International Business Major (Master of Commerce and combined Master of Commerce programs)

Description

The international business program is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills relevant to the development, strategy and management of international business organisations and the institutional context for their development, growth and operation. The program encompasses the broad domain of international business studies including multinational and transnational business activities, strategies and managerial processes that cross national boundaries, joint ventures and strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, and the interactions of international business organisations with their economic, political and cultural environments.

Requirements for the major

For this major, no particular foundation (5000 level) units of study are required, however particular foundation units of study may be prerequisites for elective options in this major.

To obtain an International Business major, students must complete four units of study (24 credit points), comprising:

1. two compulsory units of study (12 credit points) as follows:
• IBUS6001 International Business Strategy
• IBUS6002 Cross-Cultural Management
2. two elective units of study (12 credit points) selected from the following list of units of study:

• ACCT6002 International Accounting
• BANK6003 Global Supervision of Bank Risks
• CISS6003 Business and Security
• CISS6007 Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific Region
• CISS6013 Middle east Conflict and Security
• CLAW6007 Issues of Law and International Business
• ECON6008 International Money and Finance
• ECON6016 Trade and Development
• FINC6013 International Business Finance
• FINC6015 Global Trading
• IBUS6003 Managing International Risk
• IBUS6004 International Business Alliances
• IBUS6005 Ethical Issues in International Business
• IBUS6006 Comparative International Management
• IBUS6007 International Business Special Project
• IBUS6008 Export Management
• IBUS6009 Managing Multi-Cultural Teams (new unit for 2010)
• IBUS6012 International Entrepreneurship
• IBUS6013 Entrepreneurial Restructuring and Renewal
• IBUS6014 Intellectual Property Management
• IBUS6016 Social Entrepreneurship
• IBUS6017 Enterprise in the Creative Industries
• IBUS6018 Business Negotiations (new unit for 2010)
• MKTG6013 International and Global Marketing
• TPTM6130 Transport and Logistics Economics
• TPTM6260 International Logistics
• TPTM6390 Logistics in Humanitarian Aid Projects (new unit for 2010)
• USSC6903 US Foreign and National Security Policy
• USSC6904 US Financial Institutions and Culture
• USSC6905 US Economic Policy and Regulation
• WORK6018 International Industrial Relations
• WORK6108 International Dimensions of HRM
• WORK6119 The Innovative Firm

Please Note:

1. The units listed above are those units which are being offered for the current year only. For details of units of study that available as electives in this major, please refer to the Faculty handbook.
2. The information listing above is the structure of the major for 2010. Students who commenced their degree prior to 2010 may be able to select other elective options for their major. They should refer to the information relating to this major as set out in the Faculty Handbook for the year they commenced their degree for details.

Availability of this major

This version of this major is available under the following degrees:

• Master of Commerce
• Master of Commerce and Master of Facilities Management
• Master of Commerce and Master of Logistics Management
• Master of Commerce and Master of Professional Accounting
• Master of International Business and Master of Commerce
• Master of Transport Management and Master of Commerce.

Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Commerce or the Master of Professional Accounting may choose units from this major subject area as electives in their course.