Business Administration

The course examines the causes and effects of power, status, and conflict within organizations. The course focuses on understanding the bright and dark sides of power and status within hierarchies, from perspectives in psychology, sociology, and economics. The  course examines how these factors relate to conflict, rivalry, and competition within organizations. The course uses real world case studies to develop an understanding of management theory and its application to a range of business scenarios. 

This course introduces the marketing function of an organization. It provides an overview of the theories and principles of marketing, which are supported by marketing science. The course focuses on how organizations identify the needs of their target markets, understand the buying behavior of their target markets, and develop a marketing mix to satisfy the needs and wants of these markets. While the course has a theoretical base that is underpinned by a marketing science approach, practical application of the concepts of marketing is an essential element.

The Digital Technology and Work course provides students with an overview of how digital technology is reshaping work and organizations, with a focus on the United Kingdom. The course looks at the role of technology at work over time, drawing out case studies on digital technologies in relation to work, entrepreneurship, and the economy. In addition to this, it examines the broader social and economic changes that technology is creating. Topics covered include: the role of technology at work over time, digitalization and its impacts, artificial intelligence at work, the platform and the gig economy, social media and influencing, and the future of work. The course will develop students’ understanding of technology and work, providing a range of examples and case studies that can be used in other contexts. Throughout the course, the students are introduced to different critical approaches to understanding digital technology that can be applied elsewhere.

This is a special studies course involving an internship with a corporate, public, governmental, or private organization, arranged with the Study Center Director or Liaison Officer. Specific internships vary each term and are described on a special study project form for each student. A substantial paper or series of reports is required. Units vary depending on the contact hours and method of assessment. The internship may be taken during one or more terms but the units cannot exceed a total of 12.0 for the academic year.

Rooted in applied psychology, this multidisciplinary course will guide students through a process thinking regarding how to detect, prevent and face real-life moral issues and ethical dilemmas that arise in business situations. The course consists of two different sections. Section A deals with Ethical Decision Making and Fraud. Finally, Section B discusses the role played by Ethics As Organizational Culture and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

This course provides an international perspective on business management. Through lectures, case analyses, class discussions, and group projects and presentations, the course covers the evolution and latest developments of economic globalization; basic knowledge and principles in international business; general rules and principles in international business and strategies to deal with environmental challenges of international business; the motivations, basic methods, entry decisions for international operation, as well as strategy and organization of multinational companies; establishment and management of international strategic alliances; and global human resource management. In addition, this course also incorporates analyses of the development history of multinational companies in China as well as the challenges faced by Chinese companies in their international development.

This course covers the background and latest developments of international business, the international business environment (political and legal environment, economic environment, cultural environment, etc.) analysis, important theories of international business, the choice and entry mode of international market, the strategic choice and organization management of transnational operation, international strategic alliance and strategic cooperation management, the development of multinational companies in China and the survival strategies of local companies, and the internationalization of Chinese companies.

The international human resource manager is faced with a diverse, complex and dynamic environment. Differences from nationally-oriented human resource management (HRM) can be seen in the complexities that result from managing employees of various national origins working in different countries. People who work in internationally operating companies, operate in different cultural and institutional environments compared to where a firms headquarter is located. Hence, locally aligned HR approaches are often needed for a firm to be successful abroad. This course discusses these topics in an international HRM context by explicitly considering the context of the Korean Business Environment. It focuses on the cultural context and the organizational context of International HRM in Korea, as well as on staffing, recruitment, and selection in an international and Korean context.