other basic sciences underlying their engineering specialisation, at a level necessary to achieve the other programme learning outcomes.

Investigations and information retrieval:
You have ability to conduct searches of literature, to consult and to critically use scientific databases and other appropriate sources of information, and to carry out simulation and analysis, in order to pursue detailed investigations and research of technical issues

Communication and team-working:
You have ability to ability to function effectively in a national and an international context as an individual and as a member of a team.