ITM Master 2. Sem.
8xxx: Processes of Globalisation        

Tu. 08.15-11.30 h S 06

4 SWS Course

Workload: 60 h classroom work / 120 h self-study

ECTS points: 6

Examination: Presentation (25%), Assignment paper (12 pages p.P.) (75%)

Presentation and term paper about:
Functions of an Actor in Globalisation (World Bank, UN, Multinational Corporations, New Media, WTO, EU, ASEAN, Shipping companies, NGOs, Global Brands, BRICS countries etc.) or an globalisation-related process (Euro crisis, food production, Erasmus program etc.)

Course organisation:
First unit lecture/discussion, second unit seminar
After Easter Break: second unit Presentations
Final session Summing up, Feedback

All information given in this lecture is available here (www.arlt-lectures.com) for download.

Please check the homepage of the website regularly for announcements about time changes etc. Moodle will be introduced during the semester.

Globalisation has many parts and a lot of consequences for international management.

For instance:

Globalisation and me

Globalisation: Assessment of own shopping behaviour

First level:                           origin today,

but also second level:        origin before modern globalisation:

compass, paper, gunpowder, paper money, ...

potatoes, peanuts, oranges, big pigs, ...

football, democracy, Hollywood movies, ...

Eating several food items from one plate, ...

And also:

And it was all produced in China...

Please prepare for next week:

a) Please have a look at the things you have in your apartment and try to find out
from which and from how many countries you have products in your place

or

b) Please go to the supermarket and try to find out
from which and from how many countries you find products in the shop

Report your results in next session.

  Contact: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt FRGS
Bachelor and Master Program International Tourism Management
arlt@fh-westkueste.de, Office 2.018, Tel. 0481 8555-513
Consultation hours (during lecture period): Tuesday 12.00-13.00 h