MMM155: International Applied Challenge

Module code: MMM155

Module provider: Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour; Henley Business School

Credits: 20

Level: Postgraduate Masters

When you'll be taught: Summer (vacation) semester

Module convenor: Dr Wahab Shahbaz, email: w.shahbaz@henley.ac.uk

Module co-convenor: Professor Jean- Anne Stewart, email: jean-anne.stewart@henley.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: Mini placement

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: Yes

Last updated: 27 June 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

This capstone module offers intensive experiential learning within an international context. It provides an opportunity for student groups to visit a particular country, its institutions and business communities. The objective is to explore business management practices, analyse the impact of various factors on businesses, and assess the challenges and opportunities that businesses encounter in an international context. This module aims to cultivate a network of proactive young professionals and students with a global perspective who actively engage in business initiatives and management studies. Partner institutions in the host country play a crucial role in arranging the itinerary and hosting the visit. Students collaborate in teams for 4-weeks to develop their international capabilities and build their global network. 
The module aims to provide students with a transformative international learning experience. Through an international study visit, students will explore diverse business and management practices, and gain a deep understanding of how various factors impact businesses in an international context. The students will get the opportunity to apply their entrepreneurial expertise within specific international settings. This module is designed to equip students with a robust set of professional skills, encompassing effective teamwork, articulate verbal and written communication, effective problem-solving, rigorous research and analysis capabilities, and advanced critical thinking abilities within an international framework.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module students should have demonstrated an ability to: 

1. apply their entrepreneurial knowledge, skill, and experience within a particular international context /country; 
2. analyse the impact of economic, political, social, legal, environmental, and technological factors on business management practices in a specific country;
3. evaluate the challenges and opportunities associated with the adoption of sustainability oriented practices within businesses;
4. demonstrate professional skills including teamwork, verbal and written communication, problem solving, research and analysis, and critical thinking in an international context.

Module content

• The module is specifically designed to ensure that students have an opportunity to broaden and enrich their global perspective by studying and interacting with local firms/start-ups/organisations within an international context.
• All students are required to attend the study visit abroad (subject to institutional decisions) and participate in all lectures, seminars and group tasks. The detailed programme of the international visit will be provided to the students during semester 2 based on institutional policy/decisions.
• Students will have to sign a letter, stipulating some formalities in respect to the module. This may include approaches to study tasks during the time in a particular country, conditions of confidentiality of client and company information (in relation to company visits) and considerations of data protection. The outlined obligations extend to information contained in any documents, reports, spreadsheets or other materials produced by students regarding the study abroad in support of the module.

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

A combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, and visits along with a group presentation and an individual written essay.

Study hours

This module is a placement or study abroad module and therefore the teaching and learning activities will predominantly, or entirely, take place away from the University of Reading. Your host organisation will normally advise you of the associated hours of your placement or year abroad. If the module includes any in-person activities at the University of Reading, these will be confirmed to you before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 50% to pass this module.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Formative feedback is given to the students by faculty during supervised time in seminars/workshops.

Reassessment

Additional costs