Domestic and International Markets and Business in East Asia
Code: 101531Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| East Asian Studies | OP | 4 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Didac Cubeiro Rodriguez
- Email :
- didac.cubeiro@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- Didac Cubeiro Rodriguez
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
To enrol in this subject, students must be able to read and understand academic texts in English
Objectives
On successfully completing this subject, students will be able to:
- Identify the essential characteristics of the traditions of major business (Japanese, Korean, Chinese) regions.
- Analyze how environmental factors such as gender, religion, ethnic diversity and labour cultures affect business management processes in Asia, and compare how they vary between different countries.
- Understand how they affect globalization, free trade and investment in these traditions.
- Respond with the appropriate degree of sensitivity to these traditions from a Western point of view.
Learning outcomes
- Using the specific terminology of political sciences, economy and sociology.
- Using different tools for specific purposes in the fields of political sciences, economy and sociology.
- Assessing the obtained results in the search information process in order to update the knowledge about political sciences, economy and sociology.
- Describing and analysing in a contrastive way the systems of business organization, administration, and management in East Asia.
- Knowing, comprehending, describing, analysing and assessing the structures and economic processes of East Asia and its inclusion in the global economy.
- Knowing and understanding the social relations, protocol and negotiation in the decision making process in East Asia.
- Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
- Developing self-learning strategies.
- Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Producing innovative and competitive proposals in research and professional activity.
- Students must be flexible and capable of adapting to new circumstances.
- Working in teams in an international, multilingual and multicultural context.
- Working in interdisciplinary and intercultural groups.
- Ensuring the quality of one's own work.
- Designing and managing projects.
- Following the characteristic code of ethics of the professional practice.
Contents
Introduction: Presentation of the program and bibliography.
Unit 1: Overview. Environment and markets. Management styles in East Asia.
Unit 2: The Japanese business model: the zaibatsu to keiretsu
Unit 3: Korean business model: the structure of the chaebol
Unit 4: Features of Japanese and Korean business groups.
Unit 5: The business model of overseas Chinese: the family business system.
Unit 6: Work transition in China toward the free market system.
Unit 7: The model \"Made in China\" systems and business investment.
Unit 8: Understanding Chinese and Japanese trading protocols.
Unit 9: New trends in management, changes in the keiretsu, chaebol and Chinese family business.
Note: The syllabus will be adapted to the academic requirements of the course.
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Study and papers reading | 100 | 4 | 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10 |
| Essays | 25 | 1 | 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 |
| Lectures | 25 | 1 | 1, 4, 9 |
Learning activities:
1. Directed:
- Lectures.
- Debates among students about material previously presented, read or explained.
- Partial exams and oral tests involving the presentation of a topic from the syllabus.
2. Supervised:
- Exercises, text commentaries, required reading.
3. Autonomous:
- Recommended activities, technical or other readings.
- Individual written work.
- Group work on set topics.
- Oral: presentations, debates.
- Written: summary of classes, commentary on texts, articles, books.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation and delivery of an essay | 20% | 0 | 0 | 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16 |
| Second exam | 25% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 |
| Practices, papers discussion | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 |
| First exam | 25% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 |
- 20% presentation and submission of a report.
- 25% mark for the first partial exam
- 25% mark for the second partial exam
Related matters
The above information on assessment, assessment activities and their weighting is merely a guide. The subject's lecturer will provide full information when teaching begins.
Review
When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer.
Missed/failed assessment activities
Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for.
The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities.
Classification as \"not assessable\"
In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as \"not assessable\" on their transcript.
Misconduct in assessment activities
Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism, copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a mark of “0” for the activity in question. In the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the students involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject.
Students may not retake assessment activities in which they are found to have engaged in misconduct. Plagiarism is considered to mean presenting all or part of an author's work, whether published in print or in digital format, as one's own, i.e. without citing it. Copying is considered to mean reproducing all or a substantial part of another student's work. In cases of copying in which it is impossible to determine which of two students has copied the work of the other, both will be penalised.
Use of Artificial Intelligence
For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information research, text correction, or translations. The student must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these tools have influenced the process and the outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI in this assessed activity will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in partial or total penalization of the grade for the activity, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.
More information: http://www.uab.cat/web/study-abroad/undergraduate/academic-information/evaluation/what-is-it-about-1345670077352.html
Bibliography
Chen, Min. Asian Management Systems: Chinese, Japanese and Korean Styles of Business. Andover: South Western Cengage Learning, 2011.
Cubeiro Rodríguez, Dídac, Vender En Asia Oriental: Un Reto Para La Pequeña Y Mediana Empresa. Barcelona: Editorial UOC, 2016. Accessible online biblioteca UAB: https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.are.uab.cat/lib/uab/detail.action?docID=4776242
Haghirian, Parissa. Case Studies in Asian Management. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, 2014, Accessible online biblioteca UAB: https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.are.uab.cat/lib/uab/detail.action?docID=1561267
Nayyar, Deepak. Resurgent Asia: Diversity in Development. , 2019. Accessible online biblioteca UAB: https://oxford-universitypressscholarship-com.are.uab.cat/view/10.1093/oso/9780198849513.001.0001/oso-9780198849513
Ries, Al, Jack Trout, Posicionamiento. Madrid: McGraw-Hill, 2000
Ries, Al, Jack Trout, Marketing De Guerra. Madrid: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Tselichtchev, Ivan, and Philippe Debroux. Asia's Turning Point: An Introduction to Asia's Dynamic Economies at the Dawn of the New Century. Singapore: J. Wiley & Sons Asia, 2013. Accessible online biblioteca UAB: https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.are.uab.cat/doi/book/10.1002/9781119199748
Warner, Malcolm. Managing Across Diverse Cultures in East Asia: Issues and Challenges in a Changing Globalized World. New York: Routledge, 2013. Accessible online biblioteca UAB:https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.are.uab.cat/lib/uab/detail.action?docID=1092761
Software
None
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |