2017/2018
KAN-CCBLO2009U Institutions and Business Strategy in the
Chinese Context
| English Title |
| Institutions and Business Strategy in
the Chinese Context |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Full Degree Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Spring |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc og MSc in Business, Language and Culture,
MSc
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| Course
coordinator |
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- Globalization and international business
- Sociology
- Strategy
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Last updated on
05-01-2018
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| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the
following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or
errors:
- Content:
- Having a clear understanding of the institutional theory and
the institution-based view of strategy.
- Having a clear understanding of the three aspects of
China's institutional environment, as the lecturer has
explained in the course.
- Having a clear understanding the different responses to such an
institutional environment of the businesses situated in China, as
the lecturer has explained in the course.
- Having the capability to apply the institutional theory and the
institution-based view of strategy to a specific Chinese business
strategy-related topic of the student's own choice.
- Having the capability to clearly explain and defend his or her
analysis (above mentioned application) at the oral exam.
- Language:
- • The student should be able to present and discuss a given
topic in English using an appropriate and rich vocabulary and
academic terminology.
- • The student should be able to communicate in a coherent
manner without committing grammatical, lexical, idiomatic or
pronunciation errors that disturb communication.
- • The student should be able to demonstrate that s/he is
sufficiently at ease in the language to respond fluently to the
examiner’s questions, so that the examination flows as a
dialogue.
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| Examination |
The exam in the subject consists of two parts:
| Institutions
and Business Strategy in the Chinese Context -
Content: | | Sub exam weight | 50% | | Examination form | Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. | | Individual or group exam | Individual exam | | Size of written product | Max. 10 pages | | This course has only one exam, and it consists of
two parts: 50 % language and 50 % content. This grade is given for
the content of the synopsis and the oral presentation. | | Assignment type | Essay | | Duration | Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade | | Preparation time | No preparation | | Grading scale | 7-step scale | | Examiner(s) | Internal examiner and second internal
examiner | | Exam period | Summer | | Make-up exam/re-exam | Same examination form as the ordinary
exam |
| Institutions
and Business Strategy in the Chinese Context -
Language: | | Sub exam weight | 50% | | Examination form | Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. | | Individual or group exam | Individual exam | | Size of written product | Max. 10 pages | | This course has only one exam, and it consists of
two parts: 50 % language and 50 % content. This grade is given for
the students' language skills. | | Assignment type | Essay | | Duration | Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
30 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade | | Preparation time | No preparation | | Grading scale | 7-step scale | | Examiner(s) | Internal examiner and second internal
examiner | | Exam period | Summer | | Make-up exam/re-exam | Same examination form as the ordinary
exam |
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| Course content and structure |
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This course focuses on China's institutional environment and
business strategies in response to that institutional
environment.
We adopt W. Richard Scott's (1995) view that
'the Institutions are composed of cultural-cognitive,
normative, and regulative elements'.
Accordingly, we divide the 10 lectures (three hours each)
into four parts, i.e., Introduction, Regulative aspect,
Normative aspect, and Cognitive aspect. Each of the latter three
parts has three specific topics.
Introduction
- Introduction to the institution-based view of
strategy
Regulative aspect
- China’s SOEs and Chinese government’s SOE favoritism
- China’s health care system: Understanding the doctor-patient
tension in China
- Chinese government’s censorship policy
Normative aspect
- Guanxi, Renqing, Mianzi: The art of doing business in
China
- Trust-building: China’s e-commerce and platform
competition
- Relationship harmony: Western vs. Chinese conflict handling
styles
Cognitive aspect
- The Yin-Yang co-opetition thinking: Understanding competitive
dynamics
- Dialectical vs. linear thinking: Chinese vs. Western view of
change
- Zhong-Yong: Chinese vs. Western philosophical solutions to
organizational paradox
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| Teaching methods |
| lecture, group work, group presentation |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
From teacher to student
1. Office hours for feedback
2. feedback giving during teaching sessions (this is my own idea)
Student to student
3.Peer feedback
4.pre-test
reflections on learning
5. Activating teaching and reflections on learning
6. Tutorials as a guide |
| Student workload |
| Lectures |
30 hours |
| Exam |
0.5 hours |
| Preparation |
175.5 hours |
| Total |
206 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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to be announced on learn.
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Last updated on
05-01-2018
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