哈德斯菲爾德大學(xué)

Why International Business? Business is becoming truly global. The internet and instant communications mean that even small businesses can now reach an international market. Factors like transformational technology and globalisation mean businesses are competing globally. To succeed in this interconnected world, you need to understand the global factors driving business today. This course offers an internationally focused program which allows you to understand and act on the global challenges and opportunities faced by both advanced economies as well as emerging and high-growth countries.It also helps develop your cross-cultural skills and prepares you to work in an international business environment. Businesses are constantly looking for graduates with the right mix of talent and have a good understanding of these challenge and are able to provide solutions that contribute to the businesses future prosperity. How will you learn? You will learn through practical application and delivered lectures, workshops, seminars and group work sessions. * The course is designed to equip you with a broad overview of how the commercial world operates. * We aim to provide you with a detailed understanding of how businesses develop successful strategies through relevant analytical and evaluation techniques. * You’ll receive a solid introduction to international business, entrepreneurship, strategic management and environmental management to help give you a firm understanding that can be applied in any sector or industry. * You'll also look at everything from marketing and finance through to operations and information systems. We’ll also study how companies operate, looking at both small businesses and large companies. * That’s why we’ll give you the chance to pick up some very desirable skills including analysis and evaluation techniques along with how to think creatively. * During your studies we’ll give you the opportunity to undertake a placement with a business, either in the UK or abroad. Previous students have gained experience with businesses such as Hewlett Packard, Lloyds Banking Group, ASDA, Coop Group, Cummins, L’Oreal, Virgin Media and Agricultural Bank of China. What subjects will you cover? You’ll explore subjects such as Economics, Marketing, Organisational Behaviour, Finance, Law, Globalisation and Business Analytics, International Business, Operations Management, Managing across Cultures and have an opportunity to further specialise through a choice of optional modules in the second and final years, such as Leadership, Business Creation and Development, and Digital and Social Media Marketing. For a business to be successful all the different functions need to operate effectively in conjunction with each other. By studying International Business you will develop the skills and knowledge to be a business leader of the future. Due to the wide range of subjects studied on the course you will have lots of different career opportunities upon graduation. Former International Business students have become sales executives, account managers, project managers, teachers, customer service managers and insurance professionals, to name to just a few. Our degrees will help you shape your own future. ~Dr Jiajia Liu, Senior Lecturer in Business and Management.