Globalisation and Innovation in China

Code

BUSI3195

School

Nottingham University Business School China

Level

3

Credits

10

Semesters

Autumn China

Summary

This module is designed to analyse and assess the momentous changes taking place in China’s technology and innovation landscape from the perspective of globalization. After identifying the impacts of globalization on innovation in China, the module will concentrate on the vast transformations that have occurred since 1978 in China’s national innovation system. New knowledge creation is being forged across China and new innovation policies have been formulated and refined while foreign corporations have expanded their business strategies in China from subcontracting to manufacturing, distribution, services, and research and development. Special attention will be given to the dynamics of innovation in a changing China where new technologies have emerged and new business models developed and to the key issues for China as well as its international partners to succeed in what continues to be the fastest growing, most dynamic market in the world.
Specifically, the module will cover globalization and innovation; knowledge production; industrial innovation; FDI-embedded knowledge transfer and corporate innovation; cross-border M&A; the role of talent; IPR protection; the role of state; competitiveness in select technologies/industries.

Re-assessment format is decided by the school.

Target Students

Part II UG students

Classes

• One 1-hour-30-minute seminar each week for 2 weeks
• One 1-hour-30-minute lecture each week for 11 weeks

Assessment

• 70% Coursework 1: 2000-word Individual coursework assignment (70%)
• 30% Coursework 2: 1,000-word book review Individual coursework (30%)

Assessed by end of autumn semester

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

• The dynamics of the global economy and international business/or an awareness of cultural, legal/regulatory, political and economic differences across countries/or an application of management issues from a global perspective.
• The development of appropriate business policies and strategies to meet stakeholder needs within a changing environment.
• The importance of sustainability issues, including an understanding of the challenges and opportunities arising from the activities of people and organisations on the economic, social and environmental conditions of the future.

• The cognitive skills of critical thinking, analysis and synthesis, including the ability to identify assumptions, evaluate statements in terms of evidence, to detect false logic or reasoning, to identify implicit values, and to define terms adequately and to generalise appropriately.
• Effective qualitative problem solving and decision making skills.
• The ability to create, evaluate and access a range of options, together with the capacity to apply ideas and knowledge to a range of business and other situations.

• Qualitative skills including the ability to work with case studies.
• The ability to apply business models to business problems and phenomena.
• Self awareness, openness and sensitivity to diversity in terms of people, cultures, business and management issues.
• Effective performance within a team environment, including leadership, team building, influencing and project management skills.
• The ability to conduct research into business and management issues, either individually or as part of a team, including a familiarity with a range of business data and research resources and appropriate methodologies.

• Effective oral and written communication skills in a range of traditional and electronic media.
• Effective self-management in terms of time, planning and behaviour, motivation, self-starting, individual initiative and enterprise.
• Learning to learn and developing an appetite for reflective, adaptive and collaborative learning.
• The interpersonal skills for effective listening, negotiating, persuasion and presentation.

Conveners

• Prof Cong Cao