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IBM20100

IBM20200

IBM20300

IBM20400

IBM20500

IBM20600

IBM20700

IBM20800

IBM20900

IBM20100 Legal Aspects of Business
This module provides students with the basic knowledge of business law and the code of conduct in dealing with legal matters and obligations. With tougher legislation, a critical public and increasing insurance premium, investors expect better performance and growth from higher stocks from the management team of an organization. It is therefore important to deal every event with care. Students will therefore be able to use the knowledge subsequently when they join the workforce as a member of the management team.
Assessments:
Presentation: 40%,  Assignment:  60%

IBM20200 International Marketing
This module examines basic concepts and principles of the marketing of goods and services across national borders to enable students to better understand and evaluate the international marketing system in which products and services are planned, priced, promoted and distributed. It also helps students to appreciate the interaction of marketing variables in the international dimension and their impact on marketing decisions.
Assessments:
Group coursework: 20%, Group presentation: 10%, Final exam: 70%

IBM20300 International Strategic Management
This module will explore the nature of business strategy and policy-making aimed at attaining and sustaining a competitive edge. The techniques to assess the environmental scanning as a management approach for contributing to the robustness of business strategy and enabling effective implementation of the programmes and projects in a competitive environment.  The interrelationships between functions and the total corporate system will be scrutinised and reflected upon.
Assessments:
Case study project: 30%, Final exam:     70%

IBM20400 International Human Resource Management
This module aims to provide students with an understanding of the various functions of Human Resource management and how it can be applied in an organization correctly so that it can provide an added advantage over its competitors. It also touches on strategic human resource management and how to be proactive with environment scanning and to react whenever a crisis looms in the horizon. The various functions will be relooked into how best it can provide and sustain an organization into achieving its objectives.
Assessments:
Presentation: 40%, Assignment: 60%

IBM20500 Accounting for Business Decision Making
This course provides an introduction into the fundamentals of Financial Accounting and Management Accounting. However, the course shall focus more on the accounting function internal to organizations. The Financial accounting component shall include a general introduction into the different use of Financial and Management accounts, Profit & Loss statement, Balance Sheet and Funds flow statement, analysis and interpretation of financial statements. The accounting equation  Assets = Shareholders Equity + Liabilities shall be examined.
Management accounting is concerned with the analysis of and accounting for costs, management planning, decision making and control. Students shall cover concepts and tools covering areas such as budgeting and variance analysis, working capital management, types and costs behavior, costs allocations, absorption costing, cost volume profit analysis and marginal costing for decision making.
Assessments:
Progress Test: 40%, Final Exam:  60%

IBM20600 Environmental Business Management
The Carbon Footprint Giants of today aiming to be the Greening economic giants of the near future.
What does it take to make a business out of responsible technologies while watching shareholders and the ever omniscient bottom line? Compare management styles, solutions and corporate approaches of new management coming to terms with the necessity to be Eco friendly in a world with rapidly dwindling resources. The module contains opportunities to explore, research and present the ins and outs of companies utilizing varied approaches to Environmental Management
Assessments:
Presentation 1:  25%,  Book report:  25%, Presentation 2: 25%,  Research report: 25%

IBM20700 New Business Creation and Development
Students will learn how to start or invest in a new venture and manage an existing business.
They will apply creative thinking to develop an new business idea and submit a business plan based on a business model. Students shall explore the concept of entrepreneurship, types of business ownership, types of funding and how to raise seed capital, the right approach towards recruitment, venture launch and development.
Assessments:
10-minute pitch to invited guests:  30%,  Submission of written business plan: 70% 

IBM20800 Researching Business & Management Issues
Successful data collection and analysis is imperative in the advancement of customer service. It requires the utilisation of skills from basic statistical analyses to qualitative analytical techniques. The use of communication in the written form is central to this course. It provides the opportunity to put theory into practice.  Application to the business world is the primary focus of data analysis in this module.
Assessments:
Essay: 40%, Research project: 60%

IBM20900 Global Environmental Perspectives
The Module analyzes and compares the many issues facing the environment across the Globe, as we embark on finding an understanding what affects the Global perspectives on environmental issues from communities across the planet. How do mega construction projects, vast economic zones, vast cities, urban sprawl and severe demand on the environment affect the world we live in? What are some possible solutions made by shakers and movers of the environmentally motivated business movement? The curriculum advocates student researched, business solutions and innovative concepts which could address environmental concerns and issues examined.
Assessments:
Presentation: 25%,  Book report: 25%,  Presentation:  25%,  Research project:  25%

Arun Ramchand has over a decade of experience in the Hospitality and Tourism sector. Having graduated with a Diploma in Tourism Management from Temasek Polytechnic, Arun went on to do a Bachelor in Business, majoring in Hotel Management with Griffith University. Subsequently, he attained a Master in Commerce, majoring in Professional Accounting from Griffith University, Australia.

Some of Arun’s work experiences include supervising and managing bars, restaurants, clubs and hotels, both in Australia and Singapore. Prior to his return to Singapore in 2010, Arun was working at a four-star international resort in Australia.

Hew Tze Yee

Jane Elizabeth Warren

A native of United Kingdom, Jane has extensive teaching experience in english and communication at a variety of learner age groups in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Jane is a graduate of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Agricultural and Environmental Science and a Master of Science Transport Engineering and Operations.

She also possesses a Master of Art in Applied Linguistics from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Jasmine Puah Pei Yun

Jasmine holds a Master of Marketing from University of Western Australia and a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Marketing and Finance.

Jasmine has been teaching for more than 3 years in various management subjects including Finance, Accounting and Marketing. Prior to entering the teaching profession she was with various Information Technology companies in their marketing department.

Chin Huat is a graduate of San Diego State University with a bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences majoring in Economics. Chin Huat is an American citizen and has been teaching in America prior to his relocation to Singapore.   He has extensive experience in teaching Economics, Statistics and Quantitative Methods in Business.