Clausen Center for International Business and Policy

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT


MBA 298 A
Spring Semester 2010

Instructor: Sebastian Teunissen
Office: F 447
Hours: by appointment
Contact: Telephone: (510) 643-4999
Fax: (510) 642-8228
E-mail: teunissen@haas.berkeley.edu

MBA 298 A is the first part of the MBA 298 series, International Business Development. Participation in 298 A is only possible after successful completion of an application form and acceptance into IBD program.

Sessions will consist of occassional meetings of the entire class, along with numerous team meetings.

COURSE OBJECTIVES, STRUCTURE and ORGANIZATION

The International Business Development course provides real world, hands-on consulting experience to course participants while providing assistance to client companies. The class meets once a week. The format will include lectures, guest speakers and presentations.


TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE 2010

DATE SCHEDULE (Subject to Change)
January 24 SUNDAY - Special Session - starts at 8:30 AM in Tilden Park and ends at Haas by approximately 2:00 PM
January 25 Class Meeting
February 1 Team Meetings
February 8 Team Meetings
February 15 President's Day holiday
February 22 Team Meetings
March 1 Team Meetings
March 8 Team Meetings
March 15 Team Meetings
March 22 Spring Break
March 29 Team Meetings
April 5 Class Meeting
April 12 Team Meetings
April 19 Class Meeting
April 26 Team Presentations - full class
May 3 Team Presentations - full class
May 10 Team Presentations - full class
May 22 - June 12 In Country Field Work


Please Note: In addition to scheduled classes, IBD teams will meet with the instructor and/or clients. Times and locations will be indicated as determined.



Client Evaluation of the Team/Project:   35%
Instructor Evaluation of Team Performance and "deliverables": 30%
Class Participation (mandatory attendance): 25%
Assignments, presentations, etc.: 10%

For the Fall Semester the following factors will be used to determine a final grade:
Client/Instructor Evaluation of Follow-up Efforts:   40%
Presentations: 30%
Class Participation: (mandatory attendance) 30%


The IBD program totals 3 units, of which two accrue in the Spring semester/Project segment and the third unit accrues in the Fall semester. Participation in the Fall is, however, required in order to receive a grade for the Spring segment.

 

RESOURCES

Please be sure to take advantage of the Long Library's extensive collection of global business news sites and trend reports. Some of these include, but are not limited to the following:

 

More information, as well as access to the aforementioned, can be found here: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BUSI/electres.html


Last updated August 25, 2009