Dynamics of European Business (BUSI2034)

1. Introduction to the course

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This lecture: Course organization

Course outline Staff in the course Course aims / objectives Lectures Tutorials, organization Textbook Wattle Assessment Assignment Exam Next week

Course outline
It answers all questions about

organization structure requirements of the course Read it very carefully and keep it Spare copies are on Wattle

Who is the lecturer?

Dr Vesna Sedoglavich

course authority, lecturer teaching, research, publications on the internationalization process and strategies of high-tech SMEs, absorptive capacity measurement, European business Room 1105 Copland building, 6125 8989 Office hours: Monday, 10am 12pm Or by appointment, contact by email first: vesna.sedoglavich@anu.edu.au

Tutor(s)?
Peter Dascarolis
Office

hours: Thursday, 3-4pm Email: u4520882@anu.edu.au

Other staff involved in the course

MMIB course administrators

Ranka Videnovic and Ruth Southwell if you have questions, see them first, especially about all administrative matters

Course aims and objectives (p. 2)

Overview of business in Europe, examination of specific

issues related to doing business in Europe Specific topics include European business environment European Union institutions legal framework and policies growth of the European Union emerging European economies business strategy for the European market marketing strategy in Europe managing in Europe Communication & research skills

Lectures (p. 2)
Wednesday 10-12pm MCC T2 (Building 26a) Lectures are stand-alone, they do not copy reading Lecture slides available from Wattle Lecture slides contain prompts only, they are not a substitute for attending lectures! Course reading is not a substitute for lectures! Lectures are not a substitute for the reading! Several lectures make use of short videos

Tutorials (pp.5-8)
Enrolment: ETA system (see p.8 or link on Wattle)

ETA will be opened for this course at 1pm Wednesday, 22 February 2012 Questions: contact MMIB course administrators Tute time slots: Wednesday 1-2pm, 2-3pm Thursday 4-5pm, 5-6pm Friday 10-11am, 11am-12pm Tutes start NEXT WEEK

Tutorial organisation (pp.5-8)

1. Discussion about lectures and reading 2. Set review questions on reading 3. A group presentation of an issue make use of PowerPoint (PPT) explained in first tute (next week) 4. Short quiz based on lectures previous week &
reading

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Textbook (p.14)
D. Johnson and C. Turner,

European Business (Routledge, 2006, 2nd edition)

Available @ ANU Coop bookshop

A few additional readings in PDF

format from Wattle: download + print + read

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Wattle
The course ONLY uses Wattle

https://wattle.anu.edu.au/login/

Lecture slides, communications, assignments,

assignment cover sheets, additional reading, useful links etc.

Only access if enrolled in the course Needs student ID and Student Infocommons

Campus Password
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Assessment (p.9)
Task a. Weekly quizzes b. Issue presentation c. Review question 1 Review question 2 d. Assignment e. Final exam TOTAL Due dates Every week in tutes During selected tutes Answers at random during tutes Monday, 23 April 2012,4pm Exam period Weighting 5% 10% 5% 5% 35% 40% 100%
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Assignment (p. 10)

Takes the form of a 2,500 word essay
Due date Monday, 23 April 2012, 4pm Choice of 2 topics

Requires research:

identify relevant publications but research web search!! plagiarism will not be tolerated! (see p.19) Explicit criteria to mark the essay available from course website and Wattle

Exam (p.13)
Final exam (40%)

2 hours all lectures, all tutorials, all reading essay-style questions, see exam papers of previous years on Wattle we will discuss the format with students later in the semester

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Next week . . .
Enrol in tute after 1pm 22 February 2012 via ETA Read the course outline closely Purchase the textbook Attend the tutorials next week, come prepared with questions about organization of course questions about chapter 1 in the textbook preference for an issue presentation (using PPT!) Check out course site on Wattle Enroll in the course if you have not do so yet

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