Extended Major Overview

Description

In the Global Business major, students will learn to identify the key external and internal factors that influence the management of global organisations, and demonstrate how major management functions and skills vary as a result of managing organisations globally. Students will be able to recognise why and how ethics and corporate social responsibility vary when managing organisations globally as well as identify the key contextual issues affecting the formulation and implementation of a global business venture, and articulate appropriate responses to specific global business issues. Students will demonstrate an understanding of how personal and cultural values are related and differ within and across countries, and evaluate how people and their consumption are shaped by their environment and personal experiences and communicate and work with people from diverse cultures;

Students should be aware that this major does not provide a pathway to an Honours.

Outcomes

Students are able to:

  1. Evaluate key concepts, theories and practices important to the management of multinational organisations
  2. Identify possible solutions for the unique challenges that stem from operating in different global contexts simultaneously
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of cross-country diversity with respect to cultural, economic, legal and political characteristics
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of how managing employees varies as a result of different cultural backgrounds
  5. Explain how principles of ethical behaviour and social responsibility differ and are applied across different cultural contexts.
Broadening guidelines

All students studying towards a Bachelor's Degree at UWA are required to Broaden their studies by completing a minimum of four units (24 points) of study outside their degree specific major. Broadening is your opportunity to explore other areas of interest, investigate new disciplines and knowledge paradigms and to shape your degree to suit your own aspirations and interests. Many of you will be able to undertake more than this minimum amount of broadening study and we encourage you to do so if this suits your aspirations. Over the next few months you will find here some broadening suggestions related to your degree-specific major. While we know that many students value guidance of this sort, these are only suggestions and students should not lose sight of the opportunity to explore that is afforded by your Broadening Choices. Advice can also be sought from your Allocated Student Advising Office.

Prerequisites
None
Corequisite
None
Incompatibilities
None
Courses

Global Business can only be taken as a degree-specific major in the following degree courses:

No study plans found for this major. See study plans for more information.

Units

Key to availability of units:
S1
Semester 1
S2
Semester 2
NS
non-standard teaching period

Level 1

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (12 points):

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S1 BUSN1103 Foundations of Global Business None
S1, S2 MGMT1136 Management and Organisations
Incompatibility
MGMT2236 Management and Organisations

Level 2

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (12 points):

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S1 ECON2105 Rise of the Global Economy
Prerequisites
ECON1101 Microeconomics: Prices and Markets
or ECOX1101 Microeconomics: Prices and Markets
or ECON1000 Economics for Business
or BUSN1103 Foundations of Global Business
S1 MGMT2341 International Management
Prerequisites
MGMT1135 Organisational Behaviour
or MGMX1135 Organisational Behaviour
or MGMT1136 Management and Organisations
or MGMX1136 Management and Organisations

Level 3

Degree-specific major units

Take all units (18 points):

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S1 EMPL3301 Globalisation and Work
Prerequisites
Successful completion of
level 1 24 points
S2 MGMT3304 Applied International Business Strategy
Prerequisites
MGMT2341 International Management
S2 MKTG3312 Consumers Around the World
Prerequisites
Any level 2 Marketing unit
or MGMT2341 International Management
Incompatibility
MKTG1107 Consumers Around the World.
MKTG3310 International Marketing
Degree-specific major units

Take unit(s) to the value of 6 points:

Availability Unit code Unit name unit requirements
S2 BUSN3001 Business Development Project
Prerequisites
Enrolment in
BP009 Bachelor of Business
or Enrolment in
MJD-BUSAN Business Analytics
or MJS-BMGMT, MJS-GLBUS
or MJS-ENTIN

and Successful completion of
96 points
Incompatibility
WILG3001 Professional Experience Practicum
NS, S1, S2 WILG3001 Work Integrated Learning Internship Program
Prerequisites
Successful completion of
48 points
and Enrolment in
BP009 Bachelor of Business
or BP013 Bachelor of Economics
or MJD-BUSAN Business Analytics
or MJD-POLSC Political Science and International Relations
or MJD-LINGO Linguistics
or MJD-CRMDM Criminology and Criminal Justice
or MNR-CRWRS Creative Writing Studies and a successful application for the WIL Placement Program
Incompatibility
BUSN3348 Business Practicum
or HUMA2901 Arts Practicum
or POLS3326 Political Science Internship
or WILG2201 Professional Experience Practicum
or PARL3399 WA Parliamentary Research Program.