IN3001: Being an International Manager I

IN3001: BEING AN INTERNATIONAL MANAGER I (2024-2025)

Last modified: 20 Jun 2025 15:06

Course Overview

This course provides the theoretical structure to bring together the learning of 1^st and 2^nd year courses placing the students as International Manager. Being an International Manager I looks in depth into the theoretical concepts of international business and prepares them to the more experiential subsequent course entitled Being an International Manager II.

Course Details

Study Type	Undergraduate	Level	3
Term	First Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Ali Bayat

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

IN1001 International Context for Business 1 (Passed)
Programme Level 3
IN1501 International Context for Business 2 (Passed)
Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
IN2502 Big Data in Business and Finance (Passed)
IN2002 Big Data in Operations and Supply Chain Management (Passed)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

This course uses four interrelated topics to describe and illustrate the world of an International Manager. Being an International Manager I looks in depth into the concepts of international business from abstract viewpoint. This course is complementary to Being an International Manager II where students take a more applied approach to the concepts learned in I describing and illustrating the implications for international managers.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 21st September 2026 for Term 1 and Full Year courses and 8th January 2027 for Term 2 courses.

Summative Assessments

Oral Presentation: Group

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	25
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks	17	Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	15 minutes

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Conceptual	Analyse	Explain and Integrate IB functions with environmental analyses
Factual	Remember	Explain, summarise and evaluate the socio-cultural environment to inform effective international business and management

Essay

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	75
Assessment Weeks	14	Feedback Weeks	17	Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	Individual feedback plus generic class feedback. Assessment will be 60 % percent an essay of 2000 words that brings together some topics of the course and takes a critical approach using relevant references.	Word Count	2000

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Procedural	Evaluate	Analyse and Interpret theory and evidence for how and why organisation choose internationalisation strategy and process
Reflection	Apply	Evaluate and Synthesize the impact of Internationalization and international business

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	Individual Feedback	Word Count	2000

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Conceptual	Analyse	Explain and Integrate IB functions with environmental analyses
Reflection	Apply	Evaluate and Synthesize the impact of Internationalization and international business
Factual	Remember	Explain, summarise and evaluate the socio-cultural environment to inform effective international business and management
Procedural	Evaluate	Analyse and Interpret theory and evidence for how and why organisation choose internationalisation strategy and process

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