Mentor's Seminar "Business in Modern Asia"

Master 2024/2025

Type: Compulsory course (Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia)

Area of studies: Asian and African Studies

Delivered by: School of International Regional Studies

Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

When: 1 year, 1-4 module

Mode of studies: distance learning

Online hours: 20

Open to: students of one campus

Master’s programme: Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 8

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The seminar is aimed at individual counseling and support of the educational trajectory of a master's students, adjustment of the individual curriculum, development of academic skills and professional competencies. During the seminar, students will analyze possibilities and directions of the program courses for solving practical, analytical and research problems. The seminar will help master's students to identify their research interests and define them in the framework of individual research tasks and prepare term papers and dissertations. The seminar aims to develop the student's skills in self-organization of academic work and develop their academic writing and presentation skills. Also, the purpose of the seminar is to extend an ability to work with relevant materials and become familiar with the basic rules of academic ethics to organize and manage an individual research project.

Learning Objectives

to develop academic skills and high professional research competencies;
to achieve personal curriculum formation;
to formulate a personal professional development goals.

Expected Learning Outcomes

an identification of the range of career trajectories. an identification of research interest and individual research objectives.
a selection of a key research strategy for an individual project.
to achieve progress in research work.
to complete the research work.

Course Contents

Introduction- "International Business and Asia" and reasearch goals identification.
Individual consultation- 1
Individual consultation- 2
Individual consultation- 3
Individual consultation- 4
Conclusion

Assessment Elements

Reseach results and participation
This course is designed to be a highly interactive class to demonstrate the research progress. The ability to contribute to an open discussion of ideas and to defend your position on a research topic is an important ‘leadership’ skill that you can work on during this course.
Group Projects
Project- Group presentation on “National Differences in Political, Economic, and Legal Systems from the Position of Foreign Business” In the beginning of the semester, groups will select a leader and a nation-state (country) of choice for this specific project. After discussing the selection with the instructor and acquiring the approval, each group will analyze the political, economic, and legal systems of the nation-state chosen from the position of foreign business and prepare a presentation to be delivered in class.
Essay
Reflective essay on a research paper.

Interim Assessment

2024/2025 4th module
0.5 * Essay + 0.25 * Group Projects + 0.25 * Reseach results and participation
2025/2026 3rd module
0.5 * Essay + 0.25 * Group Projects + 0.25 * Reseach results and participation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers, Turabian, K. L., 2017
Global business today, Hill, C. W. L., 2018
Handbook of Asian management, , 2004

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Asian management systems : Chinese, Japanese and Korean styles of business, Chen, M., 2005
Case studies in global management : strategy, innovation and people management, , 2012

Authors

IMIKULIEVA ELMIRA ELMANOVNA

Course Syllabus