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Level 4 Diploma in Business Management

Responding to the impact of globalisation

BM406 · Operating in a Global Context — Week 14 of 16

CourseBM406
Week14 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Responding to the impact of globalisation

  1. International approach to leadership and management
  2. Risk management
  3. Sustainability
  4. Allocation of resources

What you will be able to do

  • 4.3 Suggest ways in which a business could respond to the impact of globalisation.

Study materials

Further resources

  • Principles of Marketing, ch. 17.5–17.6: The supply chain and logistics · PDF · OpenStax (2023), sections 17.5–17.6 on supply chain functions, sourcing and logistics; pp. 591–596 · for registered students
  • World Trade Report 2023, ch. C.4: Re-globalization for a more resilient world · PDF · WTO World Trade Report 2023 – a step up – on supply-chain risks and diversification; pp. 57–60 · for registered students
  • Does Monitoring Improve Labor Standards? Lessons from Nike · Open-access article · Locke et al. (2007), ILR Review. Uses audits of 800+ Nike suppliers in 51 countries to ask whether factory monitoring works. · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: How globalisation has evolved: from the first wave to Globa…
  • Week 2: Types of globalisation: political, social, economic and tec…
  • Week 3: The positive and negative effects of globalisation
  • Week 4: The global economy and the global business environment
  • Week 5: Drivers of globalisation: alliances, push/pull and demand/s…
  • Week 6: Drivers of globalisation: economies of scale, protectionism…
  • Week 7: Why a business would want to enter global markets
  • Week 8: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Ways to enter a global market: exporting, licensing, joint …
  • Week 10: Recommending a preferred mode of entry to a business
  • Week 11: Impact on structure and culture: McKinsey’s 7-S model and H…
  • Week 12: Impact on strategic decision making: capability, resources,…
  • Week 13: Impact on operational decision making: marketing, HRM and l…
  • Week 14: Responding to the impact of globalisation
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Week 16: Final evaluation and project assessment
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