MATHEMATICS
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
IB4632	International Business	Spring	3	0	3	7

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYLA ESEN
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi AYLA ESEN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The main objective of this course is to provide relevant theoretical and practical insights to management students so that the real world of global business is better understood.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. Explores these challenges with a discussion of the strategic motivations that drive firms to invest abroad.
II. Discusses the environmental forces shaping the firms’ decisions of going abroad.
III. Focuses on international business strategies to create value from international operations, including opportunities created from recent technological breakthroughs in areas such as bandwidth and digitization.
IV. Examines the organizational challenges involved in implementing such strategies internationally.
V. Discusses the strategies of multinational enterprises that are willing to access triad markets as well as emerging economies of Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Course Content

1st Week: Introduction.
2nd Week: Globalization
3rd Week: National Differences in Political Economy
4th Week: Differences in Culture
5th Week: Political Economy of International Trade
6th Week: Foreign Direct Investment
7th Week: Regional Economic Integration
8th Week: Midterm
9th Week: The Strategy of International Business
10th Week: Entering Foreign Markets
11th Week: Global Production, Outsourcing and Logistics
12th Week: Global Marketing and R&D
13th Week: Global Human Resource Management
14th Week: General review and wrap-up.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	1st Week: Introduction
2)	2nd Week: Globalization
3)	3rd Week: National Differences in Political Economy
4)	4th Week: Differences in Culture
5)	5th Week: Political Economy of International Trade
6)	6th Week: Foreign Direct Investment
7)	7th Week: Regional Economic Integration
8)	8th Week: Review
9)	9th Week: The Strategy of International Business
10)	10th Week: Entering Foreign Markets
11)	11th Week: Global Production, Outsourcing and Logistics
12)	12th Week: Global Marketing and R&D
13)	13th Week: Global Human Resource Management
14)	14th Week: General review and wrap-up.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Global Business Today (2011) Charles W. L. Hill, 8th ed., McGraw-Hill.

References:

Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy (2008) John H. Dunning and Sarianna M. Lundan, 2nd. Edition, Edward Elgar, Cheltanham.

International Business (2004) Griffin and Pustay, Prentice Hall, International Edition.

International Management (2000) Paul W. Beamish, Allen J. Morrison, Philiph M. Rosenzweig and Andrew C. Inkpen, Mc-Graw Hill.

Transnational Management (1995) Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal, 2nd edition, Mc-Graw Hill.

Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution (1998) Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal, 2nd edition, Harvard Business School Press.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Quizzes	3	% 15
Midterms	1	% 35
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	40
Study Hours Out of Class	15	120
Quizzes	3	3
Midterms	1	2
Final	1	2
Total Workload		167

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To have a grasp of basic mathematics, applied mathematics and theories and applications in Mathematics
2)	To be able to understand and assess mathematical proofs and construct appropriate proofs of their own and also define and analyze problems and to find solutions based on scientific methods,
3)	To be able to apply mathematics in real life with interdisciplinary approach and to discover their potentials,
4)	To be able to acquire necessary information and to make modeling in any field that mathematics is used and to improve herself/himself,	4
5)	To be able to tell theoretical and technical information easily to both experts in detail and non-experts in basic and comprehensible way,
6)	To be familiar with computer programs used in the fields of mathematics and to be able to use at least one of them effectively at the European Computer Driving Licence Advanced Level,
7)	To be able to behave in accordance with social, scientific and ethical values in each step of the projects involved and to be able to introduce and apply projects in terms of civic engagement,
8)	To be able to evaluate all processes effectively and to have enough awareness about quality management by being conscious and having intellectual background in the universal sense,	4
9)	By having a way of abstract thinking, to be able to connect concrete events and to transfer solutions, to be able to design experiments, collect data, and analyze results by scientific methods and to interfere,
10)	To be able to continue lifelong learning by renewing the knowledge, the abilities and the competencies which have been developed during the program, and being conscious about lifelong learning,
11)	To be able to adapt and transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of mathematics ; such as algebra, analysis, number theory, mathematical logic, geometry and topology to the level of secondary school,
12)	To be able to conduct a research either as an individual or as a team member, and to be effective in each related step of the project, to take role in the decision process, to plan and manage the project by using time effectively.