Module FINN43310: Economics for Global Business (FT)

Department: Finance

FINN43310: Economics for Global Business (FT)

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To contribute to the overall aims of the programme by developing students' understanding of the external context in which organisations operate.
• To enable students to acquire and demonstrate knowledge and understanding of those elements of economic analysis that are relevant for managing in the global economy.
• To develop skills in the application of economic analysis in business decision making and planning.
• To develop a critical understanding of key economic aspects of the global business environment and the impact of changes in that environment at national and international levels.
• To develop links with the Business School's research strategy by incorporating current research into policy issues that affect economic growth at the regional, national and international level.
• To help students develop an appreciation of how historical economic and political processes affect the development of economies in the Global South and the Global North, and the implications this has for the applicability of economic theories, for economic outcomes and for business decision making.

Content

• Microeconomics relevant to decision making in the global business environment.
• Macroeconomics relevant to decision making in the global business environment.

Learning Outcomes

• Upon successful completion of the module, the students will:
• Have acquired specialised knowledge and understanding of: the underlying fundamentals of the market system; the importance of, and interaction between demand, costs and prices at the level of the firm and the market; the inter-relationship between the competitive environment and business decisions; the macro-economic environment, at national and global level; the internationalisation of firms and multinational activity.
• Be able to appreciate the highly complex nature of the economic system within which business operates.
• Have developed a critical understanding of the importance of corporate and social responsibility, including the sustainability of economic activity, both at micro and macroeconomic level.

• Upon successful completion of the module, the students will:
• be able to apply their economic understanding to management decisions in the global context;
• have practised problem solving and analytical skills in relation to managing in the global environment.

• Written communication
• Planning, organising and time management
• Problem solving and analysis
• Using initiative
• Computer literacy

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Learning outcomes will be met through workshops involving a mix of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion, supported by guided reading.
• Continuous formative and summative assessment serves to support students in the development of their knowledge and skills. It provides students with feedback on their learning progress and supports students' continuous engagement in learning throughout the module.
• The summative assessment by assignment, will test students' acquisition and articulation of knowledge and their ability to apply what they have learned in a particular context.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Continuous formative self-assessment exercises using computer aided assessment and classroom-based exercises involving individual and group analyses on specific business situations / problems relevant to the learning outcomes of the module. Oral and written feedback will be given on a group and individual basis as appropriate.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University