This course will be organized in Zoom. Guidelines for attending Zoom meetings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGbpwZNW3oI

ECTS Credits: 6 credits

Language of instruction: English

Timing: Period 3 (1st year)

Learning outcomes: The students will acquire an introductory level understanding of key institutional phenomena related to global business, including social, cultural, political and technological dimensions of business environment.

Contents: Emanating from a sociopolitical perspective, the course will introduce different institutional dimensions of global business environment and their impact on organizations. Special attention will be paid to culture, politics, and techno-economic changes of society.

Mode of delivery: Lectures, group work exercises and self study.

Learning activities and teaching methods: Lectures (20h) with reflection (40h), group work and oral debate (40h), reading the course literature (40h), writing the group work assignment (40h).

Target group: Students of the Master’s program in Marketing and International Business Management.

Prerequisites and co-requisites: Basic studies in international business management.

Recommended optional programme components: The course is an independent entity and does not require additional studies carried out at the same time.

Recommended or required reading: Collection of articles and other material provided by teachers.

Assessment methods and criteria: Assessment will be based on the learning outcomes. 1) Lectures and learning diary and 2) group work debate weight 50% each.

Grading: The course unit utilizes a numerical scale 1-5. In the numerical scale zero stands for fail.

Person responsible: Juha Tuunainen

Working life cooperation: The students will be able to reflect and recognize managerial challenges associated with the global institutional business environment.

Other information: The number of students is limited.