This course aims to provide a first-hand opportunity for graduate students in the Global Business Management and other business graduate programs to acquire updated knowledge of the business environment, organization culture, and contemporary management practices across industries in a specific economy. Students will attend lectures by academics in the visiting city and visit a range of companies and meet with senior executives, functional experts and operational staff to learn from the success and challenges these companies encounter. Students will gain a broader and deeper 360-degree view and understanding of the companies visited, and the unique challenges and opportunities faced by them. The course will achieve this objective by guiding students through four stages of learning: pre-visit preparation lectures by course leader, pre-visit assignments, on-site company visits and lectures by academics in the visiting city, and a group project related to international market entry into the visiting country throughout the course. In the first two stages, students will attend preparation lectures, conduct research and study the information of the region, industries and companies to visit; and complete pre-visit assignments. During the trip (the third stage), students will attend lectures and make on-site company visits for a whole week to learn from academics in the visiting city and gather necessary information. The fourth stage of learning is throughout the course, students will work on a group project; and present their analysis and recommendations.

Continuous Assessment: 100%