Doing Business in Asia

Course aim

This course explores the diverse business management traditions in the Asian region. The course offers insights from socio-economic, political, cultural, institutional, and strategic management perspectives to explore different Asian management systems. As such, students will develop an in-depth understanding of how business enterprises in the region operate and effective business strategies to work with Asian partners.

Course content

Comparative analyses of Asian management systems: culture, business and political economy of China, India, Japan and Korea; comparative corporate governance in Asia; issues and controversies on doing business in Asia: transparency, corruption, intellectual property law, role of government, corporate social responsibility and ethics; globalisation of Asian firms; Japanese keiretsu/sogo sosha; Korean Chaebol; Chinese Guanxi; the transformation of China; and Indian business systems.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar	3 hours x 11 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	N/A x 11 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Individual Assignment, Individual Major Project: Country analysis

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.