LESSON PLAN

IBM651
ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

1.0 COURSE OUTCOME

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate autonomous learning in acquiring issues associated to global business

strategy and international business environment.
2. Integrate ideas in verbal or in written to support a view on a particular international
business issue.
3. Perform good values and professionalism in implementing project related to
international business environment.

2.0 COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is intended to provide students with the platform to participate in out-of-
classroom activities and class discussions on contemporary issues and challenges of the
global management and international business environment. The lecturer concern will
provide the conceptual baseline and historical backdrop for detail discussions of
management opportunities and current challenges that run through the cases and readings.

3.0 SYLLABUS CONTENT

Week Date Description Remark

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1 12-16/10/20 Introduction on Issues in International Business
2&3 19 – 30/10/20 Global Marketing and Global Consumers
Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and
4 02 – 06/11/20
Corporate Governance
5 09 – 13/11/20 Global Operations and Strategy
6 16– 20/11/20 Human Resource, Political and Legal Environment
7 23-27/11/20 Presentation case study (Assignment 1)
MID SEMESTER: 30thNOV – 6th DEC 2020
8 07-11/12/20 Green Business Strategy
9 14-18/12/20 Global Financial and Economic Issues/ Test
Global IT / Technological Environment and
10 & 11 21-31/12/20
Development
Final preparation/submission for assessment
12 & 13 04-15/01/21
(Assignment 2)
14 18-22/01/21 Assignment Submission (Assignment 3)
4.0 ASSESSMENT

GUIDELINES ASSESSMENT %
1. One case study will be submitted at the end Case study/issue 25
of the semester Group
2. Students are required to write not more than
20 pages paper which elaborate on current issue
base on the project brief given. Students will
discuss the problem as well as the solutions to the
problem selected
3. Only ONE (1) topic is required. No less than
5 references are needed for this assignment.
Students should be able to define the problem,
provide criticisms and possible solutions, back by
through investigations on the topic chosen.
4. Students will be assisted with the format and
content to be explored

For the purpose of the project paper (i.e. case

study), students are required to write an original
paper on CURRENT RURAL AREA ISSUES
RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS. Students are encouraged to find
topic and to choose something they have a
strong interest in.

**REFER TO PROJECT BRIEF GIVEN

Community outreach/Exhibition ** Virtual or depends on
lecturer's creativity
As the pandemic COVID19 and many other Group 25
unforeseen events took place, some people have
lost their jobs and income and many is facing
problems especially in rural areas. Hence, for this
semester, IBM651 issues students will try to step
up to help those in need.

1. The community outreach projects can be in

collaboration with NGOs, ICAN and other related
international organization. It can also be done
virtually. Some of the example of the
collaborations programme are with:
Food Bank Malaysia, Kembara Kitchen, ASNAF
Society
CARE Clinic, CREATE, YAYASAN EMKAY
and many others.
2. Another option is to do a virtual seminar/event
discussing the impact and rural areas issues and
solutions related topics with relevant international
organizations and bodies.

Students are required to prepare a review/article Report/presentation/infographic 20

review pertaining to Issues in International base on chapter in syllabus
Business. Students may choose any articles from Individual
journals or magazines or internet based on chapter
in syllabus. NO newspaper articles are allowed.
Students need to enclose the article/references as
appendix.

Students are required to answer questions based Test (CLO1) 30

on the article provided pertaining to Issues in
International Business.
Suggested questions/areas:
1. Identify issues: reasons why government
interfere/ why it happens (10 marks)
2. 2 reasons that caused it (10 marks)
3. Comments/ agree or not (2 reasons) (10
marks)
4. Suggestions (2 suggestions) (10 marks)
TOTAL 100

5.0 TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Discussion
Video Presentation/ Demonstration
Open and Distance Learning (ODL)

6.0 RECOMMENDED TEXT

Hil, C.W.L, Global Business Today, McGraw Hill., 2016, ISBN: n/a

Hill, C.W.L & Hult G.T.M, International Business : Competing in the Global
Marketplace, McGraw Hill., 2017, ISBN: n/a