General provisions

The course is offered to students in regular programmes and in the exchange programme as well as a single subject course.

The Course Description is established by the board of the Department of Business Studies by mandate of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The course plan is valid from 2006-09-01. The Course Description was last revised 2005-02-14.

Entry requirements

The following is applicable to Swedish students:

Qualified to be registered is any student who has studied both A-, B- and C-levels and who, at the time of registration, has obtained 20 points at A-level, 20 points at B-level and 15 points at C-level, including the degree project at C-level.

Aims

The aim of the course is to increase student's knowledge of international business management and to develop student's understanding, both in a theoretical and practical sense, of problems and phenomena in the multinational corporation. The course is intended to give the students a scientific approach towards literature and research within the area of international business management.

Content

The large geographical and broad business scope of many companies, with large and more or less autonomous subsidiaries, gives rise to a thrilling discussion about management and prerequisites for management of the multinational corporation. The course deals with different characteristics of recent research trends within the area of international business management. Topics, such as Centres of Excellence, Subsidiary Embeddedness and Knowledge Development, are dealt with by comparing different theoretical approaches and by completing assigned tasks.

Instruction

The course is taught in English. The in-class teaching consists of lectures and seminars. Teamwork is required for the seminars. Seminar attendance is compulsory, as is the first lecture.

Assessment

To pass the course students have to take active part in the seminars and successfully complete assigned tasks. The final grading of the course is based on active participation in seminars and completion of the assigned tasks. For VG (pass with distinction) on the course, pass with distinction is required on the seminars and on the assigned tasks.

Moreover all remaining tasks must be completed and handed in at least within four weeks after the end of the course otherwise this part of the examination has to be redone the following semester , provided there is space in the course.

Attention Swedish students: only completed courses can be recognised in your degree.

Other regulations

Prerequisite is Business Administration 60 points (90 ECTS) including the course Management of International Business C (10 points) or equivalent knowledge from another Swedish or foreign university. It is also preferable that the D-course "Foreign Market Entry and Internationalisation" has been studied.